Many thanks all. The full record of service is fascinating - after the Gallipoli, Mudros, Malta, Lewisham and repatriation experience it would seem that he spent much of 1916 back in Australian recovering from his back injuries. He seems to have made a full recovery since in November 1916 he disembarked at Plymouth en route to France. He must have been one of the few to make two return trips from Australia to Europe - and survive all that to be discharged relatively intact.
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