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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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A Peculiar War Incident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 12

When Mr. W. J. Harris, of Ourimbah, returned from the South African war some years ago, his nephew, (Percy Harris, son of Mr. H. F…

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Getting Classified. Men and the War Census

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 6

Classification of the war census cards is proceeding steadily, and the work of tabulation will commence shortly. The "fit" men from a…

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Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund. Appeal for Further Funds

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 2

Recent letters received from the London Chamber of Commerce by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce point out that the supply of foodstuffs on…

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Soldiers' Offences

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 21

There are more than a dozen different offences for which a soldier may be sentenced to death while on active service…

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War Census. Belated Returns

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 21

All males between the ages of 18 and 60 years who have failed to make a return on the proper card on the due date (15th September, 1915, or…

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One of the War's Victims

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 16

Word has been received that Joseph Vial, a Newcastle native, recently died in England from the effects of ill treatment in Germany. He went to…

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Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 17

It is to be hoped that this the second year of the war will be the last Twelve months ago the battle line seemed a long way off, but as…

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A Romance of the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 20

One of the most touching romances of the war has just become known in France. The other day a luxurious car stopped before a restaurant in a…

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How the War will be Won

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 10

We are going to win this war, in spite of the poor quality of the patriotism of many from whom we had a right to expect so much, but the…

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One of the Greatest Wonders of the War. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 15

Has anyone taken note of the prodigious number of Germans that are reported by the cables to have fallen at almost every engagement. If so,…

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Another Wyong Soldier Killed. PRIVATE L. J. D. FOWLER

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 5

Private L. J. D. (D'Arcy) Fowler (killed) was a licensed surveyor under the New South Wales Government, and youngest son of Mr Henry…

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Our Cannibal Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 5

About a month after the first landing at Gallipoli a group of men were sitting round the entrance to a dug-out on the seaward side of Gaba…

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Remarkable Surgical Feat. Soldier Given New Face

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 6

One of the most remarkable operations ever attempted in Australia has recently been successfully performed at the military base hospital in St…

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Information re Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 11

We have been requested to notify that inquiries, personally or by letter, from those anxious about sick, wounded, or missing soldiers, will…

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Soldiers' Offences

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 12

There are more than a dozen different offences for which a soldier may be sentenced to death While on active service. The first applies to…

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Private Phelps Wounded

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 21

Private Phelps, of Mangrove Mountain, now in the 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, cabled on September 27:--"Wounds not…

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War Salaries

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 17

Ashmead Bartlett, who has been stirring newspaper readers with vivid stories from Gallipoli, draws £3000 a year and expenses-- the largest…

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Late War News

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 12

An official wireless message from Paris states that Germany is resorting to slavery in regard to the entire population of Belgium and civil…

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What the War Will Achieve

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 15

Until it has done its work of cleaning up a world hampered and contaminated by the result of a century of peace, wealth-seeking, concentration…

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A Gosford Soldier

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 20

Private W. May, who was wounded in the first battle at Gallipoli, and who when convalescent returned to the firing line, writing home to his…

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