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

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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"The Dinkum Girls." Welcome Home Social

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 2

The Literary Institute Hall on Wednesday night was packed, the occasion being the second of a series of welcome home socials to returned…

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Labor's "Soldier" Policy

Young Witness · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 4

The Inter-State Labour Conference discussed the "soldier"' policy to be adopted, by. the Australian Labour Party.The. following resolutions…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 2

Sub-Lieut. Lloyd Gulling, of H.M.S. Barham, in an interesting letter to his father, Ald. Gilling, gives some of his experiences at Scapa, where the German Fleet, recently scuttled, was…

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Goulburn War Chest Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 2

A winding-up meeting of the Goulburn War Chest Fund committee was held in the Town Hall on Friday afternoon. Mr. Leake occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance…

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Returning Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 2

Three trainloads of returning soldiers passed through Goulburn this (Saturday) morning on their way from Melbourne to Sydney. The first train arrived about 8.45, and…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

Sergt. Howell returned to Goulburn on Saturday. He is in excellent health. Sergt. Howell enlisted in 1916, and after his arrival in France saw all the big "stunts" there. He…

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The Young Witness Published Tuesday and Friday Afternodns. Tuesday, July 1st, 1919 Soldiers at Work Constructing Roads to Local Settlements. the Work on the New Crossing Etc

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 1

The work on the new crossing near Quinn's to the Clifton Soldiers' Settle[?] will be completed this week, and the gang will then proceed with…

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Distinguished Soldier Returns

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

Sergeant Harry Smith, M.M., municipal park gardener before enlistment returned to Young this morning after an absence of three years and two…

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Local Soldiers

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 1

Corporal Lindsay Forbes, son of Mr. T. Forbes, of Grenfell Road, arrived home on Saturday, after 3½ years service. Corporal, Forbes first went…

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Returned Soldier's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

Richard Blackburn, 38, a returned soldier, died in the Sydney Hospital as the result of a fracas in the city last night. It is alleged that another soldier struck him in the face,…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 July 1919 · page 2

Chaplain-Major WV. B. Jessop is at present on a visit to his mother, who resides in South Goulburn. Chaplain-Major Jessop, who had over three years' service with the forces in…

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Land for Soldier Settlement on Main Southern Line

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 July 1919 · page 2

The following letter has been sent to Sir George Fuller, the Director of Soldier Settlements, and chairman of the Advisory Board, by the Moss Vale Repatriation Committee:—…

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Peace and War. PEACE

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 6

The universal joy concerning present and prospective peace is the second greatest event in this world's history in two thousand…

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The Aeroplane in War

Young Witness · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 3

When the war cloud burst in 1914 Great Britain was badly prepared in regard to air service. The Empire's flying machines numbered only 272,…

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A Distinguished Soldier

Young Witness · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 1

Sergeant Harry Smith, M.M., who arrived at Young on Tuesday morning after three years at the war, was tendered a dinner that evening at his…

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House Building Intentions of Federal Commission. Soldiers Warned Against Rogues

Young Witness · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 1

Lieutenant Colonel Walker, Commissioner under the Federal War Service Act, agrees that, in View of the circumstances of the moment, it is…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 2

A welcome home was accorded Sappers W. L. E. and T. H. Weedon on Thursday, at the residence of their parents, "Hillcrest," Ifield. The supper table was nicely arranged with…

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The Soldiers' Memorial Trees at Gidleigh

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 4

We have already recorded the planting at Gidleigh on June 27 of a row of tress as a memorial to the men who enlisted from that station. Following are the names of the soldiers:—…

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Presbyterian Returned Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 2

There was a large attendance at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Hall on Friday night, when a number of returned soldiers were accorded a welcome home. The hall was…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 4

Mr. C. P. Holloway received a cable from his brother, Gunner Frank Holloway, on Friday night, stating that he was leaving England about the end of June…

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