Albert Clarence Bird (SN 566) born at Ballarat, was a 19 year old railway porter when he enlisted in Melbourne on August 17th 1914. Assigned to the 7th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Hororata on October 19th and sailed to Egypt. He served at Gallipoli until illness forced his evacuation in early August 1915, meaning he missed the heavy fighting of the August Offensive. In the AIF reorganisation of early 1916 in Egypt, he was transferred to the 58th Battalion but an extended illness meant he was unable to join the battalion in France until February 1917. Varying illnesses continued to interrupt his service until he was returned to Australia on special transport duty aboard the Matatua. He disembarked at Melbourne on August 15th 1918 and was discharged, medically unfit on October 16th.