Pte William Hawkey (Lilydale), 8^th Battalion: On this night he was with ‘C Company’, who were moving up the Pozieres road between 10.00pm & 11.00pm to reinforce the front line. The Germans were shelling the road and one shell landed near him, killing him instantly and wounding twelve others. One witness to the event, Private Lionel Miller, claimed: ‘I saw Hawkey killed on July 25th near the chalk pit at Pozieres village. It was not a regular advance; we were just going up to the front line. He was caught by a splinter of a shell. Two shells came along one after another and caught him. We managed to get out of the way but he was blown to pieces. We could not bring in his body; I saw the body several times the next day lying in the open’. He is 32 years old and is buried at the Pozieres British Cemetery.

Pte George Hamilton (Lilydale), 1^st Pioneer Battalion: Is wounded in action but has wounds dressed and remains on duty.

Pte Thomas Butcher (Yering), 5^th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to the right wrist, and is evacuated to hospital in England.

Pte Alexander Bonney (Lilydale), 8^th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to right shoulder, and is evacuated to hospital in England.

Pte Henry Warwick (Lilydale), 8^th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to left thigh, and is evacuated to hospital in England.

Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: In France. In his diary – ‘The casualties in our corps are heavy. We are all scattered, don’t know where half my mates are, all I know is that I am safe and sound but oh so sleepy and footsore. It’s just a week since I’ve had my clothes off or a wash, the birds are building in my whiskers. We have captured hundreds of prisoners, I dressed four badly wounded last night, they can’t understand why we treat them kindly, we’ve got some who are not wounded stretcher bearing for us’.