War Chest Button Day
Friday, 30th June is War Chest Button Day. Buttons will be sold at 1/- upwards, in aid of the War Chest Fund which keeps the Australian Troops supplied with necessary…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
247 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 8 of 13
Latest War News
It ia stated in the House of Commons that[?] persons were undergoing penal servitude[?] connection with the Irish, rebellion. The Duke of Devonshire has bean…
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The "Bulletin des Armees" states that at one time over 100 German batteries pounded Hill 304, the immediate surroundings and summit being transformed into a volcano. Lord Kitchener, is reported to have stated recently that…
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War Chest button Day in Picton on Friday fast was a great success, considering that all arrangements in connection with the day were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonwealth War Loan. Terms of Subscription
As a number of enquiries have been received regarding the exact terms on which subscriptions may be made to the present Issue of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Soldiers' Club
The Soldiers' Club is situated in George St., Sydney, in the premises formerly known as the Royal Hotel. Its position is ideal, being in the…
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General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Fighting continued throughout the day in the southern sectors. We slightly progressed at some points. The remainder of a whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commonwealth War Loan. Terms of Subscription
As a number of enquiries have been received regarding the exact terms on which subscriptions may be made [?] the present issue of the Commonwealth War Loan, the following information is given:—Subscriptions may be made in…
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The total number of Austro-German taken prisoners is 205,000. In two days the Austrian are believed to have lost to the Italians half of the territory which, they had won in 45…
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"We said again and again on many public platforms that no man who is disabled in the cause of the country will, us in the old times, be wandering about…
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General Sir Douglas Hajg reports:—After ten days and nights of continuous fighting, our troops have completed the methodical capture of the wholo of the enemy's first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Cables the Week's News
Stubborn and heavy fighting continues between the British and the Germans between the Ancrc and the Somme Rivers. The British made slight progress. Two German attacks on the new British trenches near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth War Loan
So that there may be no misapprehension, the Commonwealth Treasurer desires it to be known that any person many apply on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Diver's Task. War Time Perils
The fact that the wreekage of the Tubantia is to be examined by divers will bring under public notice a section of naval personnel and equipment to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Soldier Nurse
"Among the soldiers in the hospital was a rough-looking fellow with the physiognomy of a price fighter and apparently a complete stranger to the…
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"Certain Labor organisations in Victoria are protesting against the employment of returned soldiers to drive bread lorries on the ground that these men…
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General Sir Douglas Haig reports that Heavy [?]ghting is in progress in the vicinity of Longaeval and Dolville Wood. It has been roughly calculated the since…
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General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"We have recaptured the whole of Mametz Wood. The very large number of German dead shows the costliness of last night's attack. Two heavy German attacks at Contalmaison, broke down."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth War Loan. Applications by Small Subscribers lip to £100
So that there may be no misapprehension, the Commonwealth Treasurer desires it to be known that any person may apply on the Extended. Instalment Subscription basis for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The State's Duty to the Soldier
At the close of the present war there will return a whole army of able-bodied Australians not wounded or otherwise disabled as the result of their campaign. In the meanwhile, however, every week a certain number of wounded or…
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