was born in Ballarat and attended the Urquhart Street State School. He enlisted in Melbourne on 19th August 1914. He was 20 years old, single and a labourer. He joined the 4th Light Horse Regiment and embarked in October. He was seriously wounded at Gallipoli in July and evacuated to hospital in Egypt. Once recovered he transferred to the Anzac Police, part of the Australian Provost Corps, and was promoted Lance Corporal. He was attached to 1st Light Horse Regiment and on 10th January 1917 he died of wounds sustained during action at Village Sheik Yowail, has no known grave and is listed on the Jerusalem Memorial in Israel. His twin brother, John, was killed at Gallipoli in April 1915.