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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1926

6 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Struck By Lightning Soldier Settler and Two Horses Killed Tragedy at Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

A settler at the Kurrajong Soldiers Settlement wag killed by lightning in a terrific storm which, broke over Richmond and Kurrajong on Tuesday…

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How Australian Ironmasters Helped Australia During the War. Ii

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 14

Some little time after the war broke out, there was a world-wide shortage of ships. Every ship that could be utilised for the transport of…

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An Abominable Crime Returned Soldier Charged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 3

ARRESTED at Kurrajong during the week-end, a young returned soldier appeared at the Richmond Police Court on Monday, charged with committing an…

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An Abominable Crime Returned Soldier Charged Committed for Trial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 1

"It's a terrible thing—I don't think I did it," said Frederick Sidney Aller, a returned soldier, when arrested at North Richmond on August 28 for committing…

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Fatal Fall Returned Soldier's Death Unconscious on Roadside

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 5

AN INQUIRY into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dudley John North (46), a returned soldier, who was discovered in an unconscious condition on…

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Limbless Soldiers' Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 12

The Xmas appeal in the Hawkesbury district for the Limbless Soldiers' Association resulted in the sum of £2 being forwarded to the General Secretary. No donations…

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