Question: When did Richard Minifie join the main theatre of war during the First World War?
Sentence (from "Battle and theatre honours of the Australian Army"): The first honour given to an Australian unit came prior to Federation and was awarded to forces from the colony of New South Wales, which contributed a small contingent consisting of an infantry battalion, with artillery and support units to take part in the short-lived British campaign against the Dervish revolt in the eastern Sudan in 1885 following the death of General Charles Gordon at Khartoum.
Relevant evidence: No