New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Batt. Wellington Regiment. He is remembered with honour on the Caterpillar Valley Memorial, Somme, France, the Scottish National War Memorial, The Park Church Roll of Honour and the Helensburgh War Memorial Column 1 Line 48.
The family home was at Kilbride Farm, Row where his father farmed. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth moved to Paxtonville, 34 Montrose Street, Helensburgh, where she lived throughout the war. The son of the late Walter and Mrs Elizabeth Battison.