The following local soldiers leave Australia bound for Egypt on the HMAT Kyarra:

Tpr George Cassidy (Seville), 4^th Light Horse Regiment

Tpr Arthur Campbell (Mt Dandenong), 8^th Light Horse Regiment

Spr Ernest Cassell (Lilydale), Special draft, Signal Section

William Hayes (Mt Dandenong): Leaves his father’s orchard at Mt Dandenong and enlists in the Australian Light Horse, he is 19 years old.