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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Monday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 2

An Athens correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" gives details of the further Servian advance. The Franco-Servian forces shelled the…

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War and Drink

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 20

A number of residents of Woonona assembled in the Methodist School Hall on Tuesday night last to hear Mr. Francis Wilson, leader of the N.S.W…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Evening

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2

General Sir Douglas Haig in his noon report states that there has been heavy shelling by the enemy north and south of the Ancre…

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Soldiers' Rest Rooms

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 7

A meeting of the committee of the Soldiers' Rest Room was held at the room on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of considering the closing of…

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Our Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. R. Finlayson, of Wollongong, have received the distressing news that their son Lieutenant Ronald Finlayson, is missing in…

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Soldiers' Letters

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

His parents have received letters from Dave Chopping intimating that he has left England for active service. He given an account…

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Missing Soldier

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 11

A number of soldier [?] South Coast districts [?] as missing by the m[?] In Borne instances the [?]…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Monday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2

The extreme congestion in telegraphic traffic is partially consequent upon severe storms which have caused wholesale breakage and extensive…

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Presented to Enlist with the A.m.c

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2

Clifford Randolph Dixon, Port Kembla, claimed exemption on the grounds of being a conscientious objector…

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Military Training. Soldiering or Slavery: an Alternative

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 1

The following are extracts from an article published in the "London Daily Mail," written by Robert Blatchford, the best known of the…

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War Work. Y.m.c.a. Army and Navy Department

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. Charles Dew, organising secretary of the N.S.W. Citizens' Committee of the above is at present in Kiama with a view to forming a local…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Evening

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

General Sir Donglss Haig in his noon report states that the enemy last night shelled the new front on both sides of the Anore…

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The Soldiers' Mail

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 3

It is estimated that the mail to the front reaches a total of 8,000,000 letters and 850,000 parcels weekly, and the inward or homo mail to…

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Our Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

Trooper W. Stumbles, of the Remount Section, will reach Sydney on to-day, and is expected to arrive to night…

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Soldiery or Slavery? an Alternative

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 7

The following is an article by Robert Blatchford, and published here at the request of the Military authorities:— Lycurgus told the Greeks the best…

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Soldiers' Letters

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 6

Mrs. J. Frew, late of Wollongong, has a letter from her son Stewart, from the Hospital, Horseferry London. He writes:—…

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An Australian Soldier's Trip

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 6

The following account of a passage in a transport via South Africa is from letters received by Mr. J. Brett, Mount Pleasant, from his son Sergeant W…

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Soldiers' Letters

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 5

Our division, the Third, left the country of flies, sand, heat and other disturbing elements, viz., Egypt, in June, and after an uneventful passage, across…

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War Marriages of Anzacs

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 2

To find the full explanation of the astounding number of marriages in London during the past year the records offices of the Canadian and…

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