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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Presentations of Oaklands War Medal

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

Gunner S. Bashford and Privates Maxwell and Osborne were welcomed home at a social evening by the residents of Oaklands last week and…

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Civil War in Germany Anarchy Prevails: Business at a Standstill. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

Civil war has begun between the Spartacus Extremists and the Government. Women are taking part in the extensive street fighting. Anarchy prevails and…

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"Back to Wodonga!" Big Movement Being Inaugurated. in Aid of Returned Soldiers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 3

The Wodonga Shire Council is nothing if not enterprising in recognising its duty to returned soldiers. To that end a big movement is on foot with the view of…

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One of the "Whits Men" How a Soldier Met His Death

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

Mr J. H. Sweeney, of Armidale has received the following letter from Captain R. G. Downing, O.C., "B" Coy, 54th Battalion. Private Jack…

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Albury's Show Secretary Claims of Returned Men. Albury

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

The action of the Albury Show committee in appointing a show secretary from outside the range of returned soldiers, several of whom…

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War and Post-war Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 29

From Hamburg to Odessa, from the Rhine to Moscow, Europe is now in a condition of moral, physical and intellectual chaos. Red revolution and the reign of…

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Return of an Anzac. Falkirk Farm, The Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is quite a long time since I wrote to the "Banner." It is overjoying to think that the war has ended, and the soldiers that are spared will soon…

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War Savings Certificates

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

By advertisement in newspapers and notices in shop windows, financiers occasionally offer to buy war savings certificates at less than their real value…

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War Service Committee

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

A meeting of the Urana War Service Committee was held in the Shire Hall on Wednesday night, when there were present—Mr Wise…

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Canada's War Casualties

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 20

It is reported from Ottawa that the revised total of Canadian war casualties IS 220,182. of which 60,383 have died…

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Apprentices and War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 42

The return of soldiers in increasingly large numbers and the big problem of absorbing them in civil avocations, give point to the provision made for apprentices…

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Tariffs After the War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 45

The New York correspondent of the "Daily Express" write: —Reports are coming back to America from London, that free-trade advocates are spreading a fable…

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The War and After. Soldiers & Soldiers' Interests. a Soldier From the Albury District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 18

Tho following excellent record of service has been supplied by the War Office in regard to Lieutenant Norman John Browne, 13th Battalion, A.I.F., son of…

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Latest War News Last Night's Cables. LONDON

The Independent · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

The latest news from Berlin states that [?]hting continues in many quarters, though here has been little bloodshed so far. Dr. [?]bknecht and Herr Eichorn are heading…

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War News. (Continued from page 23.) Reign of Anarchy at Berlin. London. January 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 28

The Munich correspondent of the Copenhagen "Politiken" telegraphs: — "Complete anarchy reigned in Berlin on Monday. Civil war had begun. The banks are…

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Battles of 1918. Haig's Review. Turning Point of the War. British Infantrymen's Valour. London, January 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 28

A special issue or the "London Gazette," consisting of 26 pages, has been issued, containing Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's despatch to the War Office, dated…

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A Soldier on Tidiness

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 45

Here in Xenophon's artless account, of how he, like so many another husband out, of a job, lectured his patient young, wife upon how to run her house. No one…

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Employment for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 25

The deputation representing the Soldiers' National party, which requested Mr. Watt to dismiss eligibles from the Public Service, on Wednesday interviewed…

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Preference to Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 23

After a preliminary meeting in Melbourne on Tuesday, 300 unemployed soldiers marched through the streets of the city, and interviewed Mr. Watt. They…

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Wine Crowing for Soldiers. the Rutherglen-proposal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

Advantage will be taken of the visit to Rutherglen on 15th hist, by the Victorian Minister of Lands, in connection with the scheme to establish a number of returned…

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