Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga and disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916. Admitted to various hospitals from 28 July 1917 to 8 September 1917 and discharged to duty. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 14 September 1917. Admitted to hospital from 26 September 1918 to 19 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.

Died 28 April 1929 in Atiu of tuberculosis.

Further information about the location of the burial site received since our visit in April 2019: "Buried in Tengatangi in an abandoned overgrown cemetery behind the maternal family home. The abandoned cemetery is about 100 metres from the house in Tengatangi. There is a long drive way across the road from the water tank house. The home is at the end of drive on the left-hand side. On the right of the drive way is my paternal home.”