Sgt Noel Syme (Gruyere), 2^nd Field Ambulance: While on duty at a dressing station he comes under fire from an artillery barrage and receives a shrapnel wound to the head. His wound is dressed and he is evacuated to a casualty clearing station but dies here an hour later. He is 23 years old and is buried at Grevillers British Cemetery, France.

Cpl Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: In the field in France. In his diary –‘Noel Symekilled, buried at Grevillers, Wilson wounded, half an hour before being relieved. Relieved from Vaulx tonight’.

Spr Edward Barratt (Olinda), 5^th Field Company Engineers: Leaves Australia bound for Europe on board the HMAT Marathon.

Trp Walter Boys (Seville), 8^th Light Horse Regiment: Leaves Australia bound for Egypt on the HMAT Boorara.

Pte Martin Hatfield (Lilydale), Army Veterinary Corps: Leaves Australia bound for Egypt on the HMAT Boorara.