Edited sentence: Allotted to the 40th Battalion as a private, he was initially posted with his unit for training at Claremont military camp for a period of three months.He was avdanced to lance corporal on 22 May.On 1 March 1916, McGee enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force for service during the First World War.On the completion of its primary training, the 40th Battalion embarked for the United Kingdom in July, with McGee aboard HMAT Berrima; he disembarked late the following month