His first charge was the sparsely inhabited Broughton district, based at G. C. Hawker's Bungaree station,[2] north of Clare.
In 1874, assisted by his curate Hartley Williams, he married his oldest brother John Lyon Field to his sister-in-law Caroline Bentham Neales.
A feature of his acting incumbency was the opening of the new organ, with demonstrations by the usual organist Jaffray Bruer, Arthur Boult of St. Peter's Cathedral and Miss Goodman of Geelong, Victoria.
[4] From 1883 to 1885 he served as assistant missionary supply chaplain, which position entailed relieving clergy in various localities throughout the colony.
From 1892 to 1894 he was chaplain to the Adelaide Gaol, and was had the unenviable duty of accompanying the murderer William Brown to the scaffold.
[6] He remained chaplain of the Asylum and priest in charge of St Cyprian's Mission Church until struck by the illness —influenza— which resulted in his death.
He was also involved in the Sunday-school Union since its foundation in 1878, acting as its first secretary, and for some time as a board member.
Oldest brother John Lyon Field (1826–1911) came out to Adelaide, married Caroline Neales (23 February 1848 – ) on 3 June 1873, 2nd daughter of J.