Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - McLeay sonyere n'Òtù Ndị Agha Alaeze Ukwu Australia (AIF) na May 1915. O jere ozi n'òtù ndị ọrụ ahụ ike na Middle East nakwa na Western Front. Mgbe ọ nọ na France dị ka onye na-ebugharị ihe na 13th Field Ambulance, e nyere ya ihe nrite ndị agha maka obi ike n'ụbọchị mmalite nke Agha nke Abụọ nke Villers-Bretonneux
n'April nke afọ 1918. A chụrụ ya n'ọrụ agha n'October 1919.