Escape From Germany. Toronto Soldier's Experience
Pte. H. L. Thomas has written to his parents at Toronto, giving a brief account of how he escaped from Germany with two friends—Hector Holmes, of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
4,987 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 250
I Peasants and Soldiers' Council. Dealing with the Disaffected. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night
A wireless Russian, official message says: The central executive of the councils of workmen's, soldiers, and peasants' deputies have issued a decree…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Action
First-class Constable H. A. Corner, of Mulbring, has received the sad news through the Ven. Archdeacon Tollis, of the death of his son, Corporal Claude A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner of War's Letters
Pte. Alfred Neate, of the 13th Battalion, A.I.F., who is a prisoner of war in Germany, has sent two post cards to his niece, Miss O'Brien, of the Horseshoe Bend. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British War Bonds. Popular Investment. London
A record was reached in the sales of British War Bonds last week, the total being £36,000,000, and for the 15 weeks £266,000,000. The workers continue to contribute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Out to Win. America's War Ideals. Feeling Towards Britain
Mr. Coningsby Dawson, the distinguished young Anglo-American novelist, now serving with the canadian Forces, relates in the following article in the "Pall Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier's Story. Down and Out
"One night I was feeling down and out. I'd been spending all my evenings in a French Estaminet, and had spent my last penny on bad French beer. I wanted a drink badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier in Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. D. Burgess; or Congewai, have been advised by the Base Records Office, Victoria Barracks, that their son, Private Basil Burgess, was admitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fine of £20. Represented Himself to Be Returned Soldier
Arthur Beddow (20), an electrical engineer was charged at the West Maitland Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., with having, on January 2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canada's War Effort
Sir Edward Kemp (Canada's Overseas Minister), writing to the " Pall Mall Gasatte on Canada's war effort, says that alingether 100,000 Canadians have enlistod,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Time Profits Tax
The Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation slates that only a wry small pro-portion of the returns due under the War Time Profits Tax Assessment Act have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Western Front Allies Still Superior
London, Tuesday.—Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig-, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports:—The enemy raided a post south-eastward of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comforts for Soldiers
Encouraged by message of appreciation from the front, and seized with the need for continuous effort in the direction of providing comforts for the soldiers who have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Letters
Pte. H. (Scotsh) Martens writing to ma parents, says he heard that his brother Phil has been gassed. He adds: "Don't be think-ing he is bad though. The gas Fritz is using…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glass Eye That Moves. New Treatment for Soldiers
Capt. J. L. Aymard, R.A.M.C., who is attached to the Queen's Hospital for Facial Injuries, Frognal, Sidcup, Kent, describes in the "Lancet" an improved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers
On Monday, evening, by the Brisbane mail, Pte. Harry Humphries (formerly a linesman in the local telegraph service) returned to Singleton, being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home Association
At the meeting of the committee of the above on Monday night there were present: Mr. Jones in chair, Mrs. Bennett, Misses B. Burton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home at Clarence Town
On Tuesday evening, the 15th inst., the Clarence Town and District Welcome Home Association gave a welcome home to Privates T. Rose and Ivor Thompson, who lately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed in Action. PTE. J. S. SMITH
Mrs. M. A. Smith, of Wangat, had the official news conveyed to her by Rev. D. M. Benjamin that her son, Pte. John Stephen Smith, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes
That the Australians whose misfortune it was to have to lay up in Hospital as the result of their having been wounded are being well treated…
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