War service: Egypt, Western Front
Disembarked Suez, 15 November 1915.
Embarked for Marsa Mutrah, 19 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 18 February 1916.
Embarked Alexandria for France, 6 April 1916.
Attached to Divisional Grenade School, 21 May 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 28 May 1916.
Found guilty, 21 August 1916, of when on Active Service when on the line of march leaving the ranks without permission: deprived of 3 days' pay.
Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (gun shot wound, left thigh); admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 16 September 1916; transferred to Liverpool Merchants' Mobile Hospital, Etaples, 17 September 1916; to England, 24 September 1916, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 25 September 1916. transferred to NZ Convalescent Camp, Hornchurch, 6 December 1916; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 13 March 1917. Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 5 April 1917 (mumps); discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 19 April 1917; attached to NZ Reserve Group, Sling Camp, 28 April 1917.
Found guilty, 7 July 1917, Sling Camp, of being absent without leave from 10 pm, 2 July, to 6 am, 6 July 1917: awarded 7 days' detention, and forfeited 5 days' pay.
Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 30 August 1917 (cut hand).
Attached to strength of NZ Command Depot, Codford, 4 October 1917.
Found guilty, 13 November 1917, of being absent without leave from 10 pm, 10 November, until apprehended at Salisbury: forfeited 2 days' pay (gross) and a further 2 days' pay.
Marched in to Reserve Depot, Brocton, 14 December 1917.
Admitted to Military Hospital, Cannock Chase, 28 December 1917 (old wound, left leg); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 15 July 1918; discharged on furlough, 31 July 1918, to report to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 16 August 1918.
Proceeded overseas to France, 16 October 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 24 October 1918.
Evacuated to hospital, 2 November 1918; admitted to No 3 Australian General Hospital, 4 November 1918 (influenza); transferred to England, 30 November 1918, and admitted to Millbank Military Hospital, Bermondsey, London, 1 December 1918 (congestion of lung); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 13 December 1918; marched into Codford, 11 February 1919.
Commenced return to New Zealand from Glasgow on board 'Bhamo', 10 March 1919.
Found guilty, at sea, 19 April 1919, of being absent from inhalation parade: forfeited 2 days' pay; discharged, 23 May 1919.
Total war service: 3 years 362 days (of which 3 years 199 days were abroad)

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