Lighter Side of War
A Singleton soldier, wounded at Gallipoli, and now in Egypt, writers as follows.—"At [?] the Red Cross Society arranges trips every Friday week to the tombs of Sakkara…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
5,360 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 250
Local and General War Loan
The £10,000,000 Commonwealth war loan closes its subscription list on January 31st. Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very Latest War News SYDNEY
Athens paper says that on the occasion of the bombing of the munition factory near Heskenl, 3000 Turkisk, German and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Ian Hamilton Defended. London
Lord Sydenham, in a letter, disagrees with the "Times" that General Ian Hamilton was on the spot at Sulva on August the 8 and meekly effaced himself…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War News Italian Campaign. Enemy Surprised
Rome, Saturday.—A communique says: By a bold surprise we occupied San Giovanni, on the southern slopes of Monte Sperone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes. Local Recruiting. Still Going Strong
The impetus given recruiting during the past few weeks has been well sustained, and the young manhood of the district are still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Loan. Appeal to Citizens. Official Circular
The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Higgs) is adopting a novel means to ensure the success of second Commonwealth war loan. He is making a personal appeal to every…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →How the War Will End. a Startling Disclosure
The following is from the "Motor in Australia,'' being extracts from a letter receiver! by a Sydney journalist from his son with the Flying Corps in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British Front. Foreigners Visit. Pictures of War
Mr. Philip Gibbs, writing to the London "Daily Telegraph" from General Headquarters in November, 1915, states:—To me, as to many hundreds of thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Making War with the Kinema Its Military Value
The muffled droning of ponderous machinery in motion, the subdued, hysterical screeching of water embracing heated metal, the planis[?] musical purring of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonwealth War Loan, £10,000,000. Subscription List Closes 31St Januory
UNTIL the list closes on the 31st January all persons who care to do so—and they should be many—have the right to assist the country and our soldiers by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Census Cards. Must Be Filled In. Prime Minister's Warning Melbourne
"I HAVE noticed with very great regret," said Mr. Hughes to-day, "that resolutions have been passed at certain meetings advising persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan's Help to Russia. Scores of Trains of War Supplies. Fremantle
MR. NORMAN GIBSON, a prominent local business man, who has returned from a trip to Japan, states that the rapidity and growth of that country is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Recruiting. Local Enlistments
There was another good response to-day of persons of military age desirous of serving their King and country. The following were accepted:—Edward Davidson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enlistment in Sydney
Recruiting was brisk in Sydney yesterday, 305 recruits being accepted. At Victoria Barracks [?] were accepted, and 18 rejected. At the Town Hall 97 passed the tests, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French Soldier. Spirit and Gaiety of Our Allies. "Great in Valour."
British General Headquarters, Nov. 17. It has been good to see the soldiers of France again. The British soldier has wonderful qualities of his own—has he not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returned Soldiers
There is sin idea, which the Minister for Defence is considering, by which returned soldiers would be linked up with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers and Drink. Federal Cabinet's Decision. Melbourne
THE Parliamentary War Committee recently considered the question of the control of liquor supplies to soldiers, and in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Interesting Letter Lance-corporal F. Millard
Writing under date November 28, from No. 5 Training Camp, Heliopolis, to a friend here, Lance-Corporal Fred Millard, of Singleton,'says: "I am very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found in the Surf. Soldier's Queer Adventure
Sydney, Mondat.—Private Miller, of Redfern, was found floating unconscious in the surf, on Sunday night at Sonth Steyne, Manly. An onlooker, Norman…
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