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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Wyong War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 2

Mr. A. H. Warner has forwarded to the Erina Shire Council a sketch of the proposed War Memorial for Wyong. Messrs Martin and Martin, Sydney…

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Gosford War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 13

At last meeting of the Gosford War Memorial Committee there were present Messrs Baker (chair), Renwick, Parry, Adcock, Hills, Mobbs, Frewin, and…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 1

The general fortnightly meeting of the Gosford Sub-Branch R.S. & S.I. League was held on Monday night. The attendance was not extra large, but…

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A "Kindly" Department. Account Against Maimed Soldier

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 2

Not a little indignation was caused at the Soldiers' League Conference, which has just concluded its deliberations in Melbourne, when better was…

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Incident of the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 3

When Mr. Ted Fuller, formerly of Rylstone, enlisted for military service at Mittagong in 1916, he was presented with a wristlet watch. This he greatly…

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Graves of Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 15

On the graves of certain soldiers who died in Australia, headstones will be erected, and the Commonwealth Department of Works and Railways is…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Wanted — an Appropriate Name for the Park

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 20

The proposed War Memorial — a Memorial Arch—is to be erected on Waterside Park. While the Shire Council cannot at present grant the…

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How Fiji Does It. Settling Returned Men

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1921 · page 12

The Government of Fiji has done a great deal for the 500 odd returned sailors and soldiers, who went from the colony. The chief scheme was a dairy…

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Wyong Creek's War Trophy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1921 · page 7

Wyong Creek's war trophy consists of a captured German machine gun. It was recently unveiled by Cr. W. A. Chapman at a function presided over…

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Returned sailors & Soldiers' Imperial League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1921 · page 20

The general fortnightly meeting of the Gosford Branch R.S. & S.I. League was held in the League Room on Monday night, the 8th instant. The…

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State of War. to End on August 31

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 15

In the Senate on Tuesday afternoon the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce), in reply to Senator Gardiner (N.S.W.), said that action was being…

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Somersby Section. Returned Soldiers' League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 9

Last night a meeting of returned men from Somersby district was held in the local Hall. The meeting was convened with a view to starting a Local…

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Returned Sailors & Soldiers' Imperial League. Gosford Sub-branch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 6

The usual general meeting of the Gosford Sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A., was held in the "Soldiers' Club Rooms," Mann Street, Gosford,…

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Hornsby War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 16

Mr. McMahon (hon, secretary Hornsby District War Service Memorial) in the course of an appeal for funds, says:—"Let everyone do his bit, as the…

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War Memorial Arch. to Cost £1000

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 14

At last meeting of the Gosford War Memorial Committee, presided over by the Shire President, the following report, furnished by Messrs C. Hills and…

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Wamberal. Returned Soldiers' League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 10

A meeting of returned men took place at the residence of Mr. Ritchie. Wamberal, last night. This meeting was convened with a view to the…

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The Returned Sailors & Soldiers' Imperial League. Gosford Sub-branch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 15

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Gosford Sub-Branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. was held in the Soldiers' Club Rooms, Gosford, on Monday night, 5th…

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Returned Sailors & Soldiers' Imperial League. Gosford Sub-branch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 10

At the last general meeting of the above Branch the following resolutions were unanimously carried:—I "That the official opening of the…

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Returned Soldiers' Employment Act

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 13

From a report published in various newspapers it would appear that Mr. Justice Wade decided in the case of Stallard v. West Maitland that…

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War Memorials

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 9

The reference by the Minister for Local Government to the question of the control of War Memorials, at the recent Local Government Conference,…

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