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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

3,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 167

Attacked by Shark. Heroic Help by a Soldier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 9

Further evidence of the prevalence and daring of sharks along the coast was [?] at Newcastle on Friday afternoon when one of the monsters measuring about 74…

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Returned Sailors and Soldiers. Imperial League of Australia. President's Appeal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 10

Lieut Colonel W.K. Bolton C.B.E., president of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia is issuing the following appeal to all returned sailors and…

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Returned Soldiers. Their Settlement on the Land

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 9

A conference of repatriation committees, at which the Ali[?]er for Lands, Hon. W. G. Ashford, was present, was held in the West Maitland Council Chambers on Friday…

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Actor and Soldier. Lost Both Voice and Sight. a Dramatic Recovery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 16

To lose both voice and sight is a tragic enough circumstance in all ordinary condition. For actor it is something more. Such however was the experince of…

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Returning Soldiers. Men on the Somali

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 5

A long list of men o return by the transport Somali has been made available by the of men who born or following names of men who were born or attested in the…

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Local and General News Returning Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

Mrs Archinal, of Dawson's Hill has received a communication from the military authorities that her son, Private A. Archinal, was due to arrive in…

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War Indemnity. Fortifying Prime Ministrer's Efforts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 8

Adopting a suggestion made by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) on Friday, at the Conference of Commonwealth and State Ministers in Melbourne, when the subject of…

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The Hero of the War. How Foch Won the Prize for Common Sense

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

Foch's grandfather was a wool merchant and weaver in a small way of Garonne [?]hen Wellington crossed the pyrenees and the…

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Local and General News. Soldier Returning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

Mrs. Crich of Campbell's Hill, West Maitland, has been advised by Base Records that Driver E. Crich 3rd Machine-gun Battalion is returning to Australia per transport…

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Soldiers Returning. Northern District Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 7

A large number of Australian soldiers are expected to arrive shortly. Following are the names of men from the northern districts who will be among those to arrive:— Pte.D…

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Welcome Homo to Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

The Horseshoe Bend Welcome Home Committee invites all residents of that locality and the extended area to a welcome home to be extended to Gu[?]ner R. Cocks and Private…

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A Returned Anzac

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 6

Sergeant Ogden, son of senior-sergeant Ogden, late of East Maitland, and brother of Mrs. Robert Moon, of East Maitland, returned on Saturday night. He sailed in 1914 with…

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Yarrowitch Land for Returned Men Railway to North Coast. Repatriation Committee Call Fou Report As to the District's Suitability

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 3

Considerable local interest is being evinced in a proposal to urge the Government to make available a big tract of land in the Yarrowitch…

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Bandon Grove War Chest

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

A meeting of members of the above was held in the Bandon Grove School of Arts on Tuesday evening, January 21st. The chair wan occupied by the…

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Very latest War News Sydney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

London, Sunday: Reuter's Zurich correspondent says the Moscow International Communist Congress decided to convey to the Peace Congress the…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 4

All members and interding members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial Legue are requested to attend a meeting in the School of Arts, to-morrow(Wednesday)night,…

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Returning Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 5

Mrs. Weight, of Keinbah, Allandale has been informed from the Base Records office that her son, W.R. Outhwaite, of the 30th Battallon, is returning to Australia…

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Fruit and Vegetable Fund. Helping Soldiers' Wives and Children

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

The Fruit and Vegetable Fund is out on the warpath after supplies of fruit, vegetables, or food of every dscription, in addition tto women's…

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Soldiers' Diaries

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

The Trustees of the Mitchell Library are advertising in our columns for original diaries of Australian and New Zealand soldiers, for permanent…

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Soldier's Lodge Sick Pay. Grand Executive's Prohibition

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 4

At the Wellington Small Debts Court, Sergeant Sydney Horace Pettitt M.M. a returned soldier, sued John Charles Davey, secretary of Lodge 82, of the…

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