Dvr Alfred Parish (Lilydale), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade: Is ordered to be sent back to Australia from Egypt on the HT Kyarra to be discharged as medically unfit. While at Broadmeadows he was kicked by a horse in the left upper abdomen and then on the ship was hit in the same place during a boxing match. Afterwards he becomes melancholic in his attitude and according to a report ‘fought and bit at everybody and tried to stab himself in the abdomen. Was sent to the 2nd Field Ambulance where he did not speak for three days and was found wandering around in an irresponsible state. Speech suddenly returned and his mind was blank as to what happened in the previous six days’.
George Brown (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a fitter and turner to enlist in the AIF, he is 32 years old.