Dvr Frederick Hopkins (Lilydale), 1st Divisional Motor Transport Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ypiranga. Cpl Michael McCristal x (Lilydale), 1st Signal Squadron: Arrives back in Australia from the Middle East on the HT Ypiranga.

Spr Cyril Barnes (Lilydale), 3rd Division Signal Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Aeneas.

Frederick Bunt (Wandin): Arrives back from Europe on the HT Friedrichsuch, he had already been discharged from the AIF as medically unfit in August 1918. Sgt Harry Hoadley (Olinda), AIF Headquarters: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Megantic. James Currie (Seville): Arrives back from Europe on the HT Megantic with his English war bride and child. He had already been discharged from the AIF as medically

Lt Tom Lydster MM & Bar (Wandin) 4th Machine Gun Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Konigin Luise. Pte Frank Warwick (Lilydale), 11th General Service Reinforcements: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Konigin Luise. Pte Harold Dozell (Lilydale), 59th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Konigin Luise. He is sent back to Australia under escort to serve out the unexpired portion

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 201st Battalion (British Army): Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Solfels. During 1919 he had been part of the special Relief Force to serve in North Russian.

L/Cpl Henry Millward (Olinda), 39th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Port Napier.

Sgt Albert Rouget x (Wandin), AIF Headquarters: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Bahia Castillo. Pte Henry Lalor x (Montrose), 7th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Bahia Castillo. Having embarked from Australia on October 19th, 1914, he had spent the longest time overseas of all the volunteers in this study.

Pte Harold Dozell (Lilydale), 59th Battalion: Is released from military imprisonment at Pentridge Gaol after serving out his sentence for desertion from His Majesty’s Service in 1918.

Pte Richard Moloney (Lilydale), 24th Battalion: Is discharged from the AIF in consequence of desertion while in Fremantle, Western Australia and for being illegally absent since February 16th, 1916.

Gnr David Stormont (Silvan), 2nd Field Artillery Battery: Is admitted to hospital in England suffering from a sceptic finger. Pte Frank Turner (Mt Dandenong), 7th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Marathon.

Cpl Henry Lord DCM (Wandin), 1st Pioneer Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Saxon.

Pte Henry Tudor (Lilydale), 23rd Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Anchises. He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of having his leg amputated in 1917.

Pte George Rouget (Wandin), 59th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Suevic. He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of wounds he’d received the year before.

Dvr Adolphus Geiger (Lilydale), 4th Australian Division Supply Train: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Hacking.

George Paton (Montrose): Enlists in the Royal Australian Navy for a period of seven years, he is 18 years old.

Pte Felix Hargrave x (Lilydale), 7th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Somerset to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of developing rheumatism. Pte Robert Davies (Kilsyth), 24th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Somerset. Sgt Edgar Wilson (Lilydale), 57th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT City of Exeter.

Pte Robert Marshall (Mooroolbark), 15th Light Horse Regiment: Is admitted to hospital in Egypt suffering from influenza.

L/Cpl Frederick Bunt (Wandin), 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery: Is admitted to hospital in France suffering from epididymitis. Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Tripoli. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic –‘It was nice for the Anzacs to get home for Christmas and what a gay time they must have had. Sorry to say it does not appear as

Pte James Clarke x (Mt Dandenong), 38th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Leistershire.

Pte Alvoria Williams (Lilydale), 44th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Delta.

Pte James Smith (Olinda), 2nd Pioneer Battalion: Marries an English girl in London, England. She later comes to Australia as a war bride.

Dvr Frederick Crooks x (Wandin), 1st Machine Gun Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Burmah.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Saxon: Pte Alex Martin (Lilydale), 14th Battalion Pte Henry Ferguson x (Coldstream), 59th Battalion The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Orontes: Pte Harry Dawson (Lilydale), 21st Battalion Bombardier Bertie Blashki (Lilydale), 10th Field Artillery Brigade

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Argyllshire: Pte William Buckley (Kilsyth), 6th Battalion Pte Gordon Howell (Wandin), 24th Battalion Pte Victor Fisherx (Lilydale), 6th Battalion: He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of the issues with his feet. Pte Walter Staff (Wandin), 4th Division Sanitary Section: He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of having haemorrhoids.

Pte Ernest Clowx (Lilydale), 8th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Tahalia.

Pte John Rouget x (Wandin): While still in Australia is discharged from the AIF upon demobilisation.

Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Tripoli. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic –‘We are having a very quiet time and the last week was rather wet but the winter is just about over. We will arrive home in time for another winter with luck but the weather will not affect us very much. A few of the boys

Pte William Guillerme (Lilydale), Australian Veterinary Hospital: Marries a French girl in Champagne Les Wardrecques, France. She would later return to Australia with him as a war bride.

Dvr Leslie Coppin (Kilsyth), 2nd Division Ammunition Column: Dies at his home in Kilsyth as a result of the effects of tuberculosis. He was 27 years old and is buried at the Burwood Cemetery, Vic. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Somali: Pte Clarence Cutting (Lilydale), 57th Battalion Pte William Johnson (Mt Evelyn), 14th Field Ambulance Gnr Finlay McCay (Silvan), 12th Field Artillery

Sapper Henry Woodruff (Seville), 2nd Field Company Engineers: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Takada.

