Completed the following sentence: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&amp;MEF) began forming following a request by the British government on 6 August 1914. AN&amp;MEF comprised one battalion of infantry of 1,000 men enlisted in Sydney<unk>known as the 1st Battalion, AN&amp;MEF<unk>plus 500 naval reservists and former sailors who would serve as infantry. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Under the command of Colonel William Holmes, the AN&amp;MEF departed Sydney on 19 August aboard HMAS "Berrima" and stopped at Palm Island off Townsville until the New Zealand force, escorted by the battlecruiser, cruiser, and the French cruiser "Montcalm", left Sydney on 19 August aboard HMAS "Berrima" and stopped at Palm Island off Townsville until the New Zealand force, escorted by the battlecruiser, cruiser, and the French cruiser "Montcalm", left Sydney on 19 August aboard HMAS "Berrima" and stopped at Palm Island off Townsville until the New Zealand force, escorted by the battlecruiser, cruiser, and the French cruiser "Montcalm", left Sydney on 19 August aboard HMAS "Berrima".
■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ AN&amp;MEF then moved to Port Moresby where it met the Queensland contingent aboard the transport TSS "Kanowna".<unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ The soldiers from the Kennedy Regiment were also left in Port Moresby as Holmes felt that they were not trained or equipped well enough to be committed to the fighting that was expected.<unk> The soldiers from the Kennedy Regiment were also left in Port Moresby as Holmes felt that they were not trained or equipped well enough to be committed to the fighting that was expected. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Holmes returned to Australia in early 1915 and re-enlisted in the AIF, as did most of his men. They were replaced by the 3rd Battalion, AN & MEF, which was known as the "Tropical Force" because it had been specially enlisted for service in the tropics.