Cpl George Ingram (Seville), Tropical Force: Having contracted malaria while on active service in Rabaul, he is discharged in Melbourne from the Tropical Force as medically unfit. Five hours later he walks into a recruiting depot at the Melbourne Town Hall and enlists in the AIF, changing the spelling of his middle name to avoid detection. His younger brother Alex would also enlist in the AIF a few days later.

Alfred Ackerman (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a labourer and enlists in the AIF, he is 38 years old and married with two children.

Benjamin Hussey (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a labourer and enlists in the AIF, he is 25 years old.