Pte George Pendlebury (Seville): Is discharged at Broadmeadows from home service as a result the AIF being demobilised.

Spr William King (Lilydale), Tunnelling Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Karmala.

Cpl Harry Black (Coldstream), 23rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Berrima.

Pte Irwin Campbell (Mt Dandenong), 59th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Orga.

Trp Wallace Coutts (Wandin), 2nd Signal Squadron: Is admitted to hospital in Egypt suffering from haemorrhoids. He would later be sent home to Australia incapacitated as a result.

WOI Leonard Walters (Wandin), 6th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe along with his English war bride on the HT Osterley.

Sr Isabel McAlpine (Wandin), Australian Army Nursing Service: After eight months’ service at Salonika, Greece, serving with the 50th General Hospital and the 42nd General Hospital, she leaves for London on the ship HT Dongala.

Spr Joseph Gibson (Kilsyth), 3rd Division Signal Company: Dies in hospital of influenza. He is 30 years old and is buried in the Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Pte Thomas Leach (Lilydale), 22nd Cycling Battalion: Marries an English girl at Leicester, she would later come out to Australia as a war bride. Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Rafa. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie

Pte Wilfred Palliser MM (Lilydale), 7th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT City of York to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of injuries he occurred during his service. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Orsova: Pte Charles Asling (Mt Evelyn), 23rd Battalion Pte Oliver Hargrave (Lilydale), 46th Battalion Cpl Patrick Pender (Lilydale), 2nd Pioneer Battalion: Arrives back in

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the SS City of Exeter: Pte Alex Duncan (Lilydale), 14th Battalion Pte Thomas Strachan (Lilydale), 60th Battalion

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Margha: Dvr Joseph Poyner (Lilydale), 3rd Pioneer Battalion Sgt David Ogilvy (Seville), 60th Battalion

Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Moascar, Egypt. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic –‘We have no idea how long we will stay here but we are all hoping to return home shortly. I have not been on leave to Ismailia since we arrived but intend visiting the city in a few days’ time. We did not visit Beirut

Pte William Hayes (Mt Evelyn), 5th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Kanowna.

Sr Matilda McNeill (Lilydale), Australian Army Nursing Service: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Kasmir.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe & the Middle East on the HT Delta: Pte Walter Horne (Wandin), 8th Light Horse Regiment Pte Leslie Farndon MM (Mt Dandenong), 23rd Battalion Pte Arthur James x (Mooroolbark), 29th Battalion Pte George Vale (Lilydale), 8th Field Ambulance

Pte Robert Thomson (Mt Evelyn), 12th Army Field Artillery Brigade: Is admitted to hospital in England suffering from influenza.

Gnr Thomas Ogilvy (Seville), 13th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Kashmir.

Sgt John Hogg DCM (Wandin), 7th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Czaritza. He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of wounds he received in action the year before.

Pte William Jenner (Wandin), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade: Is admitted to hospital in France suffering from influenza.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ceramic: Pte Clarence Jack (Wandin), 5th Battalion Pte Allan Dodd (Olinda), 8th Battalion Pte Sidney Ingram (Silvan), 2nd Pioneer Battalion

Sub Lieutenant Frank Larkins (Mt Evelyn): While in England he is transferred to the Submarine J2, one of six J Class submarines gifted to the Royal Australian Navy by the Royal Navy, and would be part of the crew to sail them back to Australia. Pte Thomas Rose (Seville), 4th Light Horse Regiment: Is admitted to hospital at Kantara, Egypt, suffering from measles. Pte Robert Mitchell (Seville), 1st Australian Divisional

Sgt George Hastie (Seville), 58th Battalion: Is transferred to work with the war graves department. Pte Norman Mounsey MM (Seville), 3rd Field Ambulance: Arrives back in Australian from Europe.

The following poem is written by an anonymous soldier from Olinda who went under the pen name ‘Aussie’ and sent it to The Lilydale Express to be published – THE VERY BEST LAND IN THE WORLD  I have done my duty in death’s narrows trait, And proud am I that I have shown my worth, How little it may be, and now I wait, To go home to the finest spot on

Pte Francis Webster MM (Lilydale), 23rd Battalion: Arrives back in Australian from Europe on board the HT Lancashire.

Stoker Charles Ebeling (Wandin), HMAS Torrens: After returning to Australia on HMAS Swan he is transferred to HMAS Torrens. The rest of his time in the Australian Navy was then spent serving in Australian waters on HMAS Torrens and HMAS Huon.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ascanius: Pte Edmund Rossiter (Silvan), 6th Battalion Pte David Mitchell (Lilydale), 14th Battalion Pte John O’Halloran (Mt Dandenong), 37th Battalion

L/Cpl Reg Charteris (Wandin), 23rd Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Trayos Monte. Cpl Walter Henry Clegg (Wandin), 11th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port of Darwin.

