Returned Soldiers. Sydney
The hospital ship Karoola arrived in Sydney yesterday with 193 invalided soldiers on board. Of this number 51 were for Queensland. A soldier from 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 65 of 130
Mayfield Soldier Killed. Private J. D. Studdert
Mr. and Mrs. James Studdert, of Woodstock-street, Mayfield, received advice on Friday night that their son, Private John Dillon Studert, had been killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Club. London
Lord Derby, opening the Victoria League's Soldiers Club premises at Charing Cross, lent by Sir Edward Henry, read a letter from the King and Queen,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers for the Harvest. London
The British Army Council has released 27,000 soldiers to assist in the harvest. When baby is fretful and cross give it MRS. HARLE'B BABY'S FRIEND…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. the Pozieres Attack. Australians Praised. New York
American correspondents are unstinting in their praise of the gallantry and coolness of the Australians at Pozieres. They point out that the bombardment was so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. British Advance on the West Front. Nerve Shattered Enemy. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We have regained all except forty yards north-west of Pozieres. The enemy's other attacks were repulsed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Red Cross. Convalescent Soldiers' Home
The committee of the Newcastle branch of the Red Cross Society has for some time been trying to obtain premises Suitable for the establishment of a home for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Christmas Gifts. Sydney
A cable message received yesterday from the War Chest Commissioner in London, Mr. Pd. E. Budden, contains the following:—"After consultation with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armour for Soldiers. London
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in pleading for armour for our soldiers, instances the success of that used by Nod Kelly, the notorious Australian bushranger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Memorial Cots
A meeting of commercial travellers will be held at Mr. G. W. Mulvey's office, King-street, Newcastle, on the evening of Thursday, 17th instant, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mesopotamian Wounded. London
The Press Bureau states that during the voyage of the hospital ship Dongola from Basra to Bombay, there wore 130 cases of heat stroke among the British sick and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War's Progress
While it is absolutely necessary that the British armies abroad should be maintained in strength, and consequently that Australia should perform…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Edition. the War. Bulgaria and the Allies. New York
The "New York Times" prints a despatch from the London correspondent of the "Providence Journal." It says: "A War Office official informs me that there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, July 29. No Election in War Time
A good deal bas been heard lately about the pact made between the leaders of the two big parties in New Zealand prior to the formation of the National…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. on the West Front. German Defeats. Many Prisoners Taken. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
General Sir Douglas Haig reports:— The Germans made four attacks north-east and north of Pozieres. The enemy penetrated our new…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Soldiers' "Mascot."
Soldiers in bodies are proverbially whimsical, and prone to sudden and hearty likes and dislikes. Nearly always a draft of reinforcements acquires a mascot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers in Trouble
John Beaumont West, Joseph Butler, Thomas Cassin, and James Palmer were indicted on a charge that, on July 8th, at Newcastle, they assaulted and robbed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Repatriation Fund Meeting in Sydney. Hordern's Give £20,000. SYDNEY
The meeting at the Town Hall this afternoon to launch the appeal for public subscriptions to supplement the Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Fund was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many German Wounded. Amsterdam
French aviators bombed Mons railway station and troop trains with enormous quantities of material. More wounded have traversed Mons in the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Islamic War
While Germany has never been very successful in the establishment of colonies, owing to various causes which need not he discussed, the Kaiser and…
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