1895

Born in Bacchus Marsh, VIC

19/8/1914

Enlisted in the AIF, 1^st Division Signals Company aged 19½

20/10/1914

Embarked aboard the HMAT A10 Karroo

Disembarked in Egypt

25/4/1915

Landed at Gallipoli

28/6/1915

Wounded in action - shrapnel wound to right ankle

8/7/1915

Admitted to the 2^nd General Hospital, Cairo

16/9/1915

Embarked for Australia aboard the Beltana

13/10/1915

Returned to Australia

1/2/1916

Returned to duty

4/2/1916

Reported to Signals School, Broardmeadows, VIC

1/3/1916

Re-embarked aboard the HMAT A38 Ulysses with the 2^nd Reinforcements, 2^nd Division Signals Company

25/4/1916

Disembarked in Egypt

10/5/1916

Allotted to the 1^st Division Signals Company

16/6/1916

Joined his unit in France

23/4/1917

Promoted to Lance Corporal

21/8/1917 - 1/9/1917

On leave in England

20/9/1917

His actions during the Battle of Polygon Wood earned him the Military Medal

20/10/1917

Promoted to Temporary Corporal

1/1/1918

Promoted to Corporal

5/3/1918

Joined the Royal Engineers Signals Service Trainng centre as a cadet

17/8/1918

Appointed 2^nd Lieutenant

13/9/1918

Still with the 1^st Division Signals Company and posted as Signals Officer with the 1^st Australian Field Artillery Brigade

29/9/1918

For his actions at Bellicourt, near St Quentin Canal he was awarded the Military Cross

17/11/1918

Promoted to Lieutenant

17/3/1919

Marched out for return to Australia

7/4/1919

Embarked for Australia aboard the Tras-os-Montes

May 1919

Returned to Australia

2/8/1919

Appointment terminated

1983

Died at Balwyn, VIC, aged 88