Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2nd Field Ambulance: In France. In his diary – ‘Following on the acid last night, at midday today the Germans dropped two shells in this village which wrecked two houses and killed two little children (girls five and seven years old), wounded three other kiddies, one little boy having his arm blown off. It wrecked a home where forty of our corps are billeted, fortunately we were all away being inspected by Sir Douglas Haig. One Australian was killed and two injured. It has upset us awfully seeing these dear little kiddies murdered’.
James Jordon (Kilsyth): Leaves his job at Cave Hill Quarry to enlist in the AIF, he is 18 years old.
Frank Morton (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a labourer to enlist in the AIF, he is 36 years old and married. His older brother Thomas had enlisted the year before. He had previously served in the Boer War.
Thomas Rowan (Olinda): Leaves his job as a farmer to enlist in the AIF, he is 29 years old.