Pte James Clegg (Wandin), 46th Battalion: He was attached to a group of the Battalion’s Lewis gunners stationed on Hill 63, near Ploegsteert Wood, in front of the village of Messines, when they came under artillery attack. Sadly, he was killed in action here. He was just 24 years old and was later buried at the Underhill Farm Cemetery in Belgium. Just before he was killed he wrote a letter home to his father saying he had little hope of seeing home again and told his father ‘don’t worry over us Dad, whatever happens’.
Pte William Tait (Mt Dandenong), 29th Battalion: Returns to Australia on the HT Themistocles to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of having his right arm amputated.
Wesley Noden (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a baker and enlists in the AIF, he is 24 years old.
Wilmot Stephens (Lilydale): Having been discharged from the AIF the previous year, he travels to New Zealand and join their expeditionary force.