William Atkinson (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a clerk and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old. His older brother Claude had already enlisted and his father Albert would enlist in a few months.

George Crowther (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a manufacturer’s agent and enlists in the AIF, he is 21 years old.

Henry Petersen (Olinda): Leaves his job as a carpenter to enlist in the AIF, he is 21 years old and married.