A view of Romani, Fred Harold Tomlins, August 1916. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.
- Allied forces continue to advance in the Battle of Romani in the Sinai Desert; Turkish forces retreat towards Palestine
- Thomas Meynell Curtayne is killed in action in the Battle of Pozieres
- The Leader reports the death of George Alfred Blunt from wounds received in the Battle of Fromelles in France. A Lucknow Soldier Killed
- Captain AL Fitzpatrick of the 1st Australian Light Horse describes bombs falling at Romani: You hear a hissing sound, just like a soda water bottle being opened, and then you just wait for the deafening explosion. The best thing to do is to lie down on the ground
