1892
Born in Ballarat, VIC
24/8/1914
Enlisted in the AIF, 7th Battalion, E Company, aged 22
19/10/1914
Embarked aboard the HMAT A20 Hororata
2/12/1914
Disembarked in Egypt
25/4/1915
Landed at Gallipoli
17/5/1915
Returned to Alexandria, Egypt - transport duties
23/9/1915
Rejoined unit at Lemnos
3/10/1915
Returned to Alexandria, Egypt - transport duties
17/9/1915 - 8/10/1915
AWL - forfeits 22 days pay
5/11/1915 - 28/1/1916
Admitted to hospital
21/2/1916 - 22/2/1916
AWL - forfeits 2 days pay
5/3/1916 - 9/3/1916
Absent from parade - forfeits 5 days pay and 120 hours detention
28/5/1916
Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt
11/6/1916
Disembarked at Plymouth, England
29/7/1916 - 15/8/1916
AWL - 18 days detention and forfeits 36 days pay
3/9/1916 - 14/9/1916
AWL - 12 days detention and forfeits 12 days pay
23/9/1916 - 10/10/1916
AWL while a defaulter - 26 days detention and forfeits 45 days pay
2/11/1916
Embark for France
17/11/1916
Joined the 1st Pioneer Battalion
12/2/1917
Admitted to the 2nd Field Ambulance - influenza
26/2/1917
Admitted to the Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, England
21/3/1917 - 5/4/1917
Discharged to furlough - classified B1A (temporarily unfit)
13/7/1917
Detached to 15th Training Battalion
10/8/1917
Marched in to the 1st Pioneer Training Battalion
23/10/1917
Rejoined unit in France
7/12/1917
Admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance - pyrexia of uncertain origin
15/12/1917
Admitted to the 4th Southern General Hospital, England
31/12/1917 - 14/1/1918
Discharged to furlough
9/3/1918
Rejoined unit in France
9/4/1918
Transferred to the 1st Machine Gun Company - regimental number changed to 627A
28/4/1918
Transferred back to the 1st Pioneers
28/7/1918
Wounded in action - gunshot wound to left foot and admitted to the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance
9/8/1918
Admitted to the Brook War Hospital, England
24/12/1918
Embarked for Australia aboard the HT Takada
11/2/1919
Returned to Australia
12/4/1919
Discharged from the AIF
1923
Living in Ballarat, VIC
