Born at Tanunda, Sth Aust. CoE. Enlisted 9 September 1915 age 22 years, butcher. Nok wife Daphne Zonone Nixon of Ridgeway, Rosser St, Cottesloe. Embarked from Fremantle 29 January 1916 per A54 Runic. Served in England and wounded in France on 17 August 1918. RTA January 1919. Service medals: BWM and VM.