Pte John Wilken (Kilsyth), 14th Battalion: A prisoner of war in Gefangenenlager, Dulmen, Germany. In a letter to his parents – ‘I suppose you will have heard before you receive this letter that I was taken prisoner. I wrote to England yesterday. That was the first opportunity I have had of penning a line since my capture. I related my misfortune and requested that they might advise you in case the AIF had not already done so. So here I am. I have been in about four different hospitals, and am now in a prisoners’ compound in Dulmen. You may write as often as you like, but I may write only four postcards and two letters per month. That is my limit but I shall write with regularity. My wound has about healed, and has not given me great pain, so it may not be long before the stiffness wears out. I am expecting to be out of hospital in a few days, so you may gather that I count myself rather lucky. The Red Cross organisations are most kindly and they send us many real comforts. They are to us a rich blessing’.
Louis Yoxon (Lilydale): Leaves his job at the railways and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old.
Clarence Cutting (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a steward and enlists in the AIF, he is 19 years old.