Ordinary Seaman Samuel Rouget (Wandin): He is transferred from HMAS Melbourne to HMAS Protector, a gunship that had been in service since the Colonial days. On this day he left Sydney as part of the crew of HMAS Protector to escort the two new Australian submarines, AE1 & AE2, as a unit of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, assembled to capture the German New Guinea colonies.