TURKISH ATTACK ON THE SUEZ CANAL, EGYPT
L/Cpl Gilbert Mounsey (Seville), 9th Light Horse Regiment: Is killed in action while defending the Suez Canal from a Turkish attack. He is buried at the Kantara War Cemetery in Egypt, he was 22 years old.
Trp Stanley Mounsey (Seville), 9th Light Horse Regiment: On the same day his brother is killed in action, he is wounded in the same battle, gunshot wound to left foot, and is evacuated from the field to hospital in Egypt.
Air Mechanic Percy Clements (Lilydale), No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps: In camp in Egypt. In a letter to his father in Lilydale: ‘We were very busy when the Turks made an unsuccessful attack on the Canal, and we were complimented on that from the right quarter, for our efficiency and ability. But the Turks are well driven back now, and in that scrap their losses were very heavy while ours were very light’.
Pte Arthur Newing (Mt Evelyn), 8th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Egypt on the HT Clan Macgillivray. He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of having two flat feet, a condition that was discovered a month after arriving in Egypt.
Pte Patrick Pender (Lilydale), 51st Battalion: Leaves Australia bound for Europe on the HMAT Miltiades.