About this article: An excerpt from Chapter 7, ‘The Great War’ in Kilsby, A.J., The Riflemen, A History of the National Rifle Association of Australia 1888-1988, (Longueville Media, 2013).
Survived the Boer War, killed in action at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915.
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