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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

9 stories in Illawarra's papers

War in 1913. an Interesting Prophecy

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 5

An interesting story is going the roundd of Johannesburg just now relative to the possible outbreak of a war in 1913 between Germany and…

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A Soldier and a Man. CAPTAIN S. P. Goodsell Honoured

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

A number of Captain Goodsell's friends and admirers entertained him at a dinner at Finlayson's Hotel on Saturday night. Captain Geo…

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The War Cloud. the Hand Writing on the Wall

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

Much has been written of late in regard to the possibilities of international complications. The following, from a well-known public man in Great Britain…

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A Tale Op the Boer War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent tells an story of the [?] war.—Whlist at Nq'Mell Mountain, [?] miles east of vry heid, part of General…

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The War. Big Turkishsur-renders

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 13

The Turkish Garrison at Kilosse has been captured by Bulgarians' after a series of desperate assaults. 50,000 Turkish prisoners were taken…

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Broughton Village. Welcome Home Picnic to Mr. and Mrs. C. Wiley. Mr. T. Wiley and Miss Wiley

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. C. Wiley, Mr. T. and Miss Wiley, of Broughton Village, who left six months age for a trip to the Old Country, returned home a week ago, and their…

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Welcome Home

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 7

On Thursday of last week in the Albion Park Presbyterian Church, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Fraser, of Tongarra, were accorded a "Welcome Home,"…

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The War

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 2

Speaking in London at a banquet the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) said, referring to the war, the map of Eastern Europe has to be recast. Maybe…

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War on Sharp Hatpins

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 1

The Prefect of the department of the Rhone, the chief city of which is Lyons, has declared war on the sharp-pointed hatpin. Henceforth no woman in the…

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