- Australian war casualties now number 230,798. This figure includes 43,157 dead, 115,841 wounded, 808 missing and 3,011 prisoners of war
- The Leader reports that “horses are prone to the very human weakness of malingering and shamming illness” to avoid service on the front line. Wiles of War-Shy Horses
- George Smith, a labourer from Springside, writes a letter of thanks to the Orange Christmas Comforts Fund. Xmas Parcels