Pte Arthur Stallworthy (Lilydale), 1st Remount Unit: In camp in Egypt. In a postcard to a friend in Lilydale – ‘Many thanks for your long newsy letter received yesterday. I am very well thank God. There are no Lilydale boys anywhere near me now, all are at one of the fronts. I am looking forward to seeing you all again but do not expect it will be for several months yet’.

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

Pte Alexander Blair (Olinda), 22^nd Battalion

Pte Sydney Leake (Olinda), 22^nd Battalion

Pte Henry Petersen (Olinda), 22^nd Battalion

Pte Charles Asling (Mt Evelyn), 23^rd Battalion

Pte William Jackson (Kilsyth), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Charles Kimberley-Walker (Lilydale), 23^rd Battalion

Pte Irwin Campbell (Mt Dandenong), 57^th Battalion

Pte Frank Rae (Mooroolbark), 57^th Battalion

Pte Frederick Leach (Gruyere), 59^th Battalion

Spr Joseph Gibson (Kilsyth), 3^rd Division Signal Company

Spr Reginald Lyons (Olinda), 3^rd Divisional Signal Company