Driver Albert Franklin from Yea, Victoria enlisted in the Permanent Military Forces of the Commonwealth, Remount Section, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) on 16 November 1914, a month before his 20th birthday. Franklin enlisted in the 1st Remount Unit of the AIF on 4 January 1918 and was allocated the 1st Remount Unit service number 97. He embarked from Melbourne on board the troopship Mahao on 16 January 1918 bound for Egypt. After a brief period of service overseas, he was discharged from the AIF in Melbourne on 15 May 1918 and returned to the Permanent Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Remount Section, AASC) until he was discharged in Melbourne on 1 May 1919.