Pte Eddie Poyner (Lilydale), 6^th Battalion: Both Eddie and his brother Frank were sheltering with another soldier in a dug out near the sunken road at Mouquet Farm when they suddenly came under an artillery attack. One witness, Private Carwardine, later said: ‘After heavy shelling both brothers were in a dug out that was buried by shell fire. Frank was above and got out first and begged the men to get his brother out. I saw Eddie’s body recovered but he was dead, so was the other man, he had been hit by shell pieces in the back and on the side. Frank was dazed and was led away by others. I was present at the funeral, Eddie and the other man in the dug out were buried in the one grave at an improvised cemetery near the sunken road. The Pioneers put up a wooden cross but they were short of tools and had to scratch his name on the cross with old razors. I saw the surviving brother again later that same evening in the lines. He was on duty as a sniper in a bay in front of the front line trenches’. He is 19 years of age and is buried at the Sunken Road War Cemetery in Contalmaison, France.

Cpl Harold Ritchie (Kilsyth), 49^th Battalion: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wounds to hands and legs, and dies soon after. He is 21 years old and is buried at the Warlon-Baillon Communal Cemetery, France.

Pte Harry McCormack (Wandin), 6^th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to right side, and is evacuated to a hospital in England.

Pte Perrin Wallace (Seville), 5^th Machine Gun Company: Is admitted to the Glenroy Hospital from the Seymour Military Camp suffering from measles.

Pte Richard Greenlees (Olinda), 39^th Battalion: Leaves Australia bound for Europe on board the RMS Orontes.

Pte Bert Hooper (Mt Dandenong), 15^th Machine Gun Company: Leaves Australia bound for Europe on the RMS Orontes.

Dorothy Moroney (Lilydale): Leaves her job as a nurse and enlists in the Australian Army Nursing Service, she is 30 years old.