Pte Francis Hughes (Lilydale), 8th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to the face, and is evacuated to hospital in England.
Cpl Archie Kilfoyle (Mooroolbark), 31st Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in England suffering from trench feet.
Cpl Arthur Chapman (Wandin), 13th Field Artillery Brigade: Is charged with being drunk while in charge of a gun pit. An enquiry that is later held charges him with 12 months imprisonment with hard labour however this is later commuted to the reduction to the rank of Gunner. The sad irony is, if he had gone to prison he may have survived the war, as he is killed in action in August 1917.
Pte James Reade (Yering), 24th Battalion: Arrives in Australia from Egypt on the HT Runic. He has been granted special leave of absence from the AIF to attend to family matters after his father passed away suddenly leaving their dairy farm in need.
John Albrey (Seville): He leaves his job as a farm worker in the Yarra Valley to enlist in the Australian Light Horse. He is 34 years old and this is the second time he has tried to enlist; on the first occasion he was rejected as being medically unfit.