Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: At Cape Helles. In his diary – ‘At dawn this morning we went up to the trenches and just as we left the Turks opened hell on us. I gave myself up; I never thought we had a chance of getting through as we had no cover. So we gripped the stretchers and stooping low made a run for it. The bullets showered the air over us but providence was with us and we got through without a scratch. We moved five hundred wounded men in twenty-four hours. We were helped by the British Army Medical Corps today who put their wagons at our disposal which made things much easier for us only having to carry about one mile. Two Lilydale boys wounded – Len Watt & Bert Read’.

The following locals leave Australia bound for Egypt on the HMAT Euripides:

Pte Harry Boxall (Silvan), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Ernest Commerford (Lilydale), 23^rd Battalion: On Board HMAT Euripides. In a letter to friends in Lilydale – ‘We left Melbourne on 8^th May and Albany was our last port of call but we didn’t draw near enough to go ashore as we anchored out in the harbor. The entrance to the harbor was a pretty sight, being surrounded by very high red cliffs. We then sailed towards the Indian Ocean where we got a reminder of what heat we would have to go through. Heavy garments were soon discarded and singlets and knickers were the drill order, boots and socks being also dispensed with for the time being’.

Pte William English (Mt Evelyn), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Leslie Farndon (Mt Dandenong), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Cyril Gregan (Olinda), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Richard Robertson (Mt Evelyn), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Clyde Richardson (Lilydale), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Walter Summers (Seville), 23^rd Battalion

L/Cpl Michael Upton (Yering), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Claude Atkinson (Lilydale), 24^th Battalion

Pte Frank Foster (Montrose), 24^th Battalion

Pte Ebenezer Gray (Seville), 24^th Battalion

Pte George Joy (Mt Evelyn), 24^th Battalion

Pte David Lohman (Lilydale), 24^th Battalion

Sgt Harold Manders (Wandin), 24^th Battalion

Pte Levi Trayford (Lilydale), 24^th Battalion

Pte Harry Black (Coldstream), 8^th Australian Machine Gun Battalion

The following locals leave Australia bound for Egypt on the HMAT Ulysses:

Cpl Rupert Bloom (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte George Brown (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Cpl James Drummond Burns (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Harry Dawson (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Thomas Eales (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Wilson Evans (Lilydale), 2^nd Machine Gun Battalion

Pte Leslie Jack (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Ern Mason (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Richard Plummer (Olinda), 21^st Battalion

Leaves Australia bound for Egypt on the HMAT Themistocles:

Pte Michael Griffin (Lilydale), 17^th Battalion