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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Nursing the Wounded. News From the Dardanelles

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 6

Nurse Wakeford writes as follows to her parents from Alexandria under date of 7th May:—We have just returned with another 500 patients,…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 2

Reports received at Tokio fro Rome states that seven Gorman submarines have succeeded in entering the Mediterranean through the Straits of…

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Soldiers Find Diamonds. South-west African Campaign

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 4

Desert though it be, and unpleasant as the scorching sun and the constant duststorms undoubtedly are, the coast belt of German South, West Africa has…

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Lieut.-Col. Owen Wounded

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 2

On Saturday Mr. Ernest Owen received a telegram from the Defence Department stating that Lieutenant-Colonel Owen had been wounded in…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 2

A Gorman submarine sank a British collier off Ballycotton, county Cork, Ireland. The crew was rescued. The British destroyed a fort and…

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Correspondence. "Lest We Forget." a Permanent Home and Institute for the Australian Crippled Soldiers. (To the Editor)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 6

Sir,—You have been very kind in giving publicity in your esteemed paper to my appeal on behalf of the brave Belgians last August, and I…

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Honor Roll. for Wollongong Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. Norman Smith) brought before the Council meeting on Friday night the matter of providing an honor roll for those who have, and…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 2

A sensation has been caused in the United States by the sinking of the Liner Armenian in the English Channel, as a result of which a number of…

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War and Food Prices. Far-reaching Effects

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 3

Within the post few days (writes a correspondent in the London "Daily Chronicle" of April 14) some London retail provision dealers have had to…

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The War. Latest Cables, London, Monday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 2

A Mitylene message States that a general attack on the Turkish positions in the Dardanelles was opened in the Allies on Sunday, and that…

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GUNNER McCLINTOCK WOUNDED

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 2

"Regret son, Gunner McClintock wounded, bullet wound in leg, first general hospital Holiopolis, not reported seriously. Will advise upon…

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London and the War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 8

A correspondent writes:—In May the London season is supposed to be in full swing. May is, in ordinary years, the month of the picture…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 2

Turkish reinforcements at Gallipoli are composed of Arabs, Kurds and Albanians, the most warlike troops in Turkey. They lost 20,000 killed and…

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Our Wounded at Malta They Want Newspapers

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 2

Mrs. T. F. Wade has received a letter from a friend in Malta whose husband is a military officer there. She thinks these extracts will be of…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 2

Mitlyene messages state that an other severe battle has been fought in Gallipoli. The Allies right wing advanced 200 yards…

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A Soldier's Letter

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 2

Mrs. Watson has received a letter from her son, Signaller A. H. Watson, who was reported wounded last week. He says: We have been very busy…

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Soldiers' Version. a Ghost That Led an Army

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 1

That soldiers suffer from torturing nightmares as a result of the nerve strain of being continually under fire is well known, but few people are…

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Land for Returned Soldiers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1915 · page 3

We have received the following with the "compliments of the Premier" requesting publication:—The Premier announces, after consultation with the…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 7

A British battleship and four destroyers on Saturday bombarded Gaba Tepe. 200 shells were fired successfully. An Allied cruiser, accompanied…

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A Soldier's Letter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 7

Alderman James Kirby has received the following letter from his son Alban :—I am now having a spell for a week…

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