Albany
TownLocation
Place type
Town
Location
Latitude: -35.02, Longitude: 117.88
Hierarchy
- Oceania
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Albany
Description
The port in Western Australia from which the first convoy, carrying Australian and New Zealand troops, horses and supplies to the First World War, left on 1 November 1914. Albany was the last Australian port of call for Australian servicemen sailing from the eastern states to join the Allied forces in Europe and Africa.