Pte Walter Emery (Seville): Having enlisted only two weeks before, he was sent to the AIF training camp at Flemington. He wasn’t here long before he became ill and was sent to the Flemington Base Hospital suffering from cerebro spinal meningitis and toxaemia. He died there on this day at 9.00am and was buried at the Coburg Cemetery, he is 20 years old.

Ove Ovesen (Seville): Born in Western Australia to Norwegian parents he leaves his job as a farm worker in the Yarra Valley to enlist in the Australian Light Horse, he is 20 years old.

Ernest Rae (Mooroolbark): Leaves his family’s property at Mooroolbark and enlists in the AIF, he is 25 years old. His older brother would also enlist the following year.

William Reid (Olinda): Leaves his job as a survey draftsman and enlists in the AIF, he is 25 years old and married.

Arthur Thomas (Lilydale): Leaves his job working for the Railways in NSW, where he was living, and enlists in the AIF, he is 25 years old.