Returned Soldiers. Linked Up with Defence Forces. Melbourne
Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, states that he has been for some time considering the question of scheme to link up the soldiers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 130
Fatty, of Anzac
The good-fellowship and good sportsmanship shown by some of the Turks are engagingly celebrated in these lines, which appeared over the pseudonym of…
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It was a merry convalescent boy officer, back from the front, who told of his great feat of arms. For twelve hours he and a "Tommy" had lain helplessly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoner of War
Brigadier-general Clarence D. Bruce, who has been taken prisoner of war, was formerly in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, which he left as major in 1906…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Emperor Frederick on War
A member of the "Scotsman's" staff the other day accidentally came across a stray copy of an English translation of the Diary of the late Emperor Frederick, the father…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Trawlers. Galuant Work Done
Who is he, the man in the trawler? What does he mean to England to-day? (writes Tom Wing, M.P.). He is the tiller of tides; it is he who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Back From the War. Private G. W. J. Grant
Private George W. J. Grant, of the Second Battalion of the First Infantry Brigade, who at the time he enlisted was a water police constable at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Conscription Bill. First Reading Carried. Three Ministers Resign. London
The debate on the Military Service Bill was resumed in the House of Commons, yesterday. Mr. Herbert Samuel, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Cap Missing
Trooper B. R. M'Intyre, of the 5th Light Horse, writing from Chormside Camp, near Brisbane, says:—"Passing through your district on my final home leave on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldiers' Club
Mr. George Black, the State Chief Secretary, accompanied by Mrs. Black, visited the Soldiers' Club in King-street last evening, and was heartily welcomed. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land for Returned Soldiers. Melbourne
Mr. J. C. Watson has submitted his report to the Federal Parliamentary War Committee on the result of his inquiries in the several States regarding land for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Viscount French. Visits Australian Wounded London
Viscount French of Ypres visited Wandsworth Hospital and addressed the Australian wounded. He said that France followed with keen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany's War Drain
The disclosure that has been made by Count Okuma, the Prime Minister of Japan, of the attempt made by Germany to effect a separate peace, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brave War Nurses
Only the fiendish cruelty of the German could have produced such a tragedy as that of Edith Cavell. Behind in Belgium, she stayed nursing friend and foe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. in the Balkans. Enemies' Problem. Mistrust Each Other. London
Mr. Jefferies, the correspondent in Athens of the London "Daily Mail," says that the Bulgarian co-operation with the Germans in Macedonia is less hearty,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers As Settlers
Among the men who come back from the war either wounded or unwounded there will no doubt be many who will have no inclination to settle on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Smash at Clyde. Onlooking Soldier Killed. Sydney
During shunting operations at Clyde yesterday two goods trains collided, and much damage was done to rolling stock. Subsequently a soldier, who sought to get…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan
The Commonwealth Government needs more money to fulfil the pledges which have been given as to the part this country intends to play in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gallipoli Evacuated. Notable Success. Only One Man Wounded. London
It is officially reported that the Gallipoli Peninsula has been completely evacuated. Only one man was wounded in the operation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russia's Success. Enemy Alarmed. Recalling Their Troops. Petrograd
The latest Russian communique states:—We took prisoner 12,000 of the enemy north-east of Czernovitz. The correspondent of "The Times" at…
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