He served in East Africa during World War I and on the North-West Frontier of India during the Third Anglo-Afghan War of 1919. After retirement he practiced in Putney and specialized in tropical diseases under the Ministry of Pensions. He conducted important work on leprosy. On 1 January 1913 he received the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal and the O.B.E. on 3 June 1918.