Pte Charles Asling (Mt Evelyn), 23rd Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in France suffering from acute bronchitis.
George Cassidy (Seville): Leaves his family property ‘Sandhurst’ in Seville and his job as a porter and telegraph operator at the Lilydale Railway Station and enlists in the Australian Light Horse. Although he claims he is 18 years old at the time he is in fact only 16 years old.