World War I: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Australian Imperial Force">Australian Imperial Force</a> (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_Western_Australia" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Albany, Western Australia">Albany, Western Australia</a> bound for Egypt.