THE SEIGE OF KUT, MESOPOTAMIA
Gnr Alfred Niblett (Lilydale), 19th Battery, Royal Field Artillery: Is killed in action while serving with the relief column sent to raise the blockade of the British troops in the besieged garrison town of Kut, on the Tigris River. He is 35 years old and is buried at the British War Cemetery in Basra, Iraq.
Allan Hooke (Kilsyth): Leaves his job as a baker and enlists in the AIF, he is 22 years old. His brother Norman had enlisted the year before.
Harold Hunter (Wandin): Leaves his family’s property at Wandin and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old.
Philip Kidgell (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a printer and enlists in the AIF, he is 26 years old.