12/10/1897

Born at Beoley, Redditch, England

16/7/1915

Enlisted at Melbourne VIC in the AIF, aged 17y 9m

17/9/1915

Allocatted to the 6^th Reinforcements, 23^rd Battalion

27/10/1915

Embarked aboard the HMAT A38 Ulysses

Disembarked in Egypt

23/2/1916

Transferred to the 58^th Battalion

17/6/1916

Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt

23/6/1916

Disembarked at Marseilles, France

?/1/1917

Promoted to Temporary Corporal

28/3/1917 - 12/4/1917

On leave in England

29/4/1917

Promoted to Corporal

1/5/1917

Promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant

2/2/1918 - 19/2/1918

On leave in England

16/9/1918 -

For his actions during the Breaking the Hindenburg Line he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal

4/12/1918

On leave in England

1/1/1919 - 13/2/1919

Admitted to hospital while on leave

Leave extended to 8/3/1919

28/3/1919

Embarked from England aboard the Karoa

8/5/1919

Returned to Australia

30/6/1919

Discharged from the AIF

1924

Living at Bacchus Marsh, VIC

1937

Living at Werribee, VIC

5/6/1940

Enlisted in the Australian Army - V84527

4/2/1946

Discharged from the Army with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1, serving at Headquarters Queensland Line of Communication Area

1959

Died a Werribee, VIC, aged 63