A Soldier's Letters
The following are extracts from letters from Private L. Bursill to his mother and father (Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bursill, Shellharbor). Since writing…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
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Soldiers' Letters From Private L. Bursill: The Firing Line. 14/4/15
Dear Mother,— We are in the middle of the fighting here and had two days and nights in the trenches, and are…
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Sir,—Permit one, as af ormer correspondent of your valuable paper, a little space to ventilate my sentiments before my departure for the…
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A Turkish official statement says that the Allies bombardment of Campo at Teke Burnu and Seddul Babe caused fires and explosions…
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Although the progress of the war is satisfactory, it must be admitted that, had we devoted more time to preparing for it beforehand, we should…
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Private W. W. Stumbles, who is serving in Egypt with the Army Medical Corps writes :—At present I am attached to No. 1 Australian General…
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The races on Friday, the 30th July, on Kembla Grange racecourse are for the Red Cross Funds, which are devoted to the wounded soldiers and…
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Financial experts tell us (though one hardly wants to be a financial expert to find out for himself) that the twenty million loan, which the…
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The mines at South Wales are all in full swiog again, and only a few miners are absent. The latest authentic news from both…
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Very complete arrangements are being made for the above function in the Wollongong Town Hall next Wednesday afternoon, and it is hoped…
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Private C. E. Bryee writes as follows to his brother, Mr. W. G. Bryee, at Thirroul:—May 23th, I got wounded and have been sent back to the…
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Private C: Mathews writes to his mother at Helensburgh as follows: Just a few lines to let you know things are going on well. Our…
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The "Daily News" correspondent at Petrograd states that the Austro-German advances towards Warsaw have suffered heavily, and Mackensen…
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The prospectus of the Commonwealth Government War Loan is given in extense in another colum, and it will be seen that the price of issue…
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All arrangements have been completed for the gift afternoon to-morrow at the Town Hall, and all concerned are hoping for a line bright…
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Private Vidal, son of Mr. Vidal of the local Public Works Department, writing to his sister, from the Dardanelles, states:—I had the unique…
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The prospectus of the Commonwealth Government War Loan is given in extens[?] in another column, and it will, be seen that the price…
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Private C. E. Bryce, who had been wounded in the lighting line at the Dardanelles and was in a convalescent hospital, writes to his brother,…
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Mr. H. Marsh, Woonona, has received from his son Stanley a letter, from which the. following is taken, dated from Alexandria:…
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The Italian Alpine forces are overcoming extraordinary difficulties, and surprised several Austrian positions north of Condino and along Ponate…
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