Pte William Bedford (Lilydale), 5th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Balmoral Castle. EGYPTIAN REBELLION

Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Egypt. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic –‘As we expected to be going home I neglected my correspondence but sorry to say we do not expect to leave here for some time owing to the hostile attitude of the inhabitants of this land. We have been equipped with horses, swords etc and have

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from the Middle East on the HT Port Sydney: Trp Walter Boys (Seville), 8th Light Horse Regiment Air Mechanic Eric Beggs (Lilydale), No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Air Mechanic Percy Clements (Lilydale), No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps WOII Kavan Lawlor DCM (Coldstream), 3rd Light Horse Regiment: He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of wounds he

Pte Ernest Williams (Lilydale), 6th Field Ambulance: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Derbyshire.

Pte George Williams (Lilydale), Canadian Army Medical Corps: Arrives in Quebec, Canada from Europe to be discharged from the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.

Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Egypt. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic –‘Winter is beautiful in Egypt but rather cold in Syria. I prefer the cold weather. By the time you receive this letter it will be summer over here and I hope it is not as hot as in 1916. One advantage we have here; we always

Trp Wallace Coutts (Wandin), 2nd Signal Squadron: Arrives back in Australia from Middle East on the HMAT Euripides to be discharged as medically unfit. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the SS Nevada: Pte John Wilken (Kilsyth), 14th Battalion Lt George Ingram VC, MM (Seville), 24th Battalion Pte Reuben Parry (Wandin), 29th Battalion

Pte Allan Hooke (Kilsyth), 3rd Field Bakery: Is admitted to hospital in England suffering from influenza.

Sgt Bruce Timms (Yering), 14th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the SS Ventura. Pte Robert Marshall (Mooroolbark), 15th Light Horse Regiment: Arrives back in Australia from Egypt on the HT Warwickshire.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Kashmir: Pte Levi Trayford (Lilydale), 24th Battalion Pte James Tanner x (Yering), 58th Battalion The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Plassy: Pte Percy Gartside x (Kilsyth), 57th Battalion Lt Clive Rowan (Olinda), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

Cpl Philip Kidgell (Lilydale), 15th Machine Gun Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Mahia.

Cpl Vivian Grenness (Kilsyth), 14th Field Ambulance: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HS Kursk.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Kildonian Castle: L/Cpl Richard Grossman (Mt Dandenong), 59th Battalion Dvr William Lysaght (Lilydale), 9th Light Horse Regiment

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Karoa: Pte Archibald McLarty (Olinda), 6th Battalion Cpl Alfred Sutherland x (Wandin), 22nd Battalion Lt Leslie Bolitho (Lilydale), 29th Battalion Pte Alfred Rothque (Lilydale), 58th Battalion

Dvr Alfred Ackerman (Lilydale): Is discharged from home service with the army after the AIF is demobilised.

Pte Wilson Evansx (Lilydale), 22nd Machine Gun Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Armagh.

Cpl Perrin Wallace (Seville), 2nd Machine Gun Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Khyber.

Pte Frank Morton (Lilydale), 59th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT City of Poona.

Pte Andrew Noden (Lilydale), 5th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Dunluce Castle to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of wounds he’d received in action the year before. Pte Cliff Wardell (Lilydale), 31st Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Dunluce Castle to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of having his left leg amputated.

Shoeing Smith Henry Bamber (Coldstream), 13th Light Horse Regiment: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Czer. He would later become a horse trainer and in 1939 one of his horses, Rivette, would become the first horse to win both the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup in the same year. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Shropshire: Pte William Town (Lilydale),

Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Egypt. In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic –‘We have been waiting to go home for some considerable period.  We were ready to leave in the beginning of March but owing to the Egyptian riots our trip was cancelled and we started on the long trail again. Searching villages for arms was not a

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the SS Armagh: Pte William Parker x (Silvan), 38th Battalion Pte Fred Whiteside (Lilydale), 14th Battalion: He is admitted to hospital as a result of injuring himself on board, he fell from his hammock causing a contusion to his back, and would spend the next seven months in hospital.

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 31st Battalion: Is demobilised from the AIF and volunteers to join the Russian Relief Force (201st Battalion- British Army).

Gnr Thomas Hunter (Wandin), 5th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Cluny Castle. Gnr William Jenner x (Wandin), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Suffolk. Pte Nolan Footitx (serving under the name John Willis), (Gruyere), 2nd Pioneer Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Prinz Hubertus. Upon landing he is court martialled for having deserted

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Trasos Montes: Pte Thomas Harvey x (Lilydale), 23rd Battalion Pte George Hannah (Mt Evelyn), 59th Battalion Pte Alfred Fairbank (Montrose), 59th Battalion Lt Leslie McGregor (Lilydale), AMC Dental Dvr George Davies (Kilsyth), 1st Divisional Train: Sadly, two of his brothers, Isaac and Frederick, had been killed in the war.

Pte William Hodges (Lilydale), 14th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Benalla with his English war bride.

Pte Walter Gladstone Clegg (Wandin), 51st Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Kildonian Castle. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Macquarie: Pte Alfred Leonard DCM (Olinda), 24th Battalion: Pte George Joy (Mt Evelyn), 24th Battalion

Pte Archibald Conner (Lilydale), 39th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Rio Padro.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Warwickshire: Pte William English x (Mt Evelyn), 2nd Pioneer Battalion Pte Ernest Commerford (Lilydale), 2nd Machine Gun Battalion Pte Leslie Gamble x (Lilydale), 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column

Dvr Harry Dinsdale (Olinda), 5th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Castalia.

