Cpl Rupert Bloom (Lilydale), 21st Battalion: Leaves Australia bound for Egypt on the HT Malwa. He is returning to Egypt after being sent home the year before for further treatment for enteric fever.
William Eales (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a clerk and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old. His older brother, Thomas, had enlisted the years before.
William Wood (Seville): Leaves his family’s property ‘Sunnyside’ in Seville where he worked and enlists in the AIF, he is 22 years old.