German WWI flying ace Max Immelmann in the cockpit of his Fokker EI, c1915-1916. Image in public domain.
- German Fokker aircraft begin to be deployed in large numbers along the Western Front. Able to fire through a spinning propeller, the Fokker establishes German air supremacy
- The Orange Town Band is unable to send off the latest round of volunteers due to its Annual Meeting. Instead, “fog signals were placed under the wheels of the train, and the boys left for the war amid a perfect volley of deafening explosives. Personal
- Orange Railway Station employees present a wristlet watch to co-worker Bert Argall on the eve of his departure to the front. Personal
- The RAN Bridging Train is heavily shelled and bombed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli
