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

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Pte. R. S Isaac Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

Word was received in Goulburn on Saturday that Pte. Robert S. Isaac, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Isaac, of Roslyn, was wounded and suffering from shell shock; and was in…

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War Casualties

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

Gunner Edward Cartwright, aged 28 years, 51th son of the late Wm. Cartwright, "The Willows," Tuena, was killed in action on April 17. Gnr. Cartwright had been at the front…

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Post-War Trade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

Replying to Sir Edward Carson Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated in the House of Commons that the Council of Ministers in France had denounced all…

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The War. Western Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

London, May 14.—Sir Douglas Haig on Monday night reported: Hostile artillery has developed considerable activity north of the Serre, and is also active on the southern portion of the…

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Goulburn and the War. Pte. Donald Cameron a Prisoner of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 2

Mrs. E. Cameron, of Grafton-street, on Saturday afternoon received word that her son, Private Donald Mr. Cameron, who in October last was reported as missing, had been…

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Bishop Wentworth Sheilds on the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 2

In the course of an address before the Anglican Synod, Armidale, on Wednesday, Bishop Wentworth Sheilds, said:—"Not until every worker, every employer, every citizen resolves…

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The War. Western Front. the Australians

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 2

London, May 15.—Reporting on Tuesday night, Sir Douglas Haig stated:—After heavy artillery preparation, the enemy attached on a mile front south-westward of Morlancourt. He…

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Goulburn and the War. Died of Wounds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

The Rev. Canon Carver received official information on Wednesday that No. 7193, Pte. W. H. Allen, 4th Battalion, son of. Mr. A. H. Allen, Mulwarree Gardens, North Goulburn,…

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TELEGRAMS. The War. Western Front. Minor Operations, LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

Sir Douglas Haig reports.—We successfully raided north-eastward of Robeeq and took prisoner a few. We had casualties. We repulsed with loss to the enemy a party westward of…

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Letter From Behind the Lines. the Young French Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 1

"What is your calling?" "Agricultural labourer." That is almost always the answer made to the question of the medical officer in the hall…

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Soldier Bridegrooms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

The Registrar-General of Marriages has instituted a system under which the celebrants of the marriages of oversea soldiers must notify the military headquarters of the Dominion…

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Private P. J. Barry Wounded

Young Witness · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 2

Mrs. J. J. Barry, of Moppity road, Young was this week advised by the Base Records office, Melbourne, that her son Private Percival J. Barry, 2nd…

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Women and War Work. Soldiers Home Furnishing Scheme

Young Witness · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 6

At the Town Hall, Young, on Wednesday night, the first of a series of entertainments organised by the Wo[?]en's Voluntary Workers' Association,…

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Latest War News London

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 2

The New York "Evening Post's" Washington correspondent says the Allies have a device attached to patrol…

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British Brides. 200 for Dominion Soldiers

Young Witness · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Thursday. — Accompanying a draft of 820 invalided soldiers are 200 English brides of the soldiers…

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Soldier Settlements. Blunders of the Past. Shire Councils Want to Advise

Young Witness · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 3

Timbr[?]bong[?] Shire Council was responsible for securing the assent of the Shires Association to a proposal that the State Lands Department…

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Soldier's Letter

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 2

Writing from "somewhere in France" to the pupils of the Redground Public School Private H. S. Filmer says:--…

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Wounded and Gassed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

Mrs. C. Robertson received word on Thursday that her brother, Pte. Sidney G. Brad,. ford, 35th Battalion (previously reported wounded, second occasion), has been reported…

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Bourke-street School Representative Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

Mrs. J. Reis has received word that her brother, Pte. A. Riley, was admitted to the 5th Southern General Hospital, England, on 7th April, suffering from gunshot wound in the…

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Australia's War Costs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

A bill, authorising the raising of £80,000,000 for war purposes, was introduced in the House of Representatives on Friday. Since the beginning of the war four War Loan…

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