Sgt James Rushton (Lilydale), 3rd Light Horse Regiment: Is killed in action during a Turkish attack at Kefr Hudr near Es Salt. He is 24 years old and is buried at the Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria.
Hugh Burns (Lilydale): Leaves his studies as a medical student to enlist in the AIF, he is 19 years old. His older brother James had been killed in action in 1915 at Gallipoli.