Enlisted in Masterton 18 May 1917

30 Division B Company (rank of Private)

26June 1917: Posted to Trentham, Wellington for training

25 July 1917 : Transferred to B Company 29 Division

15 August 1917: Embarked Transport 92 (Ship "Ruahine") from Wellington

2 October 1917 : Disembarked "Ruahine" at Glasgow

3 October 1917: Posted 4 Reserve Wellington Regiment. Marched and posted to camp SLING until 19 November 1917. Then left for France , Lyon as a NZI and GBD (NZ Infantry and General Base Dept.) Etaples 19 Novemebr 1917

21 November 1917: Marched into Etaples

19 December 1917: Joined Battalion and posted to 17 Company Field as a Rifleman

24 February 1918: Transferred to 4 Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade

28 March 1918: Wounded in Action (gun shot wound to face)

29-30 March 1918: Taken by ambulance to Hospital (France)

1 May 1918 - 14 May 1918: Admitted to hospital

14 May 1918: Rejoined unit

20 May 1918: Returned to active service

14 July 1918: Sent to Divisonal Lewis Gun School

27 July 1918: Rejoined Unit

26 August 1918: Wounded in action (gunshot wound to left arm)

29 August 1918: Transferred to London, First NZ Hospital , from France

30 August 1918: Transferred from London Hospital to NZ Convalescent Hospital and Camp Grey Towers, Hornchurch , Essex

26 September 1918: Discharged from Hornchurch

8 December 1918: Embarked for NZ on "Ruahine"

20 January 1919 : Disembarked ship

9 December 1919 : Discharged from service AWMM