Husband of Beth.

Underaged, he enlisted when only 16 years old. Was wounded at Gallipoli, sent back to NZ to recover, and then shipped back to war in France where a shell burst fractured his skull. He spent some time in hospital in England before being invalided home.

On his return to NZ he worked as a civil engineer for some time before owning hotels in Akaroa and Auckland.

He married in 1966 at the age of 70. Together with his wife Beth he lived in Auckland for many years before moving to Port Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia.

In April 1987, in an interview, he said 'The Gallipoli campaign was terribly wrong, a big mistake, a failure.' New Zealand Herald 3 October 1987.

He was only one of two surviving NZ-born veterans of the Gallipoli Campaign when he died in October 1997. AWMM