Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia badge. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.
- A conference of representatives concerned for the welfare of returned servicemen recommend the formation of an organisation to support serving and ex-service defence force members and their families. The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA) – forerunner of the RSL – is established to provide returned servicemen and their dependents with assistance, including pensions, medical services, homes and suitable employment.
- Russian forces under the command of General Aleksei Brusilov take Lutsk and Volhynia, cross the Ikva and Styr rivers and make progress south of Dniester on the Eastern Front
- Allied forces commence a pacific blockade of Greece in response to Greece permitting Bulgarians to cross the border
- Rhodesian troops drive Germans towards Iringa, north-east of Lake Nyasa; Belgian forces advance north-west of Lake Tanganyika in German East Africa
