The following local soldiers leave Australia bound for Egypt on HMAT Demosthenes:

Pte Leonard Walters (Wandin), 6^th Battalion

Pte Henry Warwick (Lilydale), 8^th Battalion

Pte James Fraser (Yering), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Harry Linacre (Seville), 24^th Battalion

Pte James Reade (Yering), 24^th Battalion

Richard Goodall (Gruyere): Leaves his job as a painter and enlists in the AIF, he is 24 years old.

Howard Morey (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a draper and enlists in the AIF, he is 25 years old.

James Varty (Mt Evelyn): Leaves his farm and enlists in the AIF, he is 21 years old.