Maitland District. Deaths of Soldiers
Word wan received on Saturday that Private W. M'Millian had been killed in action in France during July. He was a son of Mr. W. M'Millan, of Abermain, who also had a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 130
Turkey's Part in the War
The announcement that Turkish troops are aiding the German and Austrian forces in attempting to stem the Russian invasion through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. British Gains on the West Front. German Attacks Futile. (Independent Cable Association.) LONDON
General Sir Douglas Haigh, the British Commander on the West front, reports as follows;— We gained further trenches yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers. Sydney
Another batch of invalided soldiers, 108 for New South Wales, and 58 for Queensland, arrived in Sydney to-day. Only a few had been wounded, the remainder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Anzac Hostel. London
Mr. Fisher, the High Commissioner for Australia, has declined to intervene on behalf of the Anzac buffet. A crowded meeting of Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the Sick and Wounded. Red Cross Appeal
The Australian branch of the Red Cross Society is ending to every wounded and sick man in hospital in England, France, Egypt or Australia a box of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. on the West Front. Enemy Raids Driven Back with Loss. (Independent Cable Association.) LONDON
General Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander on the western front, reports:—The enemy's attempted attack on a small scale near Mouquet Farm was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg. Returned Soldiers
Privates J. Fogo and T. M'Croarey returned home on Monday evening, the former suffering from an injury to his right eye and the latter being invalided home…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Les Darcy. His Promise to Enlist. Sydney
Mick Hawkins, trainer of Les Darcy, who arrived in Sydney to-day, said that he saw Mrs. Darcy in Maitland, and there was no doubt that the prospect of her son enlisting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aid to Returned Soldiers
Sir,—Seeing that Newcastle collected such a large sum of money on Australia Day, and that it all went to Sydney Fund, and that Messrs. M. C. Reid and Adrian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Word Anzac. Sydney
The State Commandant made another announcement to-day warning the public against using the word Anzac. He said: "The Minister for Defence has again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Not Ended. Need for Supreme Effort. London
In the House of Commons yesterday, on the motion for adjournment, Colonel Churchill said the situation did not warrant the conclusion that there would be a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. in Salonica. the Allies' Forces Alarm the Bulgarians. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The situation on the Doiran front has not changed. We destroyed a railway bridge at Angista Station, on the Struma front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Soldiers' Farewell
The third reinforcements of the 9th Brigade, consisting of the 33rd, 14th, 15th, and 30th Battalions, made their departure for Sydney yesterday morning. There was It large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Sentenced. Sydney
District orders to-day contain the announcement of the following sentences for specified offences:— Absent without leave and being in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contraband of War (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The Prize Court declared contraband munitions and trench-drilling machinery intended for Germany taken from American mails carried in four Danish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Allies Gaining on the West Front. German Losses Continue. (Independent Cable Association.) LONDON
Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander on the West front, reports:— Our heavy guns were very effective. They silenced the enemy's artillery in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Next of Kin Wanted
No. 918, Private J. T. McKavanagh, 18th Battalion, recorded as his next-of-kin Mrs. E. G. McKavanagh, Moore-street, Hurstville, but communications…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers and Deferred Pay Sydney
The question of deferred pay for soldiers cropped up at the Paddington Police Court to-day, when William James Rodgers, 37, who wore the R.S.A. badge,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Buffet London
The Australian Natives are hopeful of re-establishing the Anzac Buffet at a central hall in Westminster, opposite the Abbey…
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