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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War Day By Day. Syrian Army. Only One Germn Adviser. London, Jan. 18

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 2

Advices through neutral channels from Constantinople state to Djemal Push a has concluded his visit to the capital to settle political…

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Soldiers Leaving Young

Young Witness · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 1

The local Recruiting Association will not in future be able to obtain the services of the Town. Band on every occasion when soldiers may be…

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Letters From Soldiers. Trooper Michael O'mara

Young Witness · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

The following are extracts from a letter received by Miss C. O'Mara from her brother, Trooper Michael O'Mara, who some months ago left…

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Cable Remittances to Wounded Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

Owing to the doubt in many minds as to the authenticity of cable messages which are received from relatives with the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces asking for…

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Allied War Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 6

London, Jan. 19.—An Allied War Council, which was held in London to-day, considered the general war position. M. Aristide Brian (Premier), and other French Ministers, naval and…

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After the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 1

Speaking on Wednesday, the Premier said: We are to consider what is to happen after the war. It has been said that there must be some more intimate relations between the various parts of…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

Private J. H. Glynn, eldest son of Mrs. M Glynn, of Mulwarree-street, has sailed for the front. Prior to his departure Pte. Glynn, with his cousin, Pte. Harry Champion, was accorded a…

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The War. Gallipoli. the Withdrawal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 6

London, Jan. 20.—A medical officer, in a letter on the evacuation of Anzac, said that when the men were told that the forces were to be withdrawn they behaved splendidly, and went…

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The War. the Russians. Enemy's Losses

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

London, Jan. 20.—A Russian communique says:—North-west of Czernovitz we captured a sector of the enemy's position and repulsed five desperate counter-attacks, inflicting enormous…

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Goulburn and the War. the Late Pte. Reg. E. Armstrong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

The late Pte. Reg. E. Armstrong, whose death was reported in our last issee, left Sydney with the 2nd Battalion for the front. About the middle of September his parents saw amongst…

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The Latest. the War. the Evacuation. a Medical Officer's Account. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

There is no more vivid account of the evacuation of Anzac than that given in a New Zealand medical officer's diary published in the Manchester Guardian. He states:—…

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Montenegro. Continues the War. Will Fight to the Bitter End. Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

It is officially stated that fighting" between Austria and Montenegro has been resumed. The Montenegrin Ministry has announced that King Nicholas and the troops will fight to the…

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Soldier Committed for Trial. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

Alfred Henry Burnett, a soldier was committed for trial on a charge of shooting at Henry Paul, police sergeant, with intent to murder him. Evidence was given that the…

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Soldiers' Gambling Dispute. Fatal Result. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

The State Commandant made an official statement to-day to the effect that a gambling dispute which occurred among soldiers confined on Milson Island, Hawkeshury River, on…

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War Service Committee

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

At the usual weekly meeting of the War Service Committee last night, Aid Rintoul was (in the absence of the Mayor and Shire President) voted to…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

Lieut. Burcher has returned to Egypt from Gallipoli. Mrs. J. Ross, Taylor-street, has received a cable from her son, Trooper Jack Ross,…

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The War. the Fokker Scare

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

London, Jan. 23.—Renter's correspondent states that, owing to the Fokker scare, he visited the headquarters of the flying corps in France and returned in a mood buoyant with…

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Earlier War News. Mesopotamia. Fierce Fighting

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.—It is officially stated that Colonel Aylmer attacked the Turks at Essin on Friday. There was flerce fighting, and the casualties…

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War Map [?] George Street SYDNEY. Copyright

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 1

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The War. Air Warfare. Enemy's Fokker Machines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 1

London. Jan. 21.—Germany's recent air successes continue to excite interest. The new Fokker machines do not attempt to secure inherent stability, but are designed to be…

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