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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Dogs Save Wounded

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 15

One of the most interesting of the subsidiary establishments of the French army is that of the French sheep dogs, which are empleyes in…

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A War Mascot

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 14

Mr. Sylvester, a railway officer,, whose headquarters is Werris Creek, owns a dog that is much travelled. During the war Mr. Sylvester enlisted,…

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Returned Soldiers' Dance and Social

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 5

The above social was held in the Literary Institute last Friday evening aid of the proposed Memorial Institution Fund. It was a fine evening,…

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Mangrove Mountain. Returned Soldiers' League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 14

The monthly meeting of the Mang[?] Mt. Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League was held at Mr. Fitzgerald's on Saturday night…

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War Pensions. Widowed Mothers and Orphans

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 9

There was a large attendance at a meeting called by the Sailors and Soldiers' Mothers and Wives' Association, and held in the vestibule of the Town…

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Facts About the War. Told in Figures

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 19

The number of men engaged was 60 millions. The number of workers engaged behind the men in the lines was four to…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 17

The monthly meeting of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League was held in the School of Arts on Friday night. Resignation of President.—Mr. E. K…

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Theft at Dora Creek. a Bogus Soldier

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 16

At Newcastle Police Court on Tuesday Eric Hodges (19), laborer, and Mathew Paul Kelly (20), motor driver, in soldiers' uniforms, appeared upon a…

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Welcome Home

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 5

Wyong Repatriation Committee advertises a Welcome Home and Presentation on July 21st. As this will probably be the last of these functions, it…

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War Trophies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 4

From the following correspondence passing between the Shire Council and the War Trophies Committee, it will be seen that the claims of Terrigal and…

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A Soldier Son's Arrival

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 4

Sergeant J. Watson, son of Mr. J. Watson, of East Gosford, has just arrived from the Old Country, and intends to make his home in this State. He joined…

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War-stricken Europe

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 2

Sir Edward Cooper, the Lord Mayor of London, appealing on behalf of the Imperial War Relief Fund to combat disease and distress in the war-stricken…

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War Trophies. (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 15

Sir,—I notice by your last issue that the War Trophies' Committee refuses to grant the Shire Council's request for a War Trophy for Yarramalong,…

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The Much-discussed Soldiers' Memorial Hall. (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 4

Sir,—Our last monthly meeting of the local Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League disclosed the fact that there is a good deal of…

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Returned Soldiers. Mangrove Mt. Branch. Soldier Settlers in Gosford District

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 17

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following correspondence:—Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch,…

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Repatriation Committee Social. Wyong Welcomes Returned Men

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 5

The final social to returned soldiers, arranged by the Repatriation' Committee, was held last Wednesday evening in the Mechanics' Institute. The…

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Returned Soldiers' League. Gosford Sub-branch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 5

The general monthly meeting of the local Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' League was held at the School of Arts on Monday night…

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Soldiers and Land Settlement

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 14

"A Dinkum" writes:—Why not extend an invitation to the hundreds of "Diggers"—the prospective, the disappointed, and the dissatisfied—who are…

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Welcome Home at Warnervale

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 5

The last soldier belonging to Warnervale has returned home in the person of Private S. Barnes, son of Mr. C. Barnes, who was welcomed by the…

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Demobilized Soldiers' Association

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 17

Rev. E. C. Tanner, Woy Woy, late Church of England Chaplain, 9th Brigade, has been appointed local secretary of the Demobilized Soldiers'…

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