12 December 1914

• John Daniel (‘Jack’) McLachlan enlists. John is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 9 April 1917.
• The second Russian invasion of North Hungary ends
• Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho is appointed Portuguese Prime Minister. He takes over from Dr Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães, who resigned the previous day.

Victor de Azevedo Coutinho, Prime Minister of Portugal, 1914. Image in public domain.

Comments are closed.