Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: In the field in France. In his diary – ‘Today is the ninth day of frost, everything has been frozen, the highest the temperature has been sixteen degrees below freezing point, some cold’.

Pte Frank Duffy (Lilydale), 51^st Battalion: Leaves Australia bound for Europe on the HT Miltiades.

Clarence Rouget (Wandin): Leaves his parent’s property in Wandin and enlists in the AIF, he is 20 years old. His father is James Rouget, the local state member of Parliament.