Enlistments in December
During December only 2017 [?] were secured in the Commonwealth. [?] the monthly quota needed is 16,500 men. New South Wales Supplied 1100 men, Victoria…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
5,271 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 250
Saving Soldiers' Lives. the Triumph of Armour
Ever more and more are we learning how to protect. our soldiers' lives. No month passes but something new is achieved. The men who march away in the spring will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Destroyers at Jutland. a Soldier at Sea
Chance sent me almost immediately after the jutland fight a lieutenant of one of the destroyers engaged. Among other matters, I asked him if there was any particular…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Valedictory at Abermain. Soldier Farewelled
There was a large gathering of towns-people at Garrett's Hall, Abermain, on Monday evening, the occasion being a public send-off to Private W. Grills, Mr. D. James…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldier's Grievance. Amelioration Fund Cases
Private E. R. Lathorp telle his experiences in endeavouring as a returned soldier to obtain assistance from the Amelioration Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Soldier's Estate
Administration of the estate of Frederick Wiliisin Ernest Guille, of Burwood, a member of the Australian Expeditionary Forces, who was accidenally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Socialist Leader Enlists
Mr Victor Grayson, former Socialist member of the House of Commons, who is visiting New Zealand, has enlisted there. "I am a Socialist," he says,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed In Action
Mr. D. Bradbery, of Tamworth, and a former resident of West Maitland, has been officially informed that his son, Private Bert Bradbery, was killed in action, in France, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Killed in Action. Private W Cavanagh, Gunnedah
DIED OF WOUNDS OR OTHER CAUSES Private F. Bush, Murrurundi; B. Doyle, Moree F. Lyle, Hamilton. DIED OF WOUNDS OR OTHER CAUSES…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British War Loan. Immensely Popular. London
There has been an extraordinary response to the war loan. Applications, large and small, from all classes of the community have been received. Queues have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire War Council. Appeal to Australia. London
A distinguished statesman appeals to Australia not to wreck the Imperial Conference. He says that "It is the biggest reform ever attempted in imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Allies War Making. Unity of Command. Paris
The Parliamentary group for national action resolved upon urging the appointment of an inter-Allied General Staff to advice the Governments in the direction of the war and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German War Babies. Bureau Registers 10,000. LONDON
A correspondent of "Reuter" states that, an official Adoption Bureau has been established in Berlin for the reception of war babies. Already 10,000 infants have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ten Months in Germany. War Children. Incubated Hate. Xvii
The boys and girls of Germany play an important part in die grosse Zeit (this great wartime). Every atom of energy that can be dragged out of the children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Memory of Two Fine Soldiers. General Glasfurd and Colonel Howell-price. (Copyright Reserved by the Crown). British Headquarters, France, Nov. 21
Probably few men even of those who were there knew how much they owed to Major Glasfurd during the critical days of the landings at Anzac. He was second General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed in Action
Mrs. A. Costello, of Denman-street, has been notified of the death of her brother, Sgt. John Thomas Powell, who was killed in action in France on November 14th, 1916…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War
Military operations in Europe are necessarily hindered by the winter weather. This, unfortunately, nan not prevented the Austro-Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News
The date of the War Conference has been definitely fixed. The British Government states that it will take place at the end of February, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Towards Palestine Jerusalem May Be Taken. Anzac Advance. London, Sunday night
The possibilities of a further advance in Palestine are being discussed in well-information circles. The "Manchester Guardian" expects that another quick march will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Notes Another Battleplane Presented
In our issue of this day week, mention was made of the fact that another battleplane from the Upper Hunter had been presented to the…
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