Pte Charles Asling (Mt Evelyn), 23^rd Battalion: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wound to thigh, and is evacuated to hospital in England.

Sgt Charles Stanbury (Lilydale), 8^th Light Horse Regiment: Is awarded the Military Medal for his actions on this day. His recommendation states: ‘In the reconnaissance on July 4^th towards Beersheba, I ordered B Squadron to cover the retirement of C Squadron. C Squadron were out of touch with Regimental Headquarters. The Officer Commanding B Squadron sent Sgt Stanbury under a heavy shell fire, and the advance of Turkish cavalry, to find out if C Squadron had retired. This he did and returned with the information required. B Squadron were then enabled to cover the retirement successfully and in good order without any casualties’.

Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4^th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Palestine. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic – ‘Our Election Day was very quiet and a large number of our men did not vote. While our votes were being taken we could hear the guns roaring. We hear very little of what is happening in France and on the other fronts. Out here it is fairly quiet and we go out on small stunts every few days. We usually have a few shots at Jacko but he keeps well away. These ‘stunts’ are very hard on the horses as often they go twenty-four hours without water. Most of us have waterbags so we have plenty of water. We carry enough wood to boil the billy and make a drop of tea. You can travel for miles in this country without finding enough wood to boil a billy. One day I boiled the billy and used straw for fuel. This was a very difficult operation’.