, ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁senior ▁en list ed ▁soldiers ▁to ▁undert ake ▁administrative ▁and ▁instruction al ▁work . ▁These ▁were ▁rec ru ited ▁from ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁existing ▁Queensland - based ▁Milit ia ▁batt al ions ▁including ▁the ▁ 2 5 th , ▁ 4 2 nd ▁and ▁ 4 7 th ▁Batt al ions . ▁One ▁member ▁rec ru ited ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁had ▁served ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁Battalion ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁raised ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Australian ▁Imperial ▁Force , ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁first ▁groups ▁of ▁personnel ▁began ▁arriv ing ▁at ▁Red bank , ▁in ▁south - east ▁Queensland , ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁May , ▁the ▁batt alion ' s ▁headquarters ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁camp ▁and ▁basic ▁training ▁comm enced ▁in ▁June ▁under ▁instruct ors ▁from ▁the ▁Australian ▁Inst ruction al ▁Corps . ▁In ▁early ▁July , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁batt alion ▁was ▁transport ed ▁by ▁train ▁to ▁P ink en ba , ▁and ▁from ▁there ▁to ▁Dar win , ▁in ▁Australia ' s ▁north , ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁tro op ship ▁Zealand ia . ▁Task ed ▁with ▁def ending ▁the ▁port ▁and ▁its ▁surr ounds , ▁the ▁batt alion ▁was ▁based ▁around ▁V est ey ' s ▁meat works ▁near ▁Mind il ▁Beach , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁months ▁that ▁followed ▁was ▁occupied ▁with ▁vital ▁asset ▁protection ▁and ▁area ▁defence ▁in ▁between ▁individual ▁and ▁collect ive ▁training ▁exer cis es . ▁Person nel ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁the ▁majority ▁of