After an exchange of messages between the Australian Government and the British Admiralty, it was announced that the balance of the sentences, handed down as a result of the mutiny on 1 June 1919 on board HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), would be remitted.
This action led to the two most senior officers in the RAN, RADM Sir Edmund Grant, (First Naval Member of the Naval Board), and CDRE Dumaresq, (Commander of the Fleet), tendering their resignations.
Both officers withdrew their resignations and the matter ended there.