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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

3,607 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 76 of 181

District Soldiers. Kurri Soldier Missing

Northern Times · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 1

The parents of Pte. W. Peachman, who live at Kurri Kurri, on Saturday were notified that be bad been reported missing during the fighting in…

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Teralba Soldier Welcomed. Presentations by Residents

Northern Times · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 1

On Saturday night an entertainment was held in the Teralba School of Arts to welcome home Private F. E. Harragon and to give a send-off to…

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Relumed Soldier Suicides

Northern Times · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Edgar Irving Lee, a returned soldier, was found dead at his uncle's home at Kogarah, with a bullet wound in the head, and…

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Recruiting at Kurri. Returned Soldiers Speak. Two Recruits

Northern Times · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 4

About 1,500 people attended the recruiting rally held in the Royal Stadium at Kurri Kurri yesterday. Lieut, Agassiz, Capt. Lawrance, D.S.O., Lieut…

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Soldiers Granted Furlough Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 5

Senator Pearce, the, Minister for Defence, has received a despatch which states that there were only a few thousand men among the Australians in…

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Another Soldier's Home. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 5

A cottage, built at Artarmon by the Mosman Voluntary Workers' Association, was presented to a returned soldier, Corporal Begg, yesterday afternoon. Mr…

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Wickham. Soldiers Honoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 7

Privates A. E. Smith, W. Scott, J. S. O'Connor, and Sapper Hunt, four returned soldiers, were accorded a welcome home by the townspeople of the…

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Our Sydney Letter. