Brutal Attack Returned Soldier Waylaid ORANGE
Sage Murray, a returned soldier working for the Orange Coursing Club, was brutally assaulted by three men while he was returning from the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,566 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 79
Spanish War
A message from Barcelona states that the newspaper "Vanguardia" has published "the final Spanish war communique."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home to Father Davoren. Large Gathering of Parishioners at Lyceum Hall. Children Give Remarkable Demonstration of Loyalty and Affection
Father P. J. Davoren, parish priest at Cessnock, who has just returned from a trip to Ireland, was given a welcome home at the Lyceum Hall last night. In the course of his travels, Father Davoren, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Denman News Returned Soldiers' League
Reports presented at the annual meeting of the Denman sub-branch held on Wednesday last, indicated that the past year had been a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Men Maitland Sub-Branch
Mr. A. Finney presided over a good attendance at the monthly meeting of the West Maitland subbranch of the Returned Soldiers League…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day March Cessnock
At a meeting of the Cessnock Council last night the Cessnock subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League was granted permission to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Day Service at Monument Dawn Ceremony
A meeting convened by the Mayor of West Maitland (Aid. A. S. McDonald) was held in the Town Hall this morning for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coffin As Bed Eccentric War Veteran
Every night for forty years Mate Chavka, an eighty-year-old veteran of Europe's wars against the Turks, of Liyno, Bosnia, has gone ,to bed in his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MUSWELLBROOK. Returned Soldiers MR. A. MUSWELLBROOK
Following a residence of many years in Muswellbrook, Mr. A. G. Coughlan will shortly take up duties with the advertising section…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Observance. Committee
The Shire President (Councillor H. O. Bensley) presided over a meeting of the Anzac Observance Committee, held on Friday night last in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Denman Returned Soldiers. Arrangements for Anzac Day
Arrangements for the observance of Anzac Day were discussed at the, annual meeting of the R.S. & S.I. League, and the usual church services will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Ceremony at Dawn East Maitland
At the general meeting of the East Maitland subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League, the president (Mr. G. Jones) was in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Toll of War
A mother weeps, a father sighs, This frail young hoy with blinded eyes. And white set face so strangely sad, Their only son, their little lad?…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Veterans Home at Narrabeen
During the past few weeks a very able stream of sightseers has visited the war veterans home at Legacy Park, Narrabeen, the number calling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Action in War Emergency Necessary Legislation
"If an emergency occurred the State would take whatever power was necessary to deal with it," declared tahe Deputy-Premier (Colonel M. F…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fovant War Memorial. A.i.f. Badge on Hillside
Wherever ex-soldiers meet the question is asked, "What happened to the badge we put on the hill at Fovant?"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British War Lord's Censored Speech Rumoured Orders to the Fleet
The First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Stanhope, made a sensational speech on board the aircraft-carrier Ark Royal at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Risk of War Mr. Street's Warning Plans for Defence Melbourne
In a broadcast address last night the Minister for Defence, Mr. Street, declared the risk of war to be very deadly and near. "For that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Confidence in Australia's Defence Ability "Risk of War Is Real and Very Near"
Declaring that the risk of war was real and very near, the Minister for Defence, Mr Street, in a broadcast address expressed confidence in the nation's ability to complete its defence programme to schedule and the ability of the people and industry to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Recruiting Complaints at Gilgandra Threat to Burn Enlistment Forms
The Minister in Charge of Recuiting and Attorney-General (Mr W. M. Hughes) is concerned at reports from Gilgandra of…
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