Home for Soldier's Widow
Sergeant-Major Beesley, who was an old resident of Auburn, and who was killed some months ago in the war, loft a wife and eight children, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
5,360 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 250
Soldiers' Blocks
About 50 voluntary workers cleared a fair sized area of land for soldiers' blocks at French's Forest, nonr Manly, on Saturday.'' Difficulty is said to* be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Census Cards
Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, stated that the report that employees of the Defence Department and the Navy Office were not to be permitted to join the Australian Imperial Forces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan
The self-imposed task which Australia has undertaken, and the splendid achievements of her sons in the field of battle have thrilled the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia's War Loan
The kind of victory that we need, and for which we are fighting, depends largely upon the readiness of the people of the Empire to economise and provide our Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ugliness of War
Writing in the "Gl[?]gow Evening News" Mr. Nell Munro, the novielist, who has himself lost a son in the war, stated that "sensible mon, returning from France or Gallipoli…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German War Debt. Designs on Australia
The "Nene Zurcher Zeitung" states that measures are under consideration for meeting Germany's post war financial Ha[?] which include war indemnities in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10,000.000 Commonwealth War Loan
The State War Councils throughout Australia are making a strong appeal to the citizens of the Commonwealth to support, and support liberally to the full extent of their means, the second war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier's Letter
Writing to his brother at Denman Private W. K. Willis of the 4th Battalion gives some details concerning the deaths of two brave soldiers Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Letter. a Returned Soldier. Muswellbrook
Amongst the returned invalid soldiers that arrived in Sydney on Monday from the Dardanelles, was Trooper J. Ellerton, of the A.L.H., of Muscle Creek. Trooper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Soldier in England
Private Percy Madden, who was on active service in Gallipoli, writes as follows, from Woodcote, Epsom, England:—"We came in the s.s. Caledonia from Lemnos, land were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Entertained
A pleasant evening was spent on Saturday at "Glenmore," Maerannie, the residence of Mr. J. Brooker, when Messrs. H. Connell and A. G. Hutton, who entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disturbance at St. Kilda Civilians and Soldiers Fined
At the Sf. Kilda Court (Vic.) several civilians were fined in various amounts for insulting behaviour during the recent disturbance on the Esplanade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recruiting. Local Enlistments
Altogether 20 recruits worn, accepted yesterday, six in the afternoon, out of 31 offering. Those passed in the afternoon were:—Alfred Charles Lavender, Bolwarra;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enlistments in Sydney
Recruiting was brink in Sydney yesterday, 243 being accepted, while 77 were turned down. At Victoria Barracks 126 were accepted, and 36 rejected, while at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Dependents. What Britain Is Doing
The Prince of Wales, who presided over the Naval and Military War Pensions Committee, said his association with the daily life of the army left imperishable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Les. Fletcher Enlists
Les. Fletchor, who showed great promise of following in Les. Darcy's footsteps as a boxer, has enlisted. Like Les. Darcy, he started his dancer in a tournament, which he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£10,000,000 Commonwealth War Loan
The State War Councils throughout Australia are making a strong appeal to the citizens of the Commonwealth to support, and support liberally to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Custody of Commonwealth War Loan Bonds
The Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales—the State savings institution—are prepared to receive for safe custody Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Montenegro. the Capitulation. London, Jan. 19
A Montenegrin official report says that the capitulation was due to the exhaustion of ammunition and the impossibility of escape seaward owing to tho hostility of the…
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