Pte Frank Foster (Montrose), 24th Battalion: Dies on the hospital ship ‘Assay’ off the coast of Gallipoli from wounds he’d received in action a few days before. He is 24 years old and is buried at the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta.
Pte Albert Douglas (Seville), 6th Field Ambulance: Is sent to a Casualty Clearing Station at Anzac Cove suffering from shell shock.
Pte Henry Warwick (Lilydale), 8th Battalion: Is evacuated from Anzac Cove and sent to hospital in Malta suffering from influenza.
Henry Ferguson (Coldstream): Leaves his job working as a farm hand around Coldstream and enlists in the AIF, he is 25 years old. This is his second attempt; the first time he was rejected for being ‘muscle bound’.
Robert Shell (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a horse driver and enlists in the AIF, he is 18 years old. He is the first of four Shell brothers, Charles, George, Robert and William, to enlist.