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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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Soldier Preference. Indignant Glen Innes Diggers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 3

A special meeting of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be held on Wednesday night next, says the Glen Innes "Examiner." It appears that the soldiers…

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General Cables. [Through Reuter.] After "The War." Troops Return to England

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 4

The evacuation of the regular ba[?]talions of the English troops from Ireland began in Dublin to-day. Three special trains arrived at Northwall from the…

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An Open Letter to Soldiers' Wives & Mothers in New South Wales

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 4

We wish to erect a Memorial Fountain by the Wharf Gates at Wooloomooloo through which the voluntary soldiers of Australia Sled as they…

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Soldiers' Preference. Question at Glen Innes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 3

The Glen Innes soldiers duly met last week to consider the appointment of a civilian to the Secretaryship of the Hospital at £150 a year when soldiers…

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Glen Innes Hospital. Soldiers Oppose. Secretarial Appointment

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 7

Sixteen returned men, with Col. J. F. White in the chair, were present at a special meeting of the Glen Innes Returned Soldiers' Imperial League to…

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Soldiers' Rights. Court Case Proposed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

It is probable that the appointment by the Inverell P.P. Board to the position of rabbit inspector of a person who was not a returned…

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Correspondence. To Soldiers' Wives and Mothers in New South Wales

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

We wish to erect a memorial Fountain by the Wharf Gates at Wooloomooloo through which the voluntary soldiers of Australia…

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Local and General G[?] Soldiers' Memorial

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

At a meeting of the Gilgai Sports Club last week-end the balance-sheet of the recent Boxing Day carnival was received. It disclosed a credit balance…

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War Precautions. Proclamation Abollshing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 4

By a proclamation published in the "Commonwealth Gazette," it is stated that the period during which the War Precautions and Moratorium…

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Unknown Soldier. Not Likely to be Brought Here

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 4

It is not considered likely that the Federal Government. will adopt the suggestion for the soldier in Australia. known Australian soldier in Australia…

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Science and the Next World War. British Association Urged to Fight Poison Gas

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 3

"This association, I trust, will set its face against the continued degradation of science in augmenting the horrors of war," said…

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Slighted Soldiers a Question of Preference

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 3

It is probable that the appointment by the Inverell P.P. Board to the position of rabbit inspector of a person who was not a returned soldier, will result…

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Soldier Shot In Head

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 2

Early last December a returned soldier named Sydney Walter Dillon arrived at the Iron Barks wine shop, Narrabri, early in the morning in a…

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Unveiling of War Trophy at Koloona

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

The ceremony of unveiling the war trophy was carried out on Friday, January 27th. The trophy (a German machine gun) was mounted…

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Soldiers' Meeting

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 4

The returned soldiers who have recently been retrenched from the various Government Departments in Victoria held a meeting, at which it was…

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St John's Church Honour Roll. Two Hundred Braves

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 4

The Honour Roll for the Church of England Parish of Uralla, which has been erected at the Western end of the Parish Church, was unveiled and…

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Fortune of Love and War

The Inverell Argus · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 6

The marriage, which has just taken place in France, of Mr. David Coutts, aged 49, formerly employed as a draper in an Aberdeen warehouse, with a…

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Constable Wounded

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 4

A fight with blacks occurred at J[?] Queensland [?] which Constable Selby was wounded. It appears that [?] the struggle his own…

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Case of Soldiers Loom Bodies Criticised

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

In view of the difficulty, in regard to preference to returned soldiers by the Inverell P.P. Board, some utterances of Sir Ian Hamilton, made at…

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Soldiers' Emergency Fund a Good Record

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

The executive committee of the Soldiers' Emergency Fund held a meeting in the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon, the President (Mr. G. B…

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