Pte Harry Wilkin (Wandin), 37th Battalion: Is wounded in action, fractured base of skull and right arm, after being buried during an artillery barrage. He is evacuated to a hospital in England.
Pte David Snell (Wandin): While still at Royal Park, Melbourne he is discharged from the AIF as being medically unfit when he loses the index section of the middle finger of his left hand in an accident.
William Verdon (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a rock drill driver at Cave Hill Quarry and enlists in the AIF, he is 21 years old.