Albert Clarence Coward (SN 3180) born in Ballarat was a 22 year old draper’s assistant when he enlisted in the 6th Field Ambulance on March 4th 1915. His unit embarked from Melbourne aboard the Ajana on June 4th. He had a brief period of service at Gallipoli but was transferred to hospital in Egypt suffering from jaundice and asthma. In March 1916 he moved to France but six months later he became ill, and on October 16th he was evacuated to hospital in England suffering from a dilated heart. No longer fit for active service, he returned to Australia aboard the Miltiades and disembarked in Melbourne on July 2nd 1917. He was discharged August 11th as ‘medically unfit – valvular disease of the heart'.