Pte George Brown (Lilydale), 21st Battalion: He was sheltering in a shell hole not far from Mouquet Farm when an artillery shell burst just near him. He sustained horrific injuries from the blast including the loss of both his legs and most of both arms. One witness, Cpl Percy Mortimer, later said: ‘I spoke to him as he was conscious. He called out ‘I’m a Blighty case’. He was lying there some time before the stretcher bearers came and carried him away. I never heard anything more about him’. He was carried back to the nearest Casualty Clearing Station but he died there soon after of his wounds. He is 33 years old and is buried at the Becourt Military Cemetery in France.
Pte Norman Pontin (Lilydale) 14th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to the shoulder, and is evacuated to hospital in France.
Cpl Thomas Eales (Lilydale), 21st Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to the arm and chest, and is evacuated to hospital in France.
Pte Claude Atkinson (Lilydale), 24th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to left thigh, and is evacuated to hospital in Camiers, France.
Pte Leslie Jack (Seville), 21st Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to the right arm, thigh and chest, and is evacuated to hospital in England.
Pte William English (Mt Evelyn), 2nd Pioneer Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to hand, and is evacuated to hospital in France.
John Johnston (Wandin): Born in Wandin, he was working as a sawyer in Wyelangta, Vic when he enlists in the AIF, he is 38 years old and married.