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THE 28TH

A RECORD OF WAR SERVICE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, 1915-1919

VOLUME I.

EGYPT, GALLIPOLI, LEMNOS ISLAND, SINAI PENINSULA

by

COLONEL H. B. COLLETT, C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D. First C.O. of the Battalion

With Foreword by the Archbishop of Perth, Chaplain-General to the Forces

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[Illustration: ON THE SQUARE WITHIN THE WALLS OF SALADIN'S CITADEL. 30th August, 1915. The Moqattam Hills and Napoleon's Fort in the distant background.]

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Published by the Trustees of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of Western Australia

Perth 1922

[Copyright] by Authority: Fred. Wm. Simpson, Government Printer, Perth.

Blocks Supplied by Read & Mckinley, Art Engravers, Perth.

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CONTENTS.

FOREWORD: By The Most Rev. C. O. L. Riley, O.B.E., D.D., LL.D., V.D., Archbishop of Perth, Chaplain-General to the Forces. IX.

PREFACE XI.

CHRONOLOGY XIII.

CHAPTER I.

THE GENESIS.

W.A. in the South African War--The outbreak in 1914--Karrakatta and Blackboy Hill--The first units to embark--Scheme for raising new brigades--The 28th Battalion authorised--Enrolment of personnel-- Selection and appointment of Officers and N.C.Os.--Specialists wanted--Equipping--Hard training--An accident--Hours off duty--Visit from H.E. the Governor--Medical precautions--The March through Perth --Final preparations for departure for the Front. =Page 1.=

CHAPTER II.

EN ROUTE.

Embarkation 9th June, 1915--The crowds along the route and at Fremantle--Farewell to Australia--The "Ascanius"--Quarters and messing--Other troops on board--Statistics--Training at Sea-- Lectures--Stowaways--Competitions in tidiness--Entering the Tropics--Amusements--The Ca

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