The following local soldiers leave Australia bound for Europe on the HMAT Anchises –

Pte Daniel Bowen (Lilydale), 14^th Battalion

Pte Percy Haddon (Seville), 14^th Battalion

Pte Charles Pazzi (Lilydale), 29^th Battalion

Pte Oswald Wilson (Lilydale), 29^th Battalion

George Hastie (Seville): Leaves his job as a grocer and enlists in the AIF, he is 24 years old.

William Russell (Seville): Leaves his family’s property in Seville where he worked and enlists in the AIF, he is 20 years old. His older brother Thomas had enlisted in the AIF a fortnight earlier.

John Warren (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a brass finisher at Cave Hill Quarry and enlists in the AIF, he is 28 years old.