The Trouble with Our Soldiers
Over 1000 men were discharged from Liverpool and Casula camps during the past week for misconduct, drunkenness, and absence without leave. One hundred and sixteen men…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
247 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 3 of 13
War Taxation
"When means of economy have been exhausted towards meeting the tremendous liabilities' accruing to the Australian people, it will be accessary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian Soldier
Bravest, where half a world of men Are brave beyond all earth's rewards; So stoutly none shall charge again Till the last breaking of the swords;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Cables the Week's News
Successive German infantry attacks, employing seven army corps, were made all day long on Wednesday between Brabant-sur-Meuse and Ornes. (French territory). M. Sazanoff, Russian Foreign Minister, stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News. Thursday. The Desperate Struggle in France
This is the ninth day of the great battle of Verdun, and official and non-official reports indicate that the fury of the enemy is spending itself. The attack to the north-east of…
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A meeting of the above was held on Thursday night. A letter was received from Mrs. Willis, of Queensland, asking to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Re-action After War
"It is not likely under existing circumstances that private firms, in face of the absolutely abnormal conditions prevailing, would be inclined to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Soldiers Make Fashions
Soldiers have helped to set many of the fashions of the world. It is not generally knows that buttons on the sleeves originated in the French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest War News
Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated in the House of Commons that there was no German cruiser in a position to menace British commerce on any ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Cables the Week's News
Douamont Fort is reported to have been taken and retaken tour times. Two thousand Germans still held the interior of the fort. It is said that they have been caught like rats in a trap…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gallantry at Anzac
"Individual bravery was not the phase of the troops' work that left the greatest impression on my mind. But it was the general level of the gallantry of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Results
"I suppose that even those who think most about the war and the results of the war can only dimly imagine the changes that will come with peace. So…
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A meeting of the above was held on Thursday last, the Mayor (Aid. J. T Ashcroft) being in the chair. Mr. A. H. Brown wrote resigning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany's War Activities
"One may say that the entire manufacturing activities of Germany, so far as the larger industries are concerned, are either directly or indirectly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mothers of Soldiers
"We do not for a moment discount what our pun fend loneliness is going to mean to us. But—a big 'but'—we let them go. It we do complain in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News
A Bucharest message says that Bulgarian politicians will not hesitate to desert Germany if the Verdun attack fails. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Cables the Week's News
The third phase of the battle opened on Sunday, when a terrible artillery duel commenced on the west bank of the Meuse, (France). The woods were levelled and the Forges Brook ceased to run, shell bursts having dammed the stream…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Gold and Silver War Fund. An Interesting Fund
This patriotic fund which was started in Sydney about the beginning of this year, with Hon. Sir W. P. Cullen, C.J., K.C.M.G., as President, and Mr. J. Russell French, general…
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A meeting of the above was held on Thursday last. Aid. A. Scott being in the chair. Letters were received from Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sobriety Among Soldiers
"The matter of limiting the possibilities of their getting drunk was a concern of the Federal Government. We did not create the soldiery, and are…
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