- Former Orange policeman, John Bede Moylan, dies of disease in Palestine
- Allied forces in Belgium make strong advances from Ypres, forcing a German retreat. Fighting in the Battle of the Flanders Ridges continues until 10 October.
- The Australian Mounted Division in Palestine and No 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps are engaged in the Battle at Megiddo. The Allied victory is decisive, with 70,000 Turkish soldiers taken prisoner.
Turkish prisoners of war resting in Wadi Numea near Jericho, September 1918. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.
