Buuxi weedhan soo socota: 1da Agoosto 1915, Mackinolty waxaa loo wareejiyay Ciidanka Boqortooyada Australia, si uu u hoggaamiyo koox ka kooban saddex iyo toban farsamoyaqaanno kale oo xoojin u ah ciidanka duulista ee Australia ee ka shaqeeya ololaha Mesopotamian. Wuxuu ka tagay Melbourne sagaal maalmood ka dib isagoo saaran RMS "Persia", wuxuuna yimid Basra 1dii Sebtember. Kooxda Mackinolty waxay isla markiiba ku biireen No. 30 Squadron Royal Flying Corps (asal ahaan Mesopotamian Half Flight AFC), oo u dhaqaaqay magaalada Kut ka dib markii ay qabsadeen ciidamada Boqortooyada Ingiriiska Dagaalkii Es Sinn. Cutubku wuxuu ka qayb qaatay Dagaalkii Ctesiphon bishii Nofeembar, wuxuuna abaabulay sahay u dhiibista ciidanka Ingiriiska iyo kuwa Hindiya ee ku sugan
Kut intii lagu jiray go'doomintii ka bilaabantay Diseembar 1915 illaa Abriil ee soo socota.