[4] He spent ten years on the English stage, of which the only newsworthy item was his accidental wounding of an actress when a pistol he was brandishing discharged.
[5] In 1911 he left for Australia with his brother Leslie, who was playing the lead role in The Chocolate Soldier operetta.
When the Great War broke out and he tried to enlist but was rejected, so worked at a Devonshire factory making shells, then in 1917 was sent to America, inspecting munitions destined for Britain.
The first of his "Mite Merry" series, The Billibonga Bird, Chewg-um Blewg-um and The Simple Jaggejay were published by Whitcombe & Tombs in 1919.
[11] His later Australian work includes illustrations for Gwen Bourne's The Wonder World Fairy Tale Book'.