Pte Felix Hargrave (Lilydale), 7th Battalion: Is wounded in action, shellshock and concussion, and is evacuated from Anzac Cove to hospital on Malta and then England. In a letter to his sister in Lilydale – ‘I have been lucky up till now, when I got buried alive by a couple of 8-inch shells. Four mates and myself had just come off duty from the firing line and were having our tea in the support trench when we heard the whistle of a shell coming. We ducked to avoid fragments but it hit the ground just in front of our trench. The concussion was awful; I thought my head was off while my ears were ringing for a week. The explosion knocked the front of our trench on top of us, and we were buried alive under four feet of earth. However, after much gasping and struggling I got head and shoulders out, when ‘swish bang!’ and another shell buried us again. This time I could not move but our mates with shovels soon had us out. One poor chap was dead. I was put on the hospital ship and brought to Malta’.
Phillip Lithgow (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a farmer and enlists in the AIF, he is 20 years old.
Francis Lyall (Mt Evelyn): Leaves his job as a labourer and enlists in the AIF, he is 24 years old.
Ernest Kerslake (Lilydale): Leaves his job with the Shire of Lillydale and enlists in the AIF, he is 26 years old.