Welcome Home
On Friday, 2nd inst., about sixty residents of Cordeaux, assembled at the residence of Mrs. Rees, to welcome home her son, Private Jenkin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1918
416 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 13 of 21
War Chest Day
Friday, November 29th, is the date fixed by the Repatriation Committee or a special appeal for the "War Chest" Fund, all over New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prohibition in War Time
The campaign in this cause being ca[?] on by the N.S.W. Alliance reached [?] Wollongong last week-end. In Crown [?]eet on Saturday evening. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The War Sydney, This Morning
The Anglo-French started a surprise attack in Picardy (North of France) advancing 2 miles on a 20 mile front: hundreds of tanks were employed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fourth Anniversary of War. Public Meeting
A public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Wollongong, on Saturday at noon in connection with the fourth anniversary of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Hammond on Taking the War Seriously
In the Town Hall on Monday evening [?]re was a very large audience to hear [?] Rev. R. B. S. Hammond give an [?]dress with the above title. The…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Seventh War Loan Campaign Notes. Strengthen Australia
Three hundred thousand Australians have gone forth to fight. Their cost to Australia is seven millions a month. Forty millions is required for the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Parcels for Soldiers
A striking example of what may be done by a body of ladies is manifest in the Binding away of the Christmas parcels to the local boys now on active service, Less than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →4th Anniversary of the War. Commemoration Meeting at Gerringong
An unuasually large audience assembled in the School of Arts on Monday morning at 11.30, for the united gathering, and all felt the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Y.m.c.a. War Work. Fine Tribute From General Monash
In a cablegram received this week, Major-General Sir J. Monash, M.C.B., V.D., officer commanding the A.I.F. in France, in succession to General…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac's 560 Mile Walk. Escapee's Remarkable Story
Private J. L. Newman, No. 1074, of the 17th Battalion, a Newcastle mince, who enlisted in Sydney, has arrived in London after extraordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Chest Stall
Despite the lain a very successful stall was held on Friday afternoon to buy chains for the S. C. Soldiers' Home at Bomaderry, some £11 the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seventh War Loan. Honour Flag. Your Town Must Win It. Greater the Effort the Greater the Honour
In the Seventh War Loan Campaign every municipality and shire New South Wales will have an opportunity to win an Honour Flag…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Graves Photographs for Relatives
A new procedure has been instituted at Australian Administrative Headquarters in London, to obtain for relative the circumstances of death and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Seventh War Loan. Honor Flag. Your Town Must Win It
In the Seventh War Loan Campaign every municipality and shire in New South Wales will have an opportunity to win an Honor Flag…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Returned Soldiers
A meeting of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association was held at the School of Arts, Wollongong, last night, Mr. J. J. Kelly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers and the Council
At a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Association last night, Mr. Powell said that a returned soldier, and a member of their Association…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Letters. Mervyn Moore
Mrs. Moore, Bulli, lately received the following from her son Mervyn, dated from France 9th June:â We are having sports here in a few…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Returned Soldiers' Association[?]
There was a meeting yester-evening Wollongong, Mr. J. J. Kelly presided[?] It was stated by the secretary, Mr. B. Wells, that badges issued on [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldier's Letter From Palestine
The following letter was received by his mother, Crown-street West, from Trooper M. Dyer. It is dated April 18:— I suppose when this reaches you you…
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