Pte Alvoria Williams (Lilydale), 44th Battalion: Is evacuated to hospital in England after accidentally spraining his ankle whilst wrestling with another soldier while at Port de Nieppe, France.
Pte Eric Beggs (Lilydale), No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps: Is attached to 67th Squadron, what No 1 Squadron is now referred to as, in Deir-el-Belah, Palestine, as an air mechanic.
Isabel McAlpine (Wandin): Leaves her job as a nurse at the Homeopathic Hospital in Melbourne and her parents’ home in Wandin to enlist in the Australian Army Nursing Service.