He volunteered for service soon after Australia's declaration of war against Germany, and was moved to
Batavia. While posted there with the
Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, he was captured in 1942 as the
Japanese army moved south. He was put to work on the
Burma-Siam Railway, and died while working on the railway in May 1943. He was later buried at
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. ==See also==