15/11/1891

Born at Bacchus Marsh, VIC

28/7/1915

Enlisted in the AIF at Melbourne aged 22y 8m

22/11/1915

Embarked at Melbourne aboard the HMAT A40 Ceramic with the 6^th Battalion, 12^th Reinforcements

15/1/1917

Transferred to 17^th ANZAC Light Railway Company - France

11/6/1917

Promoted to Acting Company Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer class 2)

29/6/1917 - 13/7/1917

On leave in England

15/8/1917 - 20/9/1917

Detached for duty at Bretonne, France

1918

17^th ANZAC Light Railway Company renamed 3^rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company

28/6/1918

Promoted to temporary Regimental Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer class 1)

14/8/1918 - 31/8/1918

On leave in England

11/11/1918

Rank of Regimental Sergeant Major confirmed

17/3/1919

Returned to England

30/4/1919

Embarked for Australia aboard the Karagola

12/6/1919

Returned to Australia

11/7/1919

Mentioned in Dispatches - London Gazette

4/8/1919

Discharged from the AIF

14/3/1941

Enlisted in the Australian Army at Ararat, VIC - service number V12079

1/3/1944

Discharged from Australian Army - posted to 106 Australian General Hospital (Bonegilla) as a Private

1960

Died at Malvern, VIC aged 68