 The unit gained the nickname "Old and the Bold", due to its members' ages, their veteran status, and reputation for endurance and daring against the enemy, even though the majority of volunteers were young men.The battalion was disbanded on 19 June 1918.The exploits of "The Old and the Bold" were later the loose basis of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" episode "The Phantom Train of Doom" (German East Africa, November 1916).