Sgt Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2nd Field Ambulance: In Belgium. In his diary – ‘Today I went to the trenches and I passed through Ypres. I have never seen such desolation, what was once a beautiful city is now a heap of ruins. I saw the Cloth Hall and Cathedral smashed to atoms. I should say Ypres is as big as Ballarat or Bendigo and I say without exaggeration there is not a home or building that is not smashed to pieces’.
Able Seaman Robert Croydon McComas (Montrose): Is part of the crew of the HMAS Sydney when they leave Bermuda after spending eighteen months engaged in surveillance duties off neutral ports in the Americas.
Frederick Bunt (Wandin): Leaves his orchard at Wandin and enlists in the AIF, he is 26 years old. His brother Leonard had enlisted a few days earlier.
Hugh Comans (Lilydale): Leaves his job as a driver at the Lilydale Cordial Factory and enlists in the AIF, he is 22 years old.