Pte Albert Parkes (Coldstream), 59th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Medic. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Wyreema: Pte Francis Lyall (Mt Evelyn), 57th Battalion Dvr Percy Barratt (Olinda), 58th Battalion

L/Cpl Joseph Keeley MM Jnr (Mooroolbark), 3rd Pioneer Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Themistocles.

Pte Ernest Le Page (Seville), 58th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Frankfurt.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT China: Gnr Ove Ovesen (Seville), 11th Field Artillery Brigade Gnr Alfred Pomeroy (Wandin), 11th Field Artillery Brigade The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Sardinia: Trp Arthur Rouget (Wandin), 13th Light Horse Regiment Pte Leslie Session (Silvan), 1st Anzac Cycle Corps Dvr Norman Reid (Lilydale), Australian Corps Motor Transport Company

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Runic: Trp Rae Lucke (Montrose), 13th Light Horse Regiment Pte Lindsay Yeaman (Montrose), 20th Battalion: He is to be discharged as medically unfit due to the effects of gas poisoning. Dvr Reginald Summers (Seville), 6th Field Artillery Brigade: He would return to Seville and take over his brother Walter’s property, ‘Mt Marion’, after his brother was killed in

Pte Martin Hatfield x (Lilydale), Army Veterinary Corps: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Seang Bee.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Karagola: Pte John Hannah (Mt Evelyn), 37th Battalion Pte Richard Greenlees (Olinda), 39th Battalion

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from the Middle East on the HT Essex: Pte Thomas Rose (Seville), 4th Light Horse Regiment Tpr George Cassidy (Seville), 4th Light Horse Regiment

Pte Ebenezer Gray (Seville), 24th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ormonde. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Kaiser-I-Hind: Pte Clement Morey (Lilydale), Australian Flying Corps Pte George Reid (Lilydale), Australian Flying Corps

Sub Lieutenant Frank Larkins (Mt Evelyn), Submarine J2: As the submarine travelled through the Karimala Strait, between Sumatra and Borneo, crew members discovered the empty blankets on the bunk of Sub Lieutenant Larkins. He was soon reported missing, believed to have fallen overboard while sleeping on top, something that was common for the crew to do due to the oppressive heat of the tropics. All the submarines and ships in the

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Leicestershire: Lt Wyatt Blair (Mooroolbark), Australian Flying Corps Pte Robert Thomson (Mt Evelyn), 12th Army Field Artillery Brigade Pte John Cathcart (Lilydale), Australian Army Service Corps Pte Howard Vernon (Lilydale), 5th Battalion: He is discharged from the AIF for misconduct.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Devanha: Gnr Victor Boulter (Olinda), 8th Field Artillery Brigade Sgt Ern Morey (Lilydale), 2nd Divisional Train

Dvr Ernest Gilbert (Yering), 8th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Borda.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Orontes: Pte Robert Jeeves x (Montrose), 58th Battalion Tpr Thomas Smith (Lilydale), 13th Field Artillery Brigade The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Zealandia: Dvr Stanley Scott (Mt Evelyn), SMTO Australian Corps Dvr Henry Early x (Lilydale), 8th Field Artillery Brigade Trp George Lysaght (Lilydale), 13th Light Horse Regiment

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Soudan: Pte Paul Clegg (Wandin), 5th Battalion Pte George Shellx (Lilydale), 8th Battalion

Stoker George Cummings (Kilsyth): Is transferred to the crew of HMAS Suva who spends the next month escorting the Admiral of the Fleet, Lord John Jellicoe, on a tour of Australia’s northern ports as well as New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Pte Charles Clegg (Wandin), Aust Electric & Mechanical Mining and Boring Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Karmala.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Napier: Pte Geoffrey Searle (Wandin), 14th Battalion Sgt William Stewart (Lilydale), 1st Divisional Ammunition Column The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Nestor: Cpl Reginald Lyons MM (Olinda), 1st Divisional Signal Company Gnr David England (Silvan), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade L/Cpl Frank Austin (Lilydale), 2nd Signal Company Pte Benjamin Sessions

Cpl Frank Duffy (Lilydale), 51st Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Konig Luise.

Pte Arthur Padgett (Lilydale), 39th Battalion: Is discharged from the AIF in England as being medically unfit as a result of having contracted bronchitis. Having originally come from England he stays here for a number of years and returns to Australia in 1924. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ypiringa: Gnr Richard Sharp (Yering), 4th Field Artillery Brigade Pte Henry Maidment (Lilydale), 13th Light

Pte Ralph Garth (Wandin), 8th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT City of Poona.

Ordinary Seaman George Paton (Montrose): After finishing his training at HMAS Cerberus he is assigned to HMAS Australia, which is operating in Australian waters. RUSSIAN WAR OF INTERVENTION

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 201st Battalion (British Army): Arrives in Arkhangel, Russia as part of the Russian Relief Force.

