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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

985 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 50

Grenfell superior Public School Welcome to Soldiers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 2

On Friday afternoon, at the Superior Public School, A welcome was extended to the following soldiers:—Sergeants R Graham and W. McSpadden, Pts E Adams, E. and D…

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Welcome Home At Euglo

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 March 1919 · page 8

The recent public welcome, in the form of a social, tendered in the Euglo Hall to Sergeant Cecil Bailey and Private Percy Bailey, was accountable…

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Welcome Home

Western Champion · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 15

A correspondent writes:—On Friday, the 14th inst, a few friends gathered at Swan Hill, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. Burgess, to welcome…

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Welcome Home

Western Champion · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 15

Private Albert Smith, who had been nearly four years at the Front, had been wounded once, subsequently gassed and afterwards invalided…

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Welcome Home to a Walli Hero

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 2

A very pleasant function took place in the Walli Hall on Wednesday night, the 12th inst., the occasion being a welcome home to Pte. W. Mastus…

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Anzac Art Union

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 4

The Anzac Art Union management (Mr D. A. Hansard, secretary), have almost secured in donations the amount needed for prizes, but are…

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Anzac Day, FRIDAY, [?], 1919

Forbes Times · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 4

[?] in connection with the [?] [?] Day sports, concert, [?], on Friday, [?], are [?] going along [?]. A proclamation has appeared…

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Our District Page Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed Bogan Gate. {From Our Own Correspondent). Welcome Home

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 6

On Tuesday night of last week a crowd gathered to give an enthusiastic "welcome home" to four of our local lads, Privates Devenish, M.M.,…

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Short Story the Long Long Trail. a Tale of Love and War

Forbes Times · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 7

"Don't you think Jean has changed, John?" asked Marion Crawford, looking anxiously towards her stolid-faced husband, the banker…

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Altered Date Soldiers' Euchre Party and Dance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 5

Owing to the refusal of the local Repatriation Committee to allow any patriotic appeals other than for repatriation purposes during May, the…

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Latest Telegraphic. Pneumonic Influenza. Position Still Bad. Government and Soldier Settlers. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 4

Captain Carmichael interviewed the Executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and explained the principles of his policy, which is…

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Bimbi. Welcome to Returned Soldiers. (From Our Correspondent)

Forbes Times · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 8

Quite a large gathering of Bimbi, Quandialla and Bribbaree residents turned out to welcome home Corporal Charles Napier, D.C.M., and Gunner…

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Bogan Gate. Welcome to Soldiers

Forbes Times · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 4

On Tuesday night a large crowd gathered to give an enthusiastic welcome home to [?] local [?], [?] [?] [?], M.M., R. Lewis, [?]…

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Bolshevism Among Soldiers. a Victorian Statement. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. Clarke, Minister for Lands in Victoria, addressing a conference of soldier organisations, said Balshevik tendencies were showing in a manifold…

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The Empire Soldiers' Club. Fine Tribute to Forbes and Other Ladies

Forbes Times · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 6

A Tasmanian trooper, who has run the whole gamut of the campaigns in [?], on the Suez Canal, Western Egypt, and in the long fight to…

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Bolshevism Among Soldiers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 2

Mr. Clarke, Minister for Lands in Victoria, addressed a conference of soldiers' organisations and said the Bolshevik tendency was showing in a…

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Australia's Future. Should Be in Soldiers' Hands

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 2

Bathurst.— "We have echoes of ideas coming from certain quarters, and the man on the soap box often gets the best hearing," observed…

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Soldiers in London Streets

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 7

The presence of the various social rooms and inquiry kiosks of the International Y.M.C.A. Hospitality League in London's most conjested,…

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Anzac Day Meeting of Committee

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 2

The weekly meeting of the Anzac Day Celebration Committee last Friday night was presided over by Mr W. J. Thomson, there being a good…

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Anzac Day. Officials Appointed for Sports. Stores to Be Asked to Close

Forbes Times · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Anzac [?]ay Celeora[?]on Committee last Friday night was presided over by Mr. W. [?]. [?]son, there being a good…

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