Difficilt to pin down. I cannot get a commission, though he was a seaman and did go to Q Coy
1890 Jan 21 Born Guernsey
1891 census at Guernsey
1901 census at Guernsey
1907 Sep 14 Gets job as Deck Boy with Great Western
1911 census He is a Able Seaman
1920 Jun 10 New Zealand Police Gazette. A seaman, from Channel Islands, fined £1 for being drunk and disorderly at Lyttleton
1921 Jul 11. Accepted in Ireland. Joined ADRIC with service no 2113 Posted to Q Coy. The RIC register says "ex-army officer", but I can find no trace of a commission
1922 Jan 14 Discharged at demobilization of ADRIC