Lt Frank Maher MM (Lilydale), 2nd Machine Gun Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Aeneas. In the 1920’s he went on to play football for Essendon, some as captain and coach, and coached both Fitzroy and Carlton at different times.

Sgt William Bethune (Seville), 10th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Somali.

Pte Wilmot Stephens x (Lilydale), 23rd Battalion, Wellington Regiment: Arrives back in New Zealand from Europe on the HT Briton. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Mahia: Pte Harold Wright (Mooroolbark), 21st Battalion Gnr Percy Hyne x (Lilydale), 8th Field Artillery Battery Pte Charles Shell (Lilydale), 2nd Machine Gun Company Pte Leslie Molloyx (Lilydale), 2nd Pioneer Battalion

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Rio Pardo: Pte Robert Shell (Lilydale), 21st Battalion Pte Stan Goode (Lilydale), 3rd Pioneer Battalion Pte Thomas Kerr (Yering), 3rd Pioneer Battalion

Dvr Cecil Watson (Olinda), 10th Field Ambulance: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Beltana. Pte Ernest Bolitho (Lilydale), 29th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Miltiades.

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 201st Battalion (British Army): Is in Arkhangel, Russia with the North Russian Relief Force fighting the Bolsheviks. In his diary he writes – ‘We patrolled well behind the Bolshie lines but see no sight of him. We had to cross planking over a ditch. I waited with my camera for the first to tumble in. Baverstock walks right into it and I get a snap of

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Durham: Pte William Verdon (Lilydale), 4th Field Artillery Brigade Gnr Julius Ozols x (Silvan), 10th Field Artillery Brigade Spr Frank Hoggx (Wandin), 14th Field Company Engineers

Lt James Wilken MSM (Kilsyth), Australian Flying Corps: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Hungarian.

Gnr Archibald Arnott (Lilydale), 4th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ulysses. He would later go on to serve in World War Two.

Sgt William Davies (Kilsyth), 1st Mining Corps: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ormonde.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from the Middle East on the HT Essex: Trp John Taylor (Olinda), 14th Light Horse Regiment Tpr Ernest Cassell (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment Trp Walter Morrison (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment Trp Bert Hutchinson (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: In a letter to his future wife, Jessie Mackenzie of Yalca, Vic –‘Arrived home on Friday evening and as I have been kept

Gnr Duncan Eales (Lilydale), 3rd Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Main. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Darwin: Pte John Marsh (Wandin), 5th Battalion Pte Thomas Russell (Seville), 6th Battalion Pte William Russell (Seville), 6th Battalion Pte James Graham (Seville), 7th Battalion

Trp Albert Briers x (Lilydale), 4th Light Horse Regiment: Arrives back in Australia from the Middle East on the HT Madras. In December 1918 he had faced a court of enquiry on a number of charges and was found guilty of neglecting orders. As a result, he was ordered to be sent home to be discharged.

Gnr David England (Silvan), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Ormonde.

Pte Thomas Geddes (Wandin) Naval & Military Expeditionary Force: Arrives back in Australia from Rabaul on the SS Melusia. He has spent the past twelve months undertaking garrison duties on Rabaul. Pte Norman Bennier (Lilydale), 59th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Lyttleton. Cpl Charles Perrin (Lilydale), Australian Pay Corps: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Miliades.

Sr Isabel McAlpine (Wandin), Australian Army Nursing Service: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Orita. She served with the 3rd Australian Army Hospital on the journey back, looking after wounded and ill servicemen on board. Dvr Henry Collins (Coldstream), 1st Australian Motor Transport Company: Arrives in Australia from Europe on the HT Konig Frederick August.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from the Middle Easton the HT Malta: Trp Alexander Mathews (Seville), 8th Light Horse Regiment Tpr Arthur Campbell (Mt Dandenong), 8th Light Horse Regiment Tpr Peter Witt (Olinda), 8th Light Horse Regiment

Pte William Davies x (Wandin), 1st Machine Gun Battalion: Is discharged from the AIF (demobilised) while still in London, England. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Themistocles: L/Cpl Harold Wilkin (Wandin), 39th Battalion Pte Allan Hooke (Kilsyth), 3rd Field Bakery

Trp Allen Mounsey (Seville), 9th Light Horse Regiment: Arrives back in Australia from the Middle East on the HMAT Oxfordshire.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Konig Luise: Dvr Herbert Jeeves (Mt Dandenong), 5th Motor Transport Company Cpl Albert Atkinson (Lilydale), Australian Army Medical Corps

Cpl Alex McEwin (Montrose), 4th Divisional Signal Company: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT City of Exeter.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Karmala: Pte Cyril Crameri (Montrose), 13th Light Horse Regiment Gnr Isaac Brown (Lilydale), 6th Field Artillery Brigade

Pte Frank Rance (Wandin), 5th Battalion: Is admitted to the Lewes Detention Barracks to serve out a sentence of twelve months’ detention. He had been court martialled and sentenced by a Court of Enquiry for being absent without leave between October 1918 until when he was apprehended in April 1919. Originally from England, he had been hiding out with family and friends. The unexpired portion of his sentence was remitted in

Pte Harold Dozell (Lilydale), 59th Battalion: Is tried by a District Court Martial on a charge of ‘when on active service in France, deserting His Majesty’s Service’. He was absent without leave from June 7th, 1918 until surrendering to the Military Police, in London, August 15th, 1919. He is awarded eighteen months imprisonment with hard labour and marched out to Pentonville Prison.

