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Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Laurieton Soldiers' Memorial

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 3

On Saturday, 8th November, Laurieton paid its tribute of appreciation and honor to the memory of the men who left the district, and to…

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Murder of Sirdar Balwin Takes Counsel with War Chiefs. Disciplining of Egypt

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 4

The British Government is taxing prompt measures, and there is every indication that they will be energetic measures to ensure that…

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Shot in Cold Blood Heroism of Bank Clerk Captures Intruder. Though Mortally Wounded. Melbourne

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 2

"They shot me down in cold blood They didn't give me a chance," said William Charles Almeida, the bank teller, who was the victim of a hold…

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Australia Gets It Big War Office Meat Contract Six Months' Supply. 330 Tons a Week to Commence Early in New Year

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1924 · page 2

Australia has secured a contract from the War Office for the supply of meat to the British Army. On October 29 Mr. Bassan…

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War Service Homes

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 9

The recently issued report of the War Service Homes Commission indicates that the sad legacy which was left to the present Commission had…

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War's Victim. "The Man in the Bath."

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 5

Trooper Samuel Rolfe, who was known far and wide as "the man in the bath," has had a merciful release, death having come at last. He was…

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