Pte Henry Millward (Olinda), 39^th Battalion: Is admitted to hospital in France suffering from scabies.

Cpl Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: On leave in England. In a letter to his mother in Lilydale –‘I say what about conscription, isn’t it awful, we are astounded over here, we never thought the people would let us down, not after the way the people put the National Government into power. By gum Mum I do feel bitter, I think it’s absolutely disgraceful, we are the only country who is not conscripted, what are we going to do, we can’t get reinforcements to keep us up to strength. There was a big chance of us old hands going home this year had conscription gone through but its settled now, I wonder if Fritz was to bomb or shell some of our cities would the people wake up. Well I must close, haven’t been too brilliant last few days, touch of trench fever, feeling much better now, altho still a bit groggy’.