Pte Roy Langley (Montrose), 8th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Prinz Hubertus. Pte Arthur Geuer (Lilydale), 11th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT City of Exeter.

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 201st Battalion (British Army): Is in Arkhangel, Russia with the North Russian Relief Force fighting the Bolsheviks. In his diary he writes: ‘Generals Ironside and Rawlinson visit 448 and the surrounding blockhouses. At Obozerskaya before leaving, General interviews Harcourt’s force and tells us we are going to attack Bolos and take his guns at 441 in conjunction with Russkies. Rains most of the afternoon. Turn in

Stoker James McClure (Yering), HMAS Yarra: Is demobilised from the Royal Australian Navy when his five years is finished. He later signs on again in 1921 for another five years. Pte Albert Round x (Kilsyth), Camel Ambulance Corps: Arrives in Australia from Egypt on the HT Dunluce Castle.

Sgt Vincent Lawlor (Gruyere), 15th Light Horse Regiment: Arrives back in Australia from the Middle East on the HT Dongala. Dvr James Currie (Seville), Divisional Supply Column: Marries an English girl in London, England. She would return as his war bride.

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 201st Battalion (British Army): Is in Arkhangel, Russia with the North Russian Relief Force fighting the Bolsheviks. In his diary he writes: ‘Newbould takes the gun position we were supposed to take and we take his. Score a razor, artillery sword and Bolo respirator out of a machine gun dug out. Go over to headquarters for water and on return take one of the packhorses back

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 201st Battalion (British Army): Is in Arkhangel, Russia with the North Russian Relief Force fighting the Bolsheviks. In his diary he writes: ‘Had a walk around the village which is fairly knocked. One water tower levelled by the Bolos, the other in good repair. Large engine shed knocked about. Then get a scooter ride to 422 where the large iron bridge over the Yemtsa River is

Pte Andrew Blythe (Mt Dandenong), 14th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Friedricsruch.

Lt Clyde Hoffman (Montrose), 59th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe with his war bride and child on the HT Anchises.

Gnr Percy Cox (Seville), 4th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Ulysses.

Gnr James Strachan (Lilydale), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Prinz Ludwig. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Chemnitz: Dvr George Lawson (Olinda), 2nd Pioneer Battalion Pte Florian Deschamp (Lilydale), 22nd Battalion Pte Arthur Lowe (Yering), 24th Battalion Pte Alexander Tonkin x (Wandin), 36th Battalion Pte Norman Bedford (Lilydale), Australian Army Service Corps WOII Albert Ostrom

Sgt Gordon Towt (Coldstream), Veterinary Hospital: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Orita.

Pte Thomas Hogg (Wandin), Australian Army Postal Corps: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Takada. Sgt Arthur Thomas x (Lilydale), 1st Machine Gun Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Indarra.

Pte Thomas Parker (Lilydale), 2nd General Reinforcements: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Suevic.

Pte Archibald McCully (Wandin), 58th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Lincoln. Pte Thomas Leach (Lilydale), 22nd Cycling Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Demosthenes. Sgt Charles White (Lilydale), 7th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Kanowna.

Sr Edith Yeaman (Montrose), Australian Army Nursing Service: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Czaritza. Lt Alvin Closs (Olinda), Army Education Service: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the HT Prinz Ludwig.

Lt Harold Bartram (Olinda), AIF Records Section: Is demobilised from the AIF in London and will make his own way back to Australia via America. Sgt Raymond Johnson (Lilydale), 5th Section Railway Unit: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on board the Karamal.

Pte Ernest James x (Gruyere), 2nd Pioneer Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Argyllshire. Lt Percy Letch (Lilydale), 2nd Section Railway Unit: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Zealandia.

RSM George Hastie (Seville), 58th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Denison after service with the war graves department in Europe.

Pte Wilfred Yeaman (Montrose), 201st Battalion (British Army): Leaves Arkhangel, Russia with the North Russian Relief Force to return to England. Pte Herbert Beswick (Mt Dandenong), 58th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Bakara. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ceramic: Pte Alexander Blair (Olinda), 22nd Battalion Pte James Smith (Olinda), 2nd Pioneer Battalion & English war bride

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Anchises: Gnr Clifford Jackson (Lilydale), 5th Field Artillery Battery Pte Arthur Watson (Lilydale), 22nd Battalion

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Ajana: Pte Thomas Brown x (Olinda), 6th Machine Gun Company Dvr William Hayes (Mt Dandenong), 1st Field Artillery Brigade Pte Arthur Leckie (Lilydale), 59th Battalion Pte Alwyn McConachy (Montrose), 46th Battalion: On the trip home he was admitted to the sick berth suffering from scabies and gingivitis and is sent straight to hospital.

Sgt Walter Bridgland (Olinda), No 2 Squadron, AFC: Is granted leave in England to make his own way back to Australia via America as long as he reports at Melbourne by July 21st, 1920. He fails to do this and ends up being discharged as illegally absent.

