Chapter III: ARRIVAL OF 2nd AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AND SINKING OF THE

_SOUTHLAND_

SPECIAL ARMY CORPS ORDER

ARMY CORPS HEADQUARTERS,
_September 7, 1915_.

In welcoming the 2nd Australian Division to join the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the General Officer Commanding, on behalf of all their comrades now serving on the Peninsula, wishes to convey to them our general feeling of admiration for the gallant behaviour of all ranks on board the transport _Southland_, when that vessel was torpedoed on the 2nd inst.

All the troops of the Empire now serving with the Army Corps have heard with pride of the courage and discipline shown at a moment when the nerves of the bravest were liable to be so highly tried. Not only was there not the slightest confusion on the part of the troops, who quietly fell in prepared to meet whatever fate might be in store for them, but later on when there was a prospect of the _Southland_ being able to make her way under her own steam, and volunteer stokers were called for, men at once came forward for this duty and successfully helped in getting the _Southland_ into Mudros.

The 2nd Australian Division knows well the high reputation it has to live up to, to carry on the brave deeds done by those who have been here earlier in the campaign, but with men like those on the _Southland_ we are fully assured that our new comrades are going to prove themselves equal in all ways to the old hands who have fought so well.

C. M. WAGSTAFF, Major,
for Brigadier-General, General
Staff,
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.