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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,947 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 98

Our Soldiers. the Armistice in France

Leader · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

Sgt. Arnold Caldwell, writing to his parents from Blangy, France, under date 11th November, says:—"I am celebrating perhaps the most…

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R.s. and S. League. President Appeals to Returned Soldiers

Leader · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 3

Lieut.-Colonel W. K. Bolton, C.B. E., president of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial L[?]gue 0f Australia, is issuing the following appeal…

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Soldiers and Politics

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

It seems probable that a strong soldiers' organisation will be formed in time to participate in the next Federal and State elections. In this State the soldier candidate,…

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Soldiers' Club. To the Editor

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 3

Sir,--I believe there was nearly £200 collected in Lithgow to start, the above. May I ask through your columns where is the club? If it is where the R.S. and S.I.L. have their…

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Welcome Home

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 30

The Pinnacle Swamp branch of the Repatriation League extended a welcome home to Private Roy Mu[?]land on Saturday afternoon…

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At Large with a Gun. Supposed Lunatic Two Men Wounded

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 25

Messages received by Superintendent, Childs at West Maitland from Constable Sturgess, of Bullahdelah, state that a man who was apparently…

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Returned Soldiers. Mudgee Club Formed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 25

A meeting of returned soldiers was held at Mudgee in the Town Hall, on Tuesday night, to consider the advisability of forming a…

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The Returned Soldier

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 30

Although there is abundant evidence that the returned soldier is not receiving the treatment he is justly entitled to from the…

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Cudgegong Council Soldiers' Certificates Trucking Yards at the Sale Yards

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 12

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above, Council was held on Tuesday afternoon. There were present: Aldermen E. Haghea (Mayor), H. May, H. Cox, D…

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Coonabarabran soldiers Welcomed Home

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 19

A welcome was accorded Major A. S D. Barton D.S.O., and Sergt. J. W. Nelson, two Anzacs. who have returned homo on leave. Sergt…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League Presidents' Appeal

National Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 1

Lieut-Coloniel W. K. Bolton, C.B.E., president of the Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia is issuing the following appeal…

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Welcome Home

Molong Argus · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

Pte, Frank Wilson, who left for the front in 1917, and who saw native service in the trenches in France— where he was woandod in the arm and…

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Treatment of Returned Men. a Clergyman's Allegation

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

Speaking at a soldiers welcome at Uralla, Rev. Mr. Cowie, a Presbyterian minister, quoted an instance where a returned soldier at Armidale had to take off his returned badge…

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Manildra Memorial to Our Fallen' Soldiers

Molong Argus · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

On Wednesday, February 12th, the citizens of Manildra and district have decided to hold a great day's sports, concert and dance, for the purpose of securing funds to be…

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"Thank God, Were All Miserable." Rain Sodden Soldiers Receive Free Coffee

Leader · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

The war work campaign of the Australian Y.M.C.A. has evoked many stones from the front concerning the service of the Red Triangle…

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The Returning Soldiers

Leader · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

The question of repatriation was touched upon by Mr E. B. Dalton (president) at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday night. The…

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Providing for Returned Soldiers

Leader · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 5

A public meeting is convened for to-night, in the School of Arts, for the purpose of forming a strong repatriation committee to make…

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Fruit and Vegetable Fund. for Soldiers' Families

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

The fruit, and vegetable fund which was inaugurated to provide soldiers wives arid families with food as well as clothing or the money with which to purchase these…

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Land Revaluation Suspicious Soldiers

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

At a meeting of the Soldiers and Citizens' Political Federation on Tuesday the following resolution, was unanimously carried:-- "That this meeting of soldiers and citizens views…

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Lithgow Soldiers' Comforts Fund

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

The following letters, received by Mrs. S. Knight, hon. secretary to the Lithgow Soldiers' Comforts Fund, from a number of men on active service, indicates that the…

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