Dvr Frederick Randolph (Lilydale), 4th Motor Transport Company: Originally from Ireland, he opts to be discharged from the AIF upon demobilisation in London.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Main: Cpl David Davies (Lilydale), 1st Machine Gun Battalion Pte Dominico Correicllo (Lilydale), 4th Pioneer Battalion

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Euripides: Spr Louis Yoxon (Lilydale), 1st Division Signals Pte Harry Moore MM x (Lilydale), 45th Battalion Pte Harry Boxall (Silvan), 8th Light Horse Regiment Pte William Jacob (Mooroolbark), 3rd Pioneer Battalion Capt Joseph Anderson MC (Lilydale), Australian Army Medical Corps

Cpl William Clarke (Lilydale): Is discharged from Home Service as a result of the AIF being demobilised.

Pte Victor Ellis (Wandin), 13th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Barambah. The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Plassy: Pte Walter Wilken x (Silvan), 59th Battalion Gnr William Houghton x (Mooroolbark), 2nd Field Artillery Brigade Spr John McGhee (Lilydale), 3rd Division Signal Company

Pte Leonard Giddins x (Olinda), 7th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Raranga. He had been previously been sentenced to ten years imprisonment for desertion and had been removed from the Lewes Detention Barracks in England to the ship. He would be discharged from the AIF the following month for misconduct.

Pte Louis Cazaly (Montrose), 57th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port Lyttleton. Lt William Eales (Lilydale), 3rd Division Ammunition Column: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Nestor.

Lt Reginald Farndon MC & Bar (Mt Dandenong), 24th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Orontes. He would go on to serve in World War Two spending most of his time as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on Singapore.

Pte Hugh Burns (Lilydale), 14th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Ascanius. Capt George Crowther MC (Lilydale), 39th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Osterley.

Pte William Walker (Montrose), 24th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Mahana.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Port of Sydney: L/Cpl James Wheeler (Yering), 4th Machine Gun Battalion Pte Charles Pazzi (Lilydale), 29th Battalion Capt Leonard Cox (Olinda), Australian Army Medical Corps: He later became a noted neurologist and art collector.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Pakeha: Capt Roland Wild MC (Kilsyth),2nd Pioneer Battalion Pte Ernest Smith (Yering), 3rd Pioneer Battalion Pte Victor Campbell (Silvan), 1st Divisional Train Pte Frank Poyner (Lilydale), 6th Battalion Pte Alfred Blanksbyx (Wandin), 8th Battalion Pte Frank Rance (Wandin), 5th Battalion: In August he had been charged with twelve months’ detention for being absent without leave for six months

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Devon: Pte Roy Davies x (Wandin), 14th Battalion Pte William Parkinson x (Coldstream) 14th Battalion: Upon arrival in Australia he is court martialled for being absent without leave from 30/7/19 to 16/9/19 while in England.

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Nestor: Lt James Harrison (Wandin), 22nd Battalion Sgt James Whelan (Lilydale), 29th Battalion Dvr William Parr x (Lilydale), 3rd Supply Column

Sgt Frederick Bartholomew (Kilsyth), 4th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Marathon.

Sr Alicia Kelly MM (Mt Dandenong), Australian Army Nursing Service: Is awarded the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class, for her work on the Western Front.

Pte John Irwin x (Mooroolbark), 17th Battalion: Arrives in Australia on the HMAT Themistocles to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of defective eyesight. Pte Ormond Footit x (Lilydale), 2nd Anzac Light Horse Regiment: Arrives in Australia on the HMAT Anchises to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of head wounds he’d received in action the year before.

Pte Fred Town (Lilydale), 2nd Division Ammunition Column: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from conjunctivitis. Harold Smith (Silvan): Leaves Australia on the SS Borda as an Australian War Worker, he is to undertake farm work in England. Being well over the age for the trenches, he had become so concerned with the drop in volunteers that he settled up his interests, paid off his debts

Sgt Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2nd Field Ambulance: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from trench fever.

Pte Frank Morton (Lilydale), 59th Battalion: In the field, France. In a letter to Cr J McGhee of Lilydale – ‘The war still drags on and there is no sign of the end yet and Oh, what a war it is. I don’t think the people at home realise it yet or else they would not have turned down conscription as they did. I don’t know what they were thinking

Pte Albert Ragartz x (Seville), 6th Battalion: Arrives in Australia on the HMAT Port Darwin to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of cardiac dilatation. Pte Thomas Payne (Seville), Australian Army Medical Corps: Arrives in Australia on the HMAT Port Darwin to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of wounds to his face and eye.

Duncan Eales (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a bank clerk and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old. Both of his older brothers, Thomas and William, had already enlisted.

Cpl Henry Lord (Wandin), 8th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gas poisoning, and is evacuated to hospital in England.

Pte Andrew Noden (Lilydale), 12th Field Artillery Brigade: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in England suffering from trench fever. Sgt Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2nd Field Ambulance: In hospital in France. In a letter to his mother – ‘Yes, for the first time in just on three and a half years I’m down to it. I told you in my last letter that I was not too well, I’ve

Pte Felix Hargrave (Lilydale), 7th Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from trench fever.

