- Walter Newton enlists. Walter is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 28 December 1916.
- Edmond Arthur Ashdown enlists. Edmond is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 11 April 1917.
- Turkish forces reach the Suez Canal and invade the British Protectorate of Aden