Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2nd Field Ambulance: In France. In his diary –‘Rather an exciting time today. I was on duty at Barrier, at 11am they poured shells on us. The first came through the wall into the room I was in, smothered us with bricks and dust, three more lobed on the roof. In ten seconds the place was ablaze, we got out without getting hurt then they poured shrapnel on us but we were well in our funk trenches. At 6pm they shelled us again, blew some more of the buildings down, casualties for the two bombardments was one man wounded. Frank and Eddie Poyner were in the same farm’.
Roy Davies (Wandin): Leaves his job as a motor driver and enlists in the AIF, he is 19 years old.