- William Bell, a former compositor with the Advocate, describes his experience on the Somme, at Fleubaix and then Pozieres, where he fought for 36 hours without a break. Orangeite In The Thick Of The Fight
- The Leader reports that the Central West faces a shortage of shearers, since so many have volunteered for the war. The Shortage Of Shearers
- German submarine SM UB-43 torpedoes without warning the P&O ocean liner RMS Arabia in the Mediterranean Sea 300 nautical miles east of Malta. The Arabia is en route from Sydney to Britain with 187 Australians aboard and a shipment of mail. The Australians aboard include 122 munition workers contracted to work in British factories and many nurses on their way to war hospitals. Two people die in the attack; the shipment of mail is lost. Eyewitness Account by Nurse Paula Scotland
- French troops on the Somme progress to the north of St Pierre Vaast Wood, while the Germans regain ground in Saillisel
- Fierce fighting continues on the Eastern Front south-east of Roter Turm Pass in western Transylvania
- The last Sultan of Darfur, Ali Dinar, is defeated and killed by Anglo-Egyptian forces at Giuba (present day Somalia)
Ali Dinar after his death in battle, 6 November 1916. Image courtesy MW Daly, Darfur’s Sorrow: The Forgotten History of a Humanitarian Disaster.
