First World War
On the outbreak of the First World War, Shout transferred to the newly raised Australian Imperial Force on 27 August 1914, and was posted to the 1st Battalion as a second lieutenant in F Company under the command of Lieutenant Cecil Sasse. On 18 October, the 1st Battalion embarked for Egypt, with Shout boarding HMAT Afric at Sydney. Following a brief stop at Albany, Western Australia, the troopship arrived at its destination on 2 December. Shortly after its arrival, the 1st Battalion was re-moulded into a formation of four companies, and Shout was allotted to D Company as a platoon commander. The battalion spent the following four months training in the Egyptian desert, during which time Shout was advanced to lieutenant on 1 February 1915.
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