Harry Black (Coldstream): Leaves his family’s property at Coldstream and enlists in the AIF, he is 26 years old.

Harold Clark (Gruyere): Leaves his job as a bank manager in Norwood, SA, where he had been working, and enlists in the AIF, he is 31 years old.

Ernest Commerford (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a labourer and enlists in the AIF, he is 34 years old.

George Joy (Mt Evelyn): Leaves his job as a plumber and enlists in the AIF, he is 19 years old.

Michael Upton (Yering): Leaves his family’s property ‘Valley View’ in Yering and enlists in the AIF, he is 22 years old.