– Lord Northcote, 3rd Governor-General of Australia (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1846) 3 October – Rosetta Jane Birks, suffragist (b. 1856) 5 October – William Astley, short story writer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1855) 6 October – Sir John Hoad, 4th Chief of the General Staff (b. 1856) 8 October – Lee Batchelor, South Australian politician (b. 1865) 15 October – Norman Selfe, civil engineer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1839) See also List of Australian films of the 1910s References Australia Years of the 20th century in Australia