Anzac Day. KIAMA
The Anzac Day memorial service was well attended on Wednesday afternoon, the day ideal in weather conditions, therefore the out-of-doors services was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1928
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Limbless Soldiers' Association, N.s.w. Aquatic Club and Provident Fund Appeal
The appeal is on behalf of members of the Limbless Soldiers' Association of New South Wales numbering over 1,100 of the incapacitated returned…
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A meeting was held at Balgownie on Wednesday night to appoint Trustees for Balgownie War Memorial Fund, in place of the two trustees that have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Box War
As a result of a "price war" between the co-operative and proprietary box manufacturing interests in Victoria, butter boxes were…
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Returned Soldiers, backed up by the Federal and State Congresses of the Returned Soldiers' League, are pleading both moral and…
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The Memorial Hall Port Kembla, never looked better than on the occasion of the Sixth Annual Dinner of the sub-branch of the League, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Port Kembla Returned Men Foregather
The Port Kembla sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I. League has gained a reputation for its hospitality, which was considerably enhanced on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Returned Soldiers
The usual monthly meeting of the Wollongong Sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. was held on Thursday night of last week, com. J. Scott (president)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Balgownie Soldiers' Memorial Fund
The following financial statement bears eloquent testimony of the sincerity and enthusiasm of the recently appointed committee to the above fund…
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Mr. A. C. Phillips, Hon. Sec., of the Port Kembla R.Sn & S.I.L.A. Sub-branch, has received a communication from Mr. Lazzarini, M.H.R., in which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home
A pleasant function took place in the Church of England Sunday School Hall on Thursday night, when Mrs. H. Miller and Miss L. Morrow gave a party to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dapto Soldiers Memorial S. of A.
The annual meeting of the above was held in the reading room on Monday night last, when there was a fair at tendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£25,000 Wanted for T.b. Soldiers
At the present time there are in this State alone no less than 1,500 returned Diggers suffering from T.B., many of whom are married men with families. Unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Repatriation Departments medical officers that any one of these 1,500 contracted the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£25,000 Wanted for T.b. Soldiers. Governor's State Wide Appeal
At the present time there are in this State alone no less than 1,500 returned Diggers suffering from T.B., many of whom are married men with families…
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The Returned Soldiers' League has arranged to hold a conference of delegates from all soldier settlements in the State in October. The discussion at the…
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The secretary (Mr. W. J. stagg writes:—The Returned Soldiers' League, which is anxious to untangle the difficulties and burdens retarding…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Navy at War. Lecture at Port Kembla
Mr. Frank B. Eldridge, B.A., Lecturer in History in the Royal Australian Naval College, delivered an interesting lecture entitled, "The Navy and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Welcome Home."
Mr. Frank Smith, the well-known Balgownie soccer footballer goalie, who hart been on tour of Java with the Australian team, was tendered a welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Radio for Diggers Anzac Day Fund
At the last Anzac Day celebrations in Penrith a collection was taken up for the purpose of assisting any local [?]oldier who might be in need. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"The World in Their Debt." How the Men Who Were Blinded in the War Are Faring To-day
So used have we become in the years since the War of seeing the men who [?]ost their Bight in the fighting living amongst us now normal and happy…
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