Disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 April 1916.
Promoted Corporal, 16 May 1916.
Appointed Lance Sergeant, 10 September 1916.
Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (gun shot wound, right leg and foot); admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance, 16 September 1916; transferred to England, 22 September 1916, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 23 September 1916; transferred to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 14 December 1916.
Transferred to NZ Light Railways Operating Section, 5 February 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 24 February 1917.
Promoted Sergeant, in the field, 24 March 1917.
Awarded Military Medal.
Transferred to 24th General Hospital (synovitis, left knee); total period of treatment for venereal disease: 19 days; transferred to England, 28 December 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 30 December 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 23 January 1918.
Posted to No 5 Officer Cadet Bn, Trinity College, Cambridge, 5 July 1918; withdrawn from OTC at own request, 15 July 1918.
Admitted to Cherryhinton Military Hospital, Cambridge, 13 July 1918 (gonorrhoea); discharged, 5 August 1918.
Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Corinthic', 9 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 21 October 1919.
War service: 4 years 10 days (of which 3 years 231 days were abroad)
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal AWMM