Pte Barney Gilson (Lilydale), 14^th Battalion: Marries an English girl in England. She would later return to Australia as a war bride.

The following locals leave Australia bound for Europe on the HMAT Hororata-

Pte Nolan Footit (serving under the name John Willis),(Gruyere), 2^nd Pioneer Battalion

Pte James Smith (Olinda), 2^nd Pioneer Battalion

Gnr Frederick Bunt (Wandin), 21^st Howitzer Brigade

Gnr Leonard Bunt (Wandin), 21^st Howitzer Brigade

Pte Hugh Comans (Lilydale), 5^th Battalion

Pte Cyril Dennis (Lilydale), 5^th Battalion

Pte Rupert Langley (Kilsyth), 5^th Battalion

Pte Howard Vernon (Lilydale), 5^th Battalion

Pte David Briers (Lilydale), 8^th Battalion: Unbeknownst to him, his wife is pregnant and would give birth to a son the following year, a son he would never see.

Pte Victor Fisher (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte William Guillerme (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Thomas Holter (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Frank Ketteridge (Lilydale), 21^st Battalion

Pte Harold Wright (Mooroolbark), 21^st Battalion

Pte Florian Deschamp (Lilydale), 22^nd Battalion

Pte Thomas Hogg (Wandin), 24^th Battalion

Pte Arthur Lowe (Yering), 24^th Battalion

Gnr Louis Sage (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Artillery Battery

Gnr Clifford Jackson (Lilydale), 5^th Field Artillery Battery

George Conner (Lilydale): Leaves his orchard in Piangil, Vic, where he lives, and enlists in the AIF, he is 28 years old and married. His older brother Archibald enlists a month later.