War Chest
The Kiama War Chest Sewing Circle met at Mount Vernon on Tuesday evening, May 2nd, twenty in attendance Musical items added to the pleasure…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
447 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 23
Federal Parliamentary War Committee. Soldier's Repatriation Fund. Details of the Scheme
1. The Australian Soldiers Repatriation Fund is designed to provide general assistance, by way of loans without interest, to returned soldiers…
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It is reported that a German submarine mined and sunk the Russian "Varna" in the Black Sea Many of the crew were saved by the…
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Writing to friends in Wollongong Motor Driver Harold Doig slated he is stationed at Alexandria, where he is on the postal staff temporarily…
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Dr. Arthur's scheme for assisting the wounded by the utilisation of voluntary labor, is spreading with great rapidity…
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A Prussian regiment, which was recently opposed to the Australians in the trenches in France, hoisted boards on which were painted "Australians…
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How the war orders placed in the United States by the Allies have not merely enriched individuals to an enormous extent, but have actually…
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At the Central Illawarra Council meeting on Wednesday, Ald Graham reported that he had met the district surveyor with regard to the proposed…
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Mr. D. Emery, secretary of the Balgownie Patriotic League, has received letters from which the following are extracts:…
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Last night the Rev. C. A. Stubbin received a telegram from the Defence Department requesting him to convey to Mr. and Mrs. Shannon, of Port…
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Bulgaria is withdrawing troops from the Roumanian frontier and shifting them to the Solonica front in anticipation of the Allies offensive…
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Private L. Mahady has arrived in Sydney. He did not suffer from fits as reported by the Defence Department, but was suffering from the…
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Ald. J. Kirby has received a letter from his son, Alban, in which he mentions that he has been recommended for further promotion, and will have…
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Private Jack Culthart writing to his parents from France, says:— Arrived here on 28th March, and are billeted hero not far from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hame from the War
Private L. Mahady, an Anzac [?] arrived in Wollongong on Tuesday evening and was met at the [?] by the Mayor (Ald. Beatson),…
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A vast region in Central Italy, from Aquila to Perugia, Ferrara and Forli in north, including the Republic of San Marino, has boon shaken by…
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The parents have received notifications from the Defence Department that Captain Arnold Hosking and Sergt. Major E. Howes have been…
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Insufficient attention seems to have been paid (says London "Outlook" of 18th March) to the terms of Mr. J. M. Robertson's speech, in which…
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The enemy made two aerial attacks on Cairo to-day, causing two deaths. Two Germans steamers currying coal were sunk on Sunday night by a…
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Q.M.S. J. T. Tarn writes as follows from Egypt:—Have been in Egypt now since 1st November, 1915, and, speaking candidly, I have had quite…
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