help with Military Service

[ALAMO2008]

This would imply Enlisted 1917 and promotion quickly implies Service previously

[Cragside]

Thanks for all your replies. There's plenty of detail there for me to get my teeth into.

Much appreciated.

[ALAMO2008]

This implies if he was on May1918 Voters List he was Not Absent on Qualifying Date the previous October 1917
I would suggest he never Served in WW1  though he did Servse ad 718 up to 1912