William Shannon (SN 987) born in Ballarat, was a 35 year old labourer, married to Catherine, when he enlisted in Melbourne on August 18th 1914. Posted to the 6th Infantry Battalion he embarked from Melbourne aboard the Hororata on October 19th and sailed to Egypt. Once in Egypt he was disciplined on numerous occasions for offences mostly associated with drunkenness including breaking a plate glass door and refusing to return to camp. It was determined that he was unsuitable for military service and he was returned to Australia aboard the Maloga, reaching Melbourne and being discharged on April 12th 1915, ‘disciplinary’.