1901 Jan 12 born Kent
1901 census at Greenwich
1911 census at 56 Hassendean Road, Blackheath S E
1917 Dec 8 enlists in RNVR
1919 Feb 28 demobbed
1919 Nov 23 arrives in New York. He is Assistant Steward on a ship
1921 Feb 21. enlisted in RIC with # 78991. Seaman & ex-Sailor
1921 Mar 11 Posted Kilkenny
1922 Feb 10. disbanded
1922 Mar 28 enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie
1924 Jan 11. left UK for Australia. Occupation "nil"
1926 Married Doris I M White in Randwick, NSW
1926 Nov 6 His wife died
1927 Jul 23 deserted Australian Navy
1928 Jun 13 The warrent for his arrest as a deserter was cancelled. Presumably he had been taken back by the navy
WW2 served with Australian Navy . NOK is mother Ellen. Correct DOB
1988 Oct 20 died, buried Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia . His father is given as William and mother maiden name as Ettery