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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

No official confirmation has yet been received of the capture of the Roon. The Italian press believes that the…

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Land for Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

At the Central Illawarra Council meeting on Wednesday. Ald. Graham said that as the Government were looking for land for returned soldiers,…

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Soldier's Letter Pte. W. Kirwan

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 21

Mr. S. J. Thorn, Crown Street, has received letters from Pte. W. Kirwan, from which the following are extracts: MALTA, Dec. 11.—During my stay…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

It is officially stated that the British Cruiser Arethusa struck a mine on the East Coast, aud it is feared is a total wreck. Ten lives…

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Soldiers' Riot. SYDNEY. Tuesday, 9 a.m

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

The soldiers' riot in Sydney yesterday culminated in an affray at the Central Railway at midnight when the rioters came in conflict with a…

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Soldiers' Letters

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Private E. Cawe, writing to his aunt (Mr. Lowry) at Dapto, states that he was one of 2000 doing picket duty in the streets of Cairo during…

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Soldiers' Home for Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. Laidley and Mrs. Jas. Ashton, representing the Sydney headquarters of the Red Cross Society, paid Wollongong a visit on Monday for the…

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The War Chest Billys

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

The hon. secretary of the War Chest Fund in Sydney has received the following letter of appreciation of the work of the fund from Major Shillington,…

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Should Young Girls Marry Soldiers?

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

That is rather a crude way of summarising a proposition in the February issue of "Everylady's Journal," just to hand. But war-marriages form…

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A Shock Restores Speech. How a dumb soldier began to talk

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

One of the amazing cases where shock removes the result of shock in an injured soldier has occurred in Sydney. It was during the performance of…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

A message from Copenhagen reports that the Duke of Mecklenburg has left for Roumania as the Kaiser's envoy to offer that country a loan of…

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A Soldier's Letter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

Private W. W. Stumbles, of the A.M.C., writes as follows from Bish­op's Knoll Hospital, Bristol, England, under date of 25th December,…

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Soldier's Letter

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 19

Mr. S. Thorn, Crown-street, received from Private Arthur a letter dated Abbasia camp, eleventh The following are…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 2

A Salonica report states that the Greek and Bulgarian patrols fought a sharp engagement at Doiran, when the Bulgarians crossed the frontier. The…

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Should Young Girls Marry Soldiers?

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 4

That is rather a crude way of summarising a proposition in the February issue of "Everylady's Journal," just, to hand. But war-marriages…

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The Tanned Sheepskin Clothing Committee. for Our Soldiers at the Front

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 1

The Season for supplying vests to the men at the Front being over, and the inflow of subscriptions since Christmas not warranting the…

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The Soldier's Christmas. How the Gifts were Handled

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 3

In a letter to Mr. Ald. Watt, of Drummoyne, Mr. Henley, M.L.A. resentative of the Citizens War Chest resentative of the Citizens War Chest…

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Killed in Action

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Charlton, of Wollongong, has received the sad intelligence of the death of her husband, Private A. T. Charlton, of the 6th Reinforcements,…

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The War Cenus

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 7

The Federal Parliament has recently passed a Bill calling upon all persons resident in the Commonwealth to make a return showing the description…

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The War. Latest Cables. London

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

A Stockholm message states that importers have been notified that the export of woolen goods from Germany will soon be stopped owing to lack of…

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