Pte Thomas Hogg (Wandin), 24^th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gas poisoning, and is evacuated from the field and sent to hospital in France.

Sgt Charles Cooper MM (Wandin), 24^th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gas poisoning, and is evacuated from the field and sent to hospital in France.

Sgt Bruce Timms (Yering), 14^th Battalion: Is awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. His recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the period under review. This NCO, an Orderly Room Sergeant, has carried out his duties in a most efficient and praiseworthy manner. On two occasions during the period he has ‘gone over’ with Battalion Headquarters when the enemy line was penetrated for an average of three miles, and has rendered Signal Services in coordinating the work of Headquarters. His tireless energy and attention to detail has been of the utmost service to the unit on all occasions, both in and out of the lines’.

Spr Louis Yoxon (Lilydale), 1^st Division Signals: Leaves Australia bound for Europe on the HMAT Runic.