- Nigel Burton Apsley Lowe enlists. Nigel is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 8 March 1917.
- The Leader reports that the Patriotic War Fund in Orange now exceeds £12,300
- French forces occupy Ruad Island, off the Syrian coast, the first point of French occupation in the Middle East. Ile Rouad