The burial of Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, Duntoon, 3 September 1915. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.
- Albert Leslie Singleton enlists. Albert is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 19 July 1916.
- The Leader reports that 24 “gallant recruits” have left Orange for camp in Lithgow. In his farewell speech Mayor McNeilly says that more than 400 men from Orange have now enlisted. Each recruit is given a large packet of cigarettes and a pocket testament. All but one of these men would return. Soldiers Farewelled
- Sergeant Stephen Perry returns to Orange. Perry is the second soldier from Orange to be invalided home. Another Returned Soldier
- The Leader publishes a letter from Bernard Kelaher written from the Dardanelles. Private Kelaher describes crossing the Indian Ocean, the stop off in Colombo and his travels in “Bibleland”. Letter from Private BA Kelaher
- Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, commander of the 1st Australian Division, is buried in the grounds of the Royal Military College at Duntroon in Canberra. Bridges, who died of wounds received at Gallipoli on 15 May 1915, was the first commandant of Duntroon and the only WWI soldier whose body was returned to Australia.
