Australian Army Major General. A veteran of the 2nd Boer War and World War I, he rose in rank to become Commander, 3rd Division, Australian Military Forces. The son of a furniture store owner, his military career began in 1887 at the age of 19 when he enlisted in the Australian Militia as a gunner in the Victorian Field Artillery. In 1889 he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant and promoted to the rank of captain two years later. In 1899 he volunteered to serve in the 2nd Boer War in South Africa with the British 62nd Battery of the Royal Field Artillery and saw combat action at the Battle of Paardeberg in February 1900. The following month he was promoted to the rank of major and in July 1900 he returned to Australia. In March 1902 and was promoted to the rank of temporary lieutenant colonel and became commander of the 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse and in April 1909 his rank became permanent and he took command of the Victorian Field Artillery Brigade. After the outbreak of World War I in July 1914 he was assigned to the 1st Australian Imperial Force, commanding the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, which was sent to Egypt the following October, in preparation to invade Turkey. He participated in the Gallipoli Campaign from April until January 1916 when the Allied Forces were finally forced to withdraw back to Egypt. During this time he commanded the Australian 1st and 2nd Division Artillery and the 3rd Infantry Brigade. In March 1916 he became commander of the Australian 2nd Division Artillery again and was sent to the Western Front in France where he saw combat action at the Battle of Poziers (July 23 until September 3, 1916), the Battle of Lagnicourt (March to April 1917), the Battle of Bullecourt (April 11, 1917), and the Battle of Passchendaele, or 3rd Battle of Ypres (July 31 until November 10, 1917). In October 1917 he requested to return to Australia when he was passed over for the post of Corps Artillery commander by a junior officer and his request was granted. In April 1918 he became the Military Administer of New Guinea, serving in that position until May 1920. From 1922 until 1927 he served as commander of the Australian 3rd Division and was promoted to the rank of major general in October 1923. He retired from the Australian Army with nearly 40 years of military service. Among his awards and decorations include the Companion of the Order of the Bath, the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Volunteer Decoration, and he was mentioned in dispatches (one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which is described the soldier's gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy) on four separate occasions. Following his military retirement, he became the director of his family's furniture firm in Fitzroy, Australia. He died at the age of 80.