Cessnock Soldier Welcomed
A soldier and a father or soldiers, Driver Joseph Willis, returned Cessnock last night (Wednesday). He has three sons at the from. Driver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 74 of 181
Boolaroo Returned Soldier
Corporal W. Jones returned to Boolarco from the front on Tuesday evening and was met by a large number of Boolaroo residents with the Boolaroo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Soldier's Return. PRIVATE V. Amour Welcomed
Private Vaughan Amour, who enlisted with the 18th Battalion, and has been on active service for the past 21 months, has been invalided home,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Alleged Alien. Said to Have Enlisted
To-day, at Newcastle Police Court, before Mr. C. F. Butter, S.M., Anton Edmund Wagenbauer, 27, cook, was charged with having failed to report himself…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Elections. the Soldiers' Votes. Alterations in Two Electorates. Sydney
Mr. Oldham, the Chief Electoral Officer, has issued the returns of votes cast by soldiers, as coming from London up to Monday last. In the case of Mr. Bowling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enlistment of Foreigners. London
In the House of Commons, Mr. Macpherson, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office moved the second reading of the Military Service Bill,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Taking of Bapaume. Troops Fighting in the Open a Burning City. (Australian War Correspondent, C. E. W. Bean.) (Copyright Reserved by the Crown.) HEADQUARTERS (France), March 17
This morning Australian troops who have been holding a portion of line opposite Bapaume since last October, moved into the town, the Germans sniping at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District District Casualties. Killed in Action
LIEUTENANT AVARD.—Mrs. D. J. Avard, of High-street, East Maitland, has been advised, through the Ven. Archdeacon Tollis, of the death in action of her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Casualties. Wounded
PRIVATE FLANNERY.—Mrs. Long-bridge, of Newcastle, has been advised that her son, Private F. V. Flannery, was admitted to hospital on ad May, suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Position in Russia. Out of the War. London
The "Morning Post" Petrograd correspondent sends two gloomy messages. The first is dated the 14th. It says that what was foreseen two months ago is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greta Sock Competition. War Chest Appeal
Mrs. J. A. Lewis and Mrs. C. Beswick of Greta, announce a sock-making competition, particulars of which appear in our advertisement columns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Campaign. Soldiers Not Fraternizing
PETROGRAD, Thursday. — The Nord-Sud news agency states that notwithstanding German threats to overwhelm with aspyxiating gas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hamilton Soldiers. Arrangements for Presentations
At a meeting of the Hamilton Soldiers' Presentation committee held in the council chambers last night. Ald. Torpey (the Mayor) presiding, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Methodist Honour Roll
To-morrow (Sunday) . vening a roll of honour will be unveiled at a special civic service in Wickham Methodist Church, Danger Street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shopmen Soldiers. Cessnock Honour Roll
Bearing 15 names, an honour roll was unveiled last night, at the Cessnock and Aberdare Co-operative Society's Stores. The names are those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mount View Honour Roll
An honour roll, hearing the names of ex-pupils who have enlisted, will be unveiled at the Mount View Public School, near Cessneck, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Casualties. Killed in Action
PRIVATE FANNING.—Mr. and Mrs. George Hemmings, of North Lambton, hay, received word that Private B. Fanning, who was previously reported missing, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Aims Controversy
PETROGRAD, Friday.—Annexations and indemnities continue to be vexed questions, and they culminated in Wednesday's negotiations between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Maitland Notes. War Trophies
A German shrapnel helmet, a German trench mortar bomb, and a British hand grenace have been received by Mr. Jos. Kirk from his son…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Where the Wounded Go. What the A.M.C. Does, an Abermain Address
Dr. J. St. V. Weich, R.S.A., on Wednesday night, told the members of the Abermain School of Arts what happened to disabled soldiers, in an…
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