Penny Post for Soldiers
The Commonwealth Postal Authorities have been advised that the British, Post Office has agreed to penny postage on letters from Australia for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
2,323 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 43 of 117
Fallen Yass Soldiers
On Friday last Mr. Walter (Bennett, of Yass received the news that his brother Ernest had been killed in France, deceased was [?] son of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goulburn and the War. PTE. J. Broad Wounded
Pte. Jas. Broad, brother of Mrs. A. A. Pulbrook, Royal Hotel, Goulburn, has been severely wounded. He is about 27, and was in the transport section of the A.S.C. He has two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Memorial
From the Returned Soldiers' Association of New South Wales we have received a copy of the second edition of the Anzac Memorial. The contents include—Roll of honour, Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sapper Hubbard Wounded
Mrs. Gorrie, "Ardgowan," Goulburn, has received a notification from the Base Records Office at Melbourne that her eldest son, Sapper J. H. Hubbard, was on April 19th admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket After the War
Lord Hawke, speaking at a Marylebone meeting, said that so many famous Australian cricketers were on active service that there was an idea that, instead of England sending a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost of the War
London, May 3—In his Budget speech, Mr. Bonar Law said that thus far £4,318,000,000 had been spent on the war, of which £1,137,000,000 had come out of revenue. The estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the War Chest
On Wednesday last Messrs. Wood and Co. sold a fat lamb donated by Mr. P. E. Shiel, of "Jersey Park," Inveralochy, on behalf of the War Chest Fund. The sum of £12 15/ was realised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Imperial War Conference. Important Resolutions
London, May 3.—The resolutions of the Imperial War Conference mark a striking advance in the development of the Imperial system. They declare for a new and far-reaching…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Hindenburg Line. Penetrated at One Point
London, May 4.—Reporting after midnight on Thursday night Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says:—There has been fierce fighting all day long westward of Queant (south-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Western Front. Recent Ca[?]ures by Allies
London, May 3.—M. Marcel Hutin, the French war critic, states that between April 16 and 36 the British and French forces captured:—40,693 prisoners, 437 heavy guns. 346 trench mortars,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn and the War. Seven Deaths Reported in a Week
During the week no fewer than seven soldiers connected with Goulburn were reported as killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. the War. Western Front. Hindenburg Line Penetrated. (Published in "The Times.") London
It is stated that the Hindenburg line has been penetrated at Bullecourt. NEW BRITISH THRUST…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. The War Western Front. British Thrust. Fresnoy Positions Held. Retirement Near Cherisy. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Fresnoy and the positions we captured north and south thereof were severely counter-attacked last evening. We maintained all the positions. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Russians. Disquieting News. Workmen and Some Soldiers Oppose Government
Reuter's Petrograd correspondent states that the Note of M. Miliukoff (the Lloyd-George of Russia) to the Allied Governments, proclaiming Russia's resolve not to conclude a separate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Action
Word was received on Thursday that Private Stan Boland, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Boland, of Murrumburrah had been killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn and the War. PTE. W. C. Tickner Wounded
Mr. and Mrs. R. Tickner, of Goldsmith-street, yesterday received advice from the Base Records Office, Melbourne, stating that their son, Pte. Wm. C. Tickner, had been wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wounded in France
Word has been received by Mrs. Frederick Levett, of Young, that her husband Pte. Frederick Levett has been wounded in France. Private…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded in France
Private A. E. Moxon, who, prior to enlisting was engaged in agricultural pursuits in the Young district, has been wounded in France. He is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pte. H. Wales Wounded
Mrs. Oliver Wales of Barrowa road, Young, has received word that her son Private Harold Wales has been wound ed in the hand with gun shot…
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