1888

Born in Burghead, Scotland

13/7/1915

Enlisted at Bacchus Marsh, VIC in the AIF, 6^th Reinforcements, 21^st Battalion, aged 27

5/10/1915

Embarked aboard the RMS Moldavia

Disembarked in Egypt

24/1/1916

Transferred to the 7^th Battalion

26/3/1916

Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt

31/3/1916

Disembarked at Marseilles, France

23/7/1916

Wounded in action during the Battle of Pozieres - shell shock and sprained back

26/7/1916 - 3/9/1916

Admitted to the 1^st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France

28/9/1916 - 3/1/1917

Detached to the 1^st Pioneer Battalion for mining diuties

26/4/1917

Wounded in action after the battles for Bullecourt as the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line

29/4/1917

Admitted to hospital, Rouen France - gunshot wound to the face

15/5/1917

Admitted to 2^nd Southern General Hospital, England

29/5/1917 - 5/6/1917

Discharged to furlough

20/8/1917

Rejoined unit in Belgium

4/9/1918 - 23/9/1918

On leave in England

4/10/1918 - 21/11/1918

To 2^nd Brigade, Class of Instruction

25/1/1919

Returned to England

28/3/1919

Embark for Australia aboard the City of Poona

14/5/1919

Returned to Australia

18/8/1919

Discharged from the AIF