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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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How The War Will End. an Australian's Prophecy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 8

Sergeant [?] Secretary for Justice, who is with the Australian troops abroad, writes to the Premier as follows:—…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 16

Mr. Thos. Hall, Gosford, has received a letter from his son, Arthur, who is in the trenches in France:— We had a go with the Germans the…

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Lieut-Colonel Lamrock. a Soldier and "A Sport."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 9

Lieut-Colonel Lamrock, C.B , who acts as Judge for Gosford Racing Club, and who has just returned from the war decorated for bravery, was…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 12

Corporal Tarrant, of Wyong, writes from France:—I have run across a number of Wyong and Wyong Creek boys. I met Billy Le…

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Anzac Lectures

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 8

Under the auspices of the Returned Soldiers' Association The Anzac Lecturers will tell the story of Australia's Fighting Sons at Gallipoli, illustrated…

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A War Suggestion

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 12

A correspondent writes:— While our valiant "No" campaigners are getting petitions signed against the extension of the present Parliament's…

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Anglican Help for the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 12

In the Church of England in 1860 a law was made that no man bearing full orders should bear aims again[?]t a brother man; so the bishops are…

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The Period of the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 15

That Germany is beaten, and the end of the war in sight, is a view which is scouted by war correspondents who have visited Germany. There…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 4

Sapper W. R. Johnston, I3th Engineers, writes to the TIMES from Belgium, under date October 10:— Since my arrival in France—in the…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 8

Private F. R. Atkins writes from "Somewhere in France" to his mother, Mrs. Atkins, Erina:— Just a few lines to let you know…

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Matcham. Killed in Action

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 7

Mr. R. Banks, of Matcham, was informed on Saturday morning last, that his son, Private Arthur Thomas Banks, had been killed in action in…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 5

Private E. R. W. Brown, of Jilliby writes to the Gosford TIMES from Salisbury Plains, England:— We have arrived in England at last…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 4

Trooper Clive Frost writes to his parents at Kincumber from " Somewhere " (where you don't get puddings):—A few lines to let you know…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 10

Writing to his mother from the troopship "Euripides," September 20th, Private Jack Beresford, of Woy Woy, says:—…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 5

Trooper Clive Frost writes from Egypt to his parents at Kincumber:— Hill 70, October 10.—Am well and in the best of health, and fit for…

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Three Sons Wounded

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 15

Mrs. M. P. Lansdowne, Kincumber, has received a cable stating that her two sons, Privates Alexander W. Sydney E. J. Lansdowne, have…

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Anzac Marriage Rush. 33 Proposals and Still Single

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 7

An official at the Australian Commonwealth Offices in London says :— "Ever since our men returned from Gallipoli there has been a rush of…

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A War Romance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 11

Some curious things result from the noble work of the Red Crosss (says the Gilgandra "Weekly.") We have been informed by a man in the…

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God and The War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 6

Preaching at the Hyde Park Unitarian Church, Rev. Geo. Walters delivered a discourse on "The Fatherhood of God in relationship to the…

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Land for Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 6

Referring to the policy of acquiring land for returned soldiers, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Ashford, says :—"I think it only reasonable to expect that…

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