Pte Albert Douglas (Seville), 6^th Field Ambulance: While at the Cottonera Hospital in Malta he dies of wounds he received at Gallipoli as well as complications with pneumonia. He is 22 years old and is buried at the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta.

Pte Albert Rouget (Seville), 14^th Battalion: Is admitted to hospital in Cairo suffering from mumps.

Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: On Lemnos Island. In his diary –‘Well Christmas Eve was bitterly cold, a keen wind blowing right off the ice, and when we woke early Christmas morning with bands playing carols, the place was covered with white frost. By jove! it was cold but it turned out to be a beautiful day. We were busy all the morning packing up and were off duty after dinner, but there was nothing to do, so we had a pretty miserable day. Our Christmas dinner consisted of the old reliable stew; that was all, and our tea was bread and jam. Today we were doing nothing but waiting further orders’.

Pte George Milne (Lilydale), 6^th Battalion: In camp in Egypt. In a letter to his mother in Lilydale – ‘We all secured a Christmas billy, though only being here then five days; but as we are reckoned ready for service, perhaps this carried some recognition. My own was from the mother of a Queensland lieutenant at present at Gallipoli, and was acceptable on Christmas day, and full justice done to contents that day, sardines, pudding and cake. Have been fortunate in keeping together with some of mates who joined at our original camp at Albert Park, and no doubt we will now get to the front together’.

Pte James Wallace (Seville), 6^th Battalion: In camp in Egypt. In a letter to Mrs McDonnell of Adelaide, whose Christmas billy he had received – ‘Just to let you know that I had the good luck to get your billy, which I was overjoyed to get. I can tell you it was some fun to see the boys getting their Christmas gifts, it brings one back to when we used to hang up the stocking. Christmas day was kept up here by sports in the afternoon and a grand concert at night. Of course it is not near so lively here as home, but under the conditions we can’t expect things to be very lively, can we? In your note you hoped I was spending my Christmas and New Year in Constantinople; well, I am not doing that but I hope it won’t last much longer and then we will all be able to get back to good old Australia, which is the best place on earth (bet your life)’.