Pte Malcolm Rankin (Lilydale), 21st Battalion: In a letter to his uncle in Lilydale – ‘We left Alexandria at 11 o’clock at night and arrived at camp about 5 o’clock next morning. We were in open trucks and it was a freezing cold night. We left Alexandria on 31st May. The only thing we had to look out for was the tin fish but we arrived safely. We had to wear life belts all the way over to England’.
Pte Martin Hatfield (Lilydale) & Pte William Lucas (Silvan), both 1st Remount Unit: Are ordered to return to Australia for discharge when their unit is disbanded. They do but both later re-join the AIF again.