Pte Archie ‘Smiler’ Williams (Lilydale), 8th Battalion: In his diary – ‘We were relieved from the trenches and half the battalion were put on sapping, and the rest at general fatigues etc’.
Cpl Henry Hunt (Lilydale), 6th Battalion: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wounds to the legs, and is evacuated from Anzac Cove to hospital in Egypt.
James Clegg (Wandin): Leaves his family’s orchard in Wandin where he works and enlists in the AIF. He is 23 years old and this is his second attempt, the first he was rejected on account of his teeth. His younger brother Paul would enlist in the following year.
William Orenshaw (Seville): A few days after his younger brother Arthur enlists in the AIF, William leaves his family’s property in Seville to also enlist in the AIF, he is 24 years old.
James Wallace (Seville): Leaves his family’s orchard in Seville and enlists in the AIF, he is 24 years old.