TIMELINE May 2016
Monday, 1 May 1916
Frank HUMPHREY embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A17 Port Lincoln ; Percy Walter HOLPEN transferred to the 4th Pioneer Battalion in Egypt.
HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on a later voyage. Part of the Australian War Memorial collection. PB0867.
Wednesday, 3 May 1916
Francis Noel WHITE and another Coo-ee embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A1 Hymettus ; Darcy KEATING and three other Coo-ees embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray.
HMAT A46 Clan MacGillivray on a later voyage. Part of the Australian War Memorial collection. PB0315.
Friday, 5 May 1916
William Solomon CISSMAN and Arthur Ernest MCGREGOR embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A10 Karroo.
Saturday, 13 May 1916
William Henry PEPPERNELL embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A72 Beltana.
Sunday, 14 May 1916
Charles Edmond MARCHANT received an accidental gun shot wound to the left elbow at Serapeum in Egypt, which resulted in his being sent home to Australia.
Private Charles Marchant (Sunday Times, 8/10/1916)
Saturday, 20 May 1916
Laurence Leslie MAGUIRE transferred from the 13th Battalion to the 45th Battalion in Egypt.
Tuesday, 23 May 1916
John TARLINGTON transferred from the 54th Battalion to the 4th Pioneer Battalion in Egypt.
Thursday, 25 May 1916
Colin David WREN transferred from the 54th Battalion to the 4th Pioneer Battalion in Egpyt.
1915 Coo-ee March 