HMAT Armadale
Dvr James Whyte (Olinda), 1st Australian Reserve Park
Dvr Percy Whyte (Olinda), 1st Australian Reserve Park
HMAT Karroo
Gnr Alfred Niblett, (Lilydale), Royal Field Artillery
HMAT Shropshire
Gnr Arthur Fenton (Mt Dandenong), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Gnr Howard Guttmann (Olinda), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Dvr Albert Street (Gruyere), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Cpl Arthur Chapman (Wandin), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Shoeing-Smith Hugh Wilson (Coldstream), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Pte Arthur Mattingley (Wandin), Divisional Ammunition Column
HMAT Southern
Dvr Alfred Parish (Lilydale), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Dvr Charles Clarke (Mt Dandenong), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Pte Frank Kingsley-Norris (Lilydale), 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance.
In an excerpt from his auto-biography ‘No Memories for Pain’.
‘It was obvious that something was astir. Next day after church parade we were told to pack and pile our kitbags and after dinner there was a full muster mounted parade. Off down the camp road, left wheel past the old hotel at the road junction, then right wheel down Sydney Road leading to the city.
At Latrobe Street we wheeled to the right and headed for Victoria Docks where our transport was berthed. We had our horses loaded in their stalls by the end of the afternoon, and with none to wave us farewell we were away, as the evening shadows added to our mixed feelings’.
Walter Staff (Wandin): Leaves his job as a mill worker in Woori Yallock and enlists in the AIF, he is 32 years old.