War service: England
Promoted to rank of temporary corporal, Featherston Camp, 19 February 1918.
Promoted to rank of sergeant, Featherston Camp, 16 April 1918.
Embarked on board HMNZT 'Maunganui', Wellington, and proceeded overseas, 9 May 1918.
Disembarked Liverpool, England, 24 June 1918; marched in and taken on strength New Zealand Engineers Reserve Depot, Stevenage, 24 June 1918. Reverts to rank of sapper at own request, 25 June 1918.
Attached to New Zealand Signal Depot, Bedford, 1 October 1918.
Found guilty, 29 December 1918, of being absent without leave, 8.30 am, 18 December, to 5.30 pm, 21 December 1918: forfeited four days' pay and fined four days' pay.
Marched in to Sutton Coldfield from Stevenage, 21 February 1919.
Marched in to Wellington Provincial Detachment, Sling Camp, 12 May 1919.
Detached to Isolation Camp, Larkhill, 16 May 1919.
Marched in to Auckland Provincial Detachment, Larkhill, 27 May 1919.
Marched in to Wellington Provincial Detachment, 5 July 1919.
Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Ayrshire', 5 August 1919.
Disembarked Lyttleton, 20 September 1919; Discharged on completion of period of engagement, 23 October 1919M.
Medals: British War Medal AWMM