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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Unity is Strength. What Returned Soldiers Think

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 8

At Thursday's meeting of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League a long letter was read by Hon. Secretary Bogus, and handed to the press for enlargement and publication. The…

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An Anzac's Welcome Home. Sergt. George Davies

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 1

At the invitation of Ald. and Mrs. Geo. Davies, friends and relatives by the score assembled in the Town Hall on Thursday evening, to welcome home…

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The Anzac Tour

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 6

Dear Sir,—I' have just heard of the trips arranged by the Katoomba Motors Association for the party of Anzacs who arrived last week, and, as a motor man, I would suggest that…

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Killed in Action. Thomas Richard Mills

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 3

Our heroes fall at sea as well as on land, and it is with regret we record the passing of a young son-of-the-sea, who had 3½ years'…

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A Soldier's Joke

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 1

A story told by a recently returned soldier is worth repeating:—"A British prisoner of war in a German camp was short of cash He had 'touched' all his comrades in distress…

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