6/6/1879
Born in Collingwood, VIC
1901
Embarked with the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles for South Africa - Boer War - aged 21
1902
Returned to Australia - 1 year 72 days abroad
13/7/1917
Enlisted in the AIF, aged 38
6/8/1917
Allocated to the 25th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion
21/11/1917
Embarked aboard the HMAT A71 Nestor
15/12/1917
Disembarked at Suez, Egypt
18/12/1917
Embarked from Alexandria, mEgypt
23/12/1917
Disembarked, Taranto, Italy
5/1/1918
Disembarked at Southampton, England and reverts to the ranks from acting Lance Corporal
7/1/1918 - 21/1/1918
Promoted to Acting Lance Corporal
1/4/1918
Proceeded overseas to France
14/4/1918
Joined unit in the field
3/7/1918
Wounded in action - gunshot wound to the buttock
18/9/1918
His actions saw him awarded the Military Medal
3/10/1918
Promoted to Lance Corporal
11/3/1919
Returned to England
21/3/1919
Embarked from Devenport, for Australia, aboard the Kildonian Castle
7/5/1919
Returned to Australia
30/5/1919
Discharged from the AIF
1957
Died at Northcote, VIC, aged 77
