| 1874— | Joined Military Academy, Woolwich. |
| 1876— | Lieutenant, Royal Artillery. |
| 1881— | Police Instructor, South Australia. |
| 1882— | Staff Instructor, Military Forces, South Australia. |
| " — | Lieutenant Commanding South Australian Permanent Artillery. |
| 1883— | Captain. |
| 1885— | Major. |
| 1892— | Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff. |
| " — | Acting Commandant. |
| 1893— | Colonel on the Staff. |
| " — | Commandant, South Australian Military Forces. |
| 1896— | Re-appointed Commandant, under new Defence Act. |
| 1898— | Inspector, Warlike Stores, and Military Adviser for Australian Colonies, in England. |
| 1899— | Returned to South Australia, Commandant. |
| " — | Special Service Officer, South African War. |
| 1900— | Colonel, Imperial Land Forces. |
| " — | Chief Staff Officer to all Overseas Colonial Forces, on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Roberts. |
| " — | and commanded a Mounted Column, South Africa. |
| " — | Brigadier-General, Adelaide. |
| 1901— | Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. |
| 1902— | Commandant of the State of Victoria. |
| 1905— | Commandant of the State of New South Wales. |
| 1912— | Chief of the General Staff, Commonwealth Military Forces, and First Member of the Military Board of Control, Australia. |
| Retired, owing to age limit, 1st August, 1914. |