Theodore Hand (Mt Dandenong): Leaves his father’s farm at Mt Dandenong and enlists in the Australian Light Horse, he is 20 years old.

George ‘Bung’ Hamilton (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a labourer and enlists in the AIF, he is 40 years old and married with two children.

Vivian Grenness (Kilsyth): Leave his studies at Melbourne University to enlist in the AIF, he is 20 years old.