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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

2,397 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 34 of 120

Returned Soldiers Welcome Home at Harwood

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

The Harwood Patriotic League was again to the fore with one of its most successful functions held in the Water Brigade Hall on Monday night last…

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Harwood Welcome Home to Pte. S. N. Till

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 3

Pte. S. N. Till was the guest of honor at a splendidly attended Welcome Home and function held in the Brigade Hall, on Monday night last,…

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Welcome Home. at Carr's Creek. Two Brothers Honored

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

A welcome home social, under the auspices of the Carr's Creek branch of the War Chest, was held in the Carr's Creek School of Arts on…

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Ulmarra Solders Banquet to Returned Men. a Successful Function

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

The big public welcome to returned soldiers took place in the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on Tuesday night, under weather conditions That were most unfavorable…

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The Camera in War. Records of the Diggers

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

Offical photographers, states Captain Frank Hurley, late official photographer with the A.I.F., are classed as non-combatants, and carry no arms…

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Echoes of the War. Our Five Divisions. Separate Camps Formed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

With a view to retaining the Australians in their five divisional groups while awaiting repatriation, five camps are being established at Salisbury,…

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Canada's War Costs. Movement of German Ships. German Mission to Paris. May Not Eventuate. Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

Canada has completed its war costs b[?]ll, which will shortly be submitted to the Reparation Commission. It is understood the amount is between £300,000,000 and…

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Re-employment of Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

Master retailers deny reports that are being circulated that members of the trade are refusing employment to returned soldiers…

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Appeal to Soldiers to Return. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

Mr. Winston Churchill, in defending the Military Service Bill, declared that Egypt, is in a state of insurrection, and the Government appealed to men to…

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Returned Soldier's Loss. Cattle Die Like Flies. 28 Head Succumb After Dipping

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

Recently a returned soldier named Burr, living at Jiggi, purchased a dairy herd outright at Lynch's Creek, and proceeded to shift them to his home,…

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Carr's Creek. Welcome to Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

When the hour for presentation to the Messrs. Vaughan arrived on Wednesday night at Carr's Greek Hall it was a case of standing room only. On…

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Welcome Home at Karangi

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

A large gathering of friends assembled at the residence of Mrs. James Buchanan on Wednesday evening to do honor to Corporal Meldrum, M.M., and…

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Welcome Home at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 3

A most successful function was carried out in the School of Arts, Coff's Harbor, on Wednesday night last, under the auspices of the Coff's Harbor Repatriation…

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Two Kinds of Returned Men

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 3

Under the heading, "The Two Paths" the following appears in "The Soldier," of 28th [?] the "official organ of the Returned…

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Returned Guardsmen. Enthusiastic Welcome Home. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 5

The roar of welcome given the returned Guardsmen on March 22 surpassed even the wild enthusiasm at similar scenes following the South African war. While…

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War Aftermath Spread of Bolshevism. Bessarabia a Republic. the Danube Crossed. Vancouver

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

A Reuter message says: Bessarabia has proclaimed her independence and established a Soviet republic. The Bolsheviks have captured…

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A Thousand Returned Soldiers Unemployed. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

According' to the Labor Exchange bulletin over one thousand returned soldiers are at present unemployed in New South Wales…

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Commander F. W. Belt. Soldier and Hunter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 4

Among the big batch of well-known people released from quarantine recently was Commander F. W. Belt, wearing many ribboned distinctions…

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Karangi Soldiers. Weloomed Home

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

Cpl. Meldrum, M.M., and Pte. B. Bucha[?]an had a very bearty welcome home from the front on Wednesday evening last; at the residence of Mrs…

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Soldiers Welcomed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

The local Repatriation Committee is to he congratulated on the success of its welcome on Wednesday evening, fully a dozen returned…

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