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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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For the War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1915 · page 2

Two Gerringong boys left by train on Monday afternoon for training at Liverpool camp in Messrs. Dan. Kelly J. Deitz, who have responded to the…

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Just From the War

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 11

Rev, James Wilson, who has just returned from the battlefields of France, will give his description thereof at Port Kembla on Tuesday…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced that General Botha has hoisted the Union Jack at Windhoek, in German South West Africa without resistance. Windhoek…

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Free Messages to the Wounded

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1915 · page 2

These of us unfortunate enough to have relative wounded in action will read the following with appreciation. Arrangements have been made by the…

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War Pictures

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1915 · page 3

The War Gazette at the Pictures to-night shows the Canadian artillery at firing practice; more pictures of the damage done by Zepplins on the east…

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Patriotic Meeting. War Funds Committee Appointed

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 4

A patriotic meeting was held at on anderra on Friday night lst, the attendance being large. Mr. James Brown presided; and explained the…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Monday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 2

In connection with the Zeppelin raid on England it baa been ascertained, that forty or fifty incendiary bombs were dropped on Ramsgate…

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The War. Sydney, To-day

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 11

A declaration by the Italian Government leading to armed intervention has been approved of by the Chamber or Deputies by an…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

It is understood that all the Asiatic forts on the Dardanelles have been silenced, The Gorman Knepferle, who was…

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The War. Latest Cables, London, Monday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 2

The 22nd casualty list contains 274 names, including 32 deaths. Germany has declared war on Italy. Hostilities between Austria and Italy…

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From the War

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 13

Rev. James Wilson will givei[?]n the Town Hall, his account, illustrated by photos., of the battlefields of Europe, which he has recently…

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Germany in War Time

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 22

(Some Idea of the temperament of the German and Austrian peoples after seven months of war, is given in the following notes of a fourney…

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The War. Sydney, To-day

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 13

The Admiralty announces that the battleship Majestic was torpedoed and sunk in the Dardanelles. Most of the crew were saved…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

It is officially stated that the British battleship Majestic, 14900 tons, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine off Galiipoli. 750 officers…

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If the War Stopped To-day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 4

One of the loading British journals says the if the war stopped to-day history would record a single German victory and a decisive British defeat. This statement is…

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Hospital for Wounded Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

The Mayor (Aid. N. Smith) is in receipt of the following communication from Mr. D. Manion, managing director of the Port kembla Land and…

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Lecture on the War

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

The Rev, James Wilson, who recently returned from a visit to the battlefields of France, delivered an interesting lecture in the Wollongong Town…

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If the War Stopped To-day

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 5

One of the leading British journals says that if the war stopped to-day history would record a signal German victory and a decisive British defeat…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

A message from Washington states that profound disappointment has been expressed throughout the United States at Germany's reply to…

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Smokes for Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

The generosity of the Figtree Bros., of Mount Pleasant Cokeworks, was further illustrated on Saturday last by Mr. Frank Figtree handing Mr. E…

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