1897

Born at Bacchus Marsh, VIC

13/6/1917

Enlisted in the AIF, 59^th Battalion, 9^th Reinforcements, at age 20

16/7/1917

Embarked at Sydney aboard the HMAT A16 Port Melbourne

16/9/1917

Disembarked at Liverpool, England

13/1/1918

Joined the 59^th Battalion in the field - France

25/4/1918

The 59^th Battalion participated in the now legendary counter-attack at Villers-Bretonneux

19/5/1918

Transferred to the 1^st Australian Light Railway Operating Company as a Sapper

13/12/1918

Returned to England

18/1/1919

Embarked for Australia aboard the SS Ulysses

10/3/1919

Disembarked at Melbourne - poor physique

1983

Died aged 86