Pte Sydney Leake (Olinda), 22nd Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in England suffering from trench fever. Pte James McNeill (Lilydale), 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from bronchitis and influenza.

Pte Frederick Miller (Coldstream), 59th Battalion: On the ship over to Europe he contracts measles and when they arrive at Taranto, Italy, on route to France, he is disembarked and sent to a hospital in Taranto.

Joseph Bell (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a warehouseman and enlists in the AIF, he is 41 years old and married with four children. He had previously served with the AIF for forty-one days but was discharged as medically unfit after contracting jaundice. In enlisting he stated: ‘I considered it is my duty’.

Pte Clement Morey (Lilydale), Australian Flying Corps: Is transferred to No 7 Flying Squadron in Cirencester, England, as an air mechanic. Victor Ellis (Wandin): Leaves his job as a cook in the Wandin area and enlists in the AIF, he is 36 years old, a widower with no dependants and of the Jewish faith.

Pte Bert Hooper (Mt Dandenong), 15th Machine Gun Company: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from trench fever. Pte Arthur Watson (Lilydale), 22nd Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from enteric fever.

Pte Lance Matthews (Lilydale), 8th Battalion: Arrives in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Euripides to be discharged as medically unfit.

Robert Hayes (Mt Evelyn): Leaves his job as a labourer and enlists in the AIF, he is 20 years old. The year before his older brother John had returned to Australia wounded.

Pte Joseph Goodall (Lilydale), 10th Battalion: Is admitted to hospital in England suffering from measles. While here it is discovered he is just 17 years old and underage for active service. The following local soldiers leave Australia bound for Europe on the HMAT Wiltshire: Pte Arthur Padgett (Lilydale), 39th Battalion Trp William Hayes (Mt Dandenong), 13th Light Horse Regiment Pte Joseph Bell (Lilydale), No 4 Section Sea Transport: His role

Capt Joseph Anderson (Lilydale), Australian Army Medical Corps: Is posted for service at the 3rd Australian Hospital in France. Dvr Edmund Boulter (Olinda), 5th Field Artillery Brigade: Arrives in Australia from Europe on the HMAT Kanowna to be discharged as medically unfit. He is classed as ‘feeble minded’ after receiving a shrapnel wound to his head the year before.

Pte Charles Dorrington (Montrose), 3rd Pioneer Battalion: Is killed in action at Hyde Park Corner, Belgium. He is 20 years old and is buried at the Royal Berks Cemetery, Belgium. Pte Thomas Butcher (Yering), 5th Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in England suffering from scabies.

Pte Allan Dodd (Olinda), 8th Battalion: Is admitted to hospital in England suffering from measles.

Pte Malcolm Bethune (Seville), 3rd Pioneer Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound in the leg and back, and is evacuated to hospital in England. Pte Charles Shell (Lilydale), 2nd Machine Gun Company: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in England suffering from diphtheria.

L/Cpl Henry Millward (Olinda), 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station: Is admitted to hospital in England suffering from trench fever. Pte Thomas McGuire (Mt Evelyn), 39th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Persic to be discharged for refusing to have an operation on his hernia. Sgt Arthur Mattingley (Wandin), 1st Divisional Ammunition Column: Arrives in Australia from Europe on the HT Persic to be discharged for now

The following local soldiers arrive back in Australia from Europe on the HT Runic: Pte Henry Rowney (Coldstream), 24th Battalion: He is to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of wounds he received in action the year before. Pte Walter Deppeler (Gruyere), 37th Battalion: He is to receive further medical treatment on the wound he had received the year before. Pte Francis McLass (Lilydale), 59th Battalion: He is

Pte Frank Rance (Wandin), 5th Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital suffering from scabies.

Pte James Donleavey (Gruyere), 5th Division Sanitation Section: Arrives in Australia from Europe on the HT Anchises to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of developing urethra. Robert Marshall (Mooroolbark): Leaves his family’s property ‘Meadow Bank’ in Mooroolbark and enlists in the Australian Light Horse, he is 20 years old.

Arthur Geuer (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a clerk and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old. The fact his father was born in Germany doesn’t dissuade him from enlisting.

Pte Felix Hargrave (Lilydale), 7th Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from trench fever. Sr Matilda McNeill (Lilydale), Australian Army Nursing Service: Reports for duty at the 2nd AAH Southall Gardens Hospital in England.

Sgt George Deacon (Lilydale), 7th Battalion: Is later recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions on this day through to September 16th, 1918. His recommendation states: ‘For consistently good work and devotion to duty from 25 February to 16 September, 1918. At Strazeele, during a minor operation, under a heavy barrage, he showed great initiative in organizing the forwarding of ammunition to the line. In the operations forwards

The following local soldiers leave Australia bound for Europe on the HMAT Nestor: Pte Alwyn McConachy (Montrose), 46th Battalion Pte Thomas McCarthy (Lilydale), 57th Battalion Aircraft Mechanic Wyatt Blair (Mooroolbark), Australian Flying Corps Spr Cyril Barnes (Lilydale), 3rd Division Signal Company Spr John McGhee (Lilydale), 3rd Division Signal Company