58th Battalion
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Roy Whitcombe Coutts (SN 1682) born at Ballarat was a 28 year old grain broker when he enlisted in Melbourne on July 21st 1915. He embarked aboard the Euripides on April 4th 1916 and sailed via Egypt to England to serve with the 58th Infantry Battalion. He continued to train in England until, at his request, he was discharged on March 16th 1917 to enable him to take up a commission in the British Army Royal Flying Corps.
