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

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

946 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 17 of 48

Soldier Loses Eye

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 2

TEMORA, Tuesday.—A returned soldier named Baynes met with serious accident when assisting firemen to extinguish a fire or a building in…

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Returned Soldiers' Progress Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 2

A general meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Progress Association was held on Sunday afternoon. There was a very large and representative gathering. Mr. Hillier occupied…

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Goulburn and the War. Lieut. Seaborn's Heroism

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 2

The exploit for which Lieut. L. W. S. Seaborn was awarded the Military Cross is officially recorded as follows:—"During the attack on Mont St. Quentin, near Peronne, on August…

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Goulburn District Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Sturgiss, of Oakley, Tarago, have received word from Base Records that their second son, Driver R. E. Sturgiss, 1st Field Squadron Engineers, is returning by the…

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Soldiers Recalled. Required in France and Elsewhere. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 2

In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Churchill stated that the Cabinet had decided to recall to the army soldiers working in the land after very careful consideration. They…

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Returned Soldiers. 63 per Cent, Helped

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 2

During the past month the Ameliorating Committee has expended £13,387 in rendering aid to 9535 cases. The total expenditure to date is £285,810, which represents 1,733,941…

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Agricultural Experiments. The Effects of the War

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 1

The complaint is some times made by farmers and others that the Department of Agriculture has not been as active latterly in experiment work as…

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The Young Witness Published Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. Friday, May 2nd, 1919. Golf Links Proposed Subdivision. Homes for Soldiers

Young Witness · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 1

At last night's Council meeting, a letter was read from the District Surveyor, Wagga, as follows:—"In forwarding a rough design of allotments…

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Local Soldiers

Young Witness · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 2

Private Albert Rhall, son of Mr. J. Rhall, of Back Creek Road, has returned from the war after three years service…

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War of Classes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 4

London, April 21.—Mr. Phillip Snowden (former Socialist M.P. for Blackburn), who presided at the Conference of the Independent Labour party at Huddersfield, stated that the…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 2

Ald. W. Steele has received a letter from his son, Sgt. W. V. Steele, G.A.S.C., London, stating that he had been sent overland through Italy and France. He was discharged on the…

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Returned Men First Government's Policy

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

Communications have been exchanged between the Government. of this State, and the Agent General as to the proposed' immigration into New South…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

Major Hubert Ford, D.S.O., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ford, of Belmore-street, returned to Goulburn on Saturday afternoon. He is receiving, a warm welcome from his many friends…

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Returned Soldier Killed

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

TAREE, Monday.—John Faster (36) returned soldier was run down by the Kempsey mail train and killed…

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A Son Accused. Returned Soldier Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

Joseph Walker, 54, a resident of Bondi, is now in St. Vincent's Hospital in a dying condition with two bullet wounds in the head, one in the shoulder, and another in the back…

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Goulburn District Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

Mrs. L. Barber, Cotta Walla, has been advised that her brother, Lance Corporal L. A. Curtois, is returning per the SS. Karoa, due at Melbourne on the 9th inst. Ho has been on…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 4

Private Kenneth Evans, in a letter to his mother, Bourke-street, says:—In my last letter I informed you that I would be on my way home at the beginning of March, but…

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Death of a Returned Soldier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 2

The adjourned inquiry into the death of returned soldier, Chas. Andrew Blane, which took place in the Forbes Hospital on April 22 as the result of a row at the Jemalong mail…

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Wharf Trouble Expected. Returned Soldiers Will Fight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 4

Returned Soldiers Will Fight. It is reported that in Sydney to-day it was quite evident that some scheme was afoot along the waterfront hostile to the loyalist workers…

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Munich Riots Many Killed and Wounded. Thousands of Arrests

Young Witness · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday—Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the "Lokal Anzeiger" says that 150 persons, including those executed by…

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