Stoker Albert Clegg (Wandin): After finishing his training at HMAS Cerberus he is assigned to HMAS Psyche, a Pelorus third-class protected cruiser, and for the next six months the ship would be on patrol in the Bay of Bengal and off the coast of Burma.

Thomas Butcher (Yering): Leaves his job working as a farm hand around Yering and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old. As he has come out by himself from England and is just 18 years old, he needed special permission from his commanding officer, Colonel Hawkes, in order to go overseas.

Frank Poyner (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a carpenter and enlists in the AIF, he is 21 years old. He is the first of three Poyner brothers to enlist in the AIF that month.