BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD RIDGE, BELGIUM
Cpl Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2nd Field Ambulance: In the field in France. In his diary –‘The old 1st Division again over the top this morning, gained all objectives’
Pte Rupert Langley (Kilsyth), 5th Battalion: Is reported missing in action during the fighting here. Later investigations by the Red Cross report eye witness accounts that state he was with a number of men in a trench at Glencourse Wood when a German shell landed on top of them killing them all. Rupert was found dead soon after and buried nearby, he was 31 years old. As his body was never found again, he has no known grave and is remembered on the war memorial at Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.
Pte Hugh Comans (Lilydale), 5th Battalion: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wound to the head, when a bomb exploded near him. He is evacuated from the field to the No 5 Canadian General Hospital where he is operated on.
Pte William McCallum (Lilydale), 6th Battalion: Is wounded in action, gunshot wound to leg, and is evacuated from the field to hospital in France.
Pte James Graham (Seville), 7th Battalion: Is evacuated from the field suffering from concussion and shell shock. He would spend nearly a year in hospital in England being cared for with shell shock.
Pte Edwin Meade (Mooroolbark), 8th Battalion: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wound to right leg, and is evacuated to hospital in England.
Pte George Evans (Mt Evelyn), 22nd Battalion: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wound to back and face, and is evacuated to hospital in England.
Sgt Edgar Wilson (Lilydale), 57th Battalion: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wound to the head, and is evacuated to hospital in England.
Sapper Henry Woodruff (Seville), 2nd Field Company Engineers: Is wounded in action, shrapnel wound to the left arm, and is evacuated to hospital in England.
L/Cpl Leonard Bunt (Wandin), 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery: Is wounded in action near the Menin Road, gunshot wound to left leg and right arm, and is evacuated to hospital in England.