Lt Reginald Farndon (Mt Dandenong), 24th Battalion: Is awarded the Military Cross for his actions on this day. His recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion during the attack on Mont St. Quentin, north of Peronne, on 1st September 1918, when he acted not only as intelligence officer, but took charge of the dispatch of rations and ammunitions and supervised the carrying parties under heavy fire, and also, on several occasions, he undertook the reparation and maintenance of telephone lines. He carried out his various tasks with the greatest courage, energy, and skill, and, though the whole area was continually swept by high explosive and gas shells, he never showed himself to be deterred’.
Pte Alfred Currell (Coldstream): While training at Broadmeadows he is admitted to hospital suffering from influenza.