Born Liverpool, England, CoE. Enlisted 3 May 1917 age 40, Customs agent. Nok wife, Alma Wills MacKnight, Forrest St, Peppermint Grove. Embarked at Melbourne A60 Aeneas 30 October 1917. Killed in action in France 25 June 1918. Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Service medal BWM and VM.