Enlisted with rank of private, 26 June 1917. Marched in to Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, and posted to B Company, 30th Reinforcements, Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 24 July 1917. Transferred to B Company, 31st Reinforcements, 18 August 1917. Proceeded overseas from Wellington with 31st Reinforcements on board HMNZT 'Tahiti', 16 November 1917.
Disembarked Liverpool, England, 7 January 1918. Marched into Sling Camp and taken on strength 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 8 January 1918.
Struck off strength 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Sling Camp, and proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918; disembarked and marched in to New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 24 March 1917. Taken on strength 1st New Zealand Entrenching Battalion, in the field, 26 March 1918. Joined 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment and posted to 17th (Ruahine) Company, in the field, France, 23 June 1918. Awarded the Military Medal, 30 November 1918.
Proceeded to return to England, 4 March 1919.
Marched in to Wellington Provincial Depot, Sling Camp, England, 10 March 1919. Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth, England, on board HMNZT 'Kigoma', 31 May 1919.
Disembarked in Wellington, New Zealand, 15 July 1919.
Discharged on termination of period of engagement, 12 August 1919.
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal AWMM