Soldiers' Letters. Beautiful Kent
Corporal Arthur Evans, 53rd (late 1st) Battalion, A.I.F., in a letter to his sister, Mrs. C. Greenham, of Newcastle, under date V.A.D. Hospital, Chipstead, near…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 75 of 130
Wounded Soldiers
Advices have lien received from the military, authorities relative to the following soldiers:— Gunner David Worrall, son of a former…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Enemy Hard Pressed. Allies Advancing. Splendid French Dash. (Australian Cable Association). PARIS
The latest French communique states:—We prosecuted a vigorous offensive on a six kilometre front in the area southward of Combles to the river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers and Sailors' Votes
The proposal of the State Government to enable the soldiers and sailors at the front to exercise their franchise at the general elections is one which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. Get Down to Figures.—those Startling Casualty Lists.—when the Soldier Comes Back.—a Voice From Albury.—taxpayer and Lender.—ignore More.—the Water Question. Sydney
The average reader hates figures. Be he, or she, who he, or she, may, the feeling requires to be overcome. We are up against a grave problem. We have,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Killed in Action
Official information has been received the Private C. G. M'Donald, of the 31st Battallon, previously reported as missing, is now reported as having been killed in action between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Needs Fund. Sydney
A meeting of the committee of the War Needs Fund was held to-day, Mr. flack, the Chief Secretary, who is president, being in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. Prisoners of War. Suspension of Reprisals. London
As a result of King Alfonso's intervention, Germany and France have agreed to the suspension of reprisals against prisoners from August 21st…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Going Well. Allies Work Together. As One Unit. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
"The war is going well," said Mr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, at a luncheon to Sir Edward Morris, Premier of Newfoundland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Allies Gaining on the West Front. Many Prisoners Captured. Great Seizure of Guns. (Australian Cable Association). PARIS
The latest French communique states:— There were desperate combats on our centre and right northward of the Somme. Two regiments recaptured Bois 1'Abbe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weston Soldiers' Memorial
Sir,—I wish-to reply to Mr. Turvey's letter regarding the Weston memorial, as we are aware of a public meeting being called to endorse the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How He Was Wounded
In a letter to his mother and father, dated 25/7/16, Sapper Charles Smith, of Teralba, mentions that he had arrived at 14th General Hospital. The engagement…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →French War Loan. Paris
The Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed the War Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Allies Advancing. They Menace Combles. German Defences Futile. (Australian Cable Association). LONDON
General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander on the west front, reports:— The enemy fired a counter mine near Mount Sorrel, and also a mine near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Letters. Stockton Man in England
Private Vincent Callen, writing to his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. Callen, of Stockton, says:— "A few lines from still another address,…
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The memorial to fallen soldiers which is to be unveiled in Newcastle to-day is a tribute which the people are able to offer owing to the liberality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Votes. London
The Agent-General for British Columbia reports that the recording of the votes at 40,000 soldiers in English billets, hospitals, and camps, and also in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"St. Peter and the Soldiers."
"Parapet Poems," by F. A. Carter, formerly lance-corporal in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, were written "at the Front." Some of them are rather highly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aid for Wounded Soldiers. London
At an emergency meeting of the Australian War Contingent Association today, regret was expressed that the Red Cross organisation was not reaching all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American War Profits. New York
The Morgan, Rockefeller, and Dupont groups of financiers have reaped millions in the increased valuation of their war stock holdings during the present boom. It…
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