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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Anzac's Success. Mounted Troops Attack. Cairo

Young Witness · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The Commander-in-chief in Egypt re ports that the Anzacs mounted troops carried out another successful enterprise by attacking the enemy at a post…

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War Map [?]

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 1

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War Chest Day. £500 for a Button

Young Witness · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 6

Buttons at £500 apiece!—Any more buyers? They are not all for sale at that price. You will be able to get them at 1/ each, but you can give as…

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The War. Russian Activity. Volhynia and Bessarabia. Amsterday

Young Witness · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The Berlin "Tageblatt" says that there has been increased Russian activity in Voihynia and Bessarnbla…

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The War. Cumieres Still Held. Germans Big Attack. Intense Shelling. London. Wednesday Night

Young Witness · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 6

The correspondent of the Times in Paris says:—"After Intense shelling in the Dead Man' Hill-Cumieres sector yeserday, the eremy huried a big…

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The War Day By Day. the Western Front. the Verdun Battle. the 100Th Day. London, May, 30

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The correspondent of the " Daily News " in Paris says that the Crown Price manifestly wanted to settle the Mort Homme fight once and for all;…

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An Unlucky Soldier

Young Witness · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 6

Private Victor Lulham, (20) a returned soldier, was bumped by a coal train on the Government line near East Greta Junction He escaped…

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Will Young Follow P Treks Planted in Memory of Soldiers

Young Witness · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 6

With much ceremony, and in the presence of over 400 people, Gundagal people Jast week took part in the dedication of the avenue of trees…

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War Scraps

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

Dr. Johnson, writing in 1759, makes Rasselas ask the Inventor why he objects to impart his art of flying to all the world, when he receives the reply: "If men were all virtuous, I should…

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German War Loan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 6

Copenhagen, May 31.—The Reichstag will next week be asked to authorise a war loan of 12,000,000,000 marks (about £600,000,000). Mr. T. J. Maenamara (Financial Secretary to…

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The War. Western Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

London, June 1.—A French communique states:—A most violent bombardment took place all night long at Mort Homme. A German attack at 8 o'clock at night on the eastern…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

Pte. Lyndon Battye, writing to his parents from France, says:—"You will see by the above address I am now further away from dear old Goulburn. We arrived at the end of…

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The War. Western Front. French Conflict

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 6

Paris, May 31.—A communique says: During a brisk attack in the afternoon we captured a German work strongly organised, on the south-west slopes of Mort Homme, taking 220 men…

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Commonwealth War Loan Further Issue Placed on Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 1

Another issue of the Commonwealth War Loan has been launched on the Australian money market, and the full terms of the prospectus are given in another column. A perusal…

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Goulburn and the War. Death of Trooper Whalen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 4

Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. W. E. Jones, of the Majella Cafe, Goulburn, has received word that her nephew, Trooper Peter Whalen, of the A.L.H., was shot dead in action in France on…

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Telegrams the War. Western Front. Intense Bombardment at Verdun. German Attack Repulsed. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 4

The Germans are hurling 300,000 shells of the largest calibre daily on the narrow section between the west bank of the Mouse and a point north-east of Mort Homme…

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High School Returned Soldier's Home

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

The first step towards making the above an accomplished fact has been taken Messrs. Hibbert and Kennerley, owners of the Bellevue Estate, have notified the Principal of their…

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The Latest. The War. Great Naval Fight. British lose three battle cruisers, two cruisers, and five destroyers. Six Destroyers Missing. Germans lose battle cruiser, a battleship, two light cruisers, and many destroyers. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

A GREAT NAVAL BATTLE WAS FOUGHT AT JUTLAND (FORMING PORTION OF DENMARK) ON WEDNESDAY. THE BRITISH LOST THE QUEEN MARY (27,000 TONS),…

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Welcome Home

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

Vessels returning to the East Coast bases were welcomed with great enthusiasm, the wounded men being loudly cheered. One ship had pulsed under the fire of 14 enemy ships…

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Three Times Wounded

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 1

Sergeant H. Pritchard, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Pritchard, a Woodonga, Cowra road, Young, is again in hospital. The parents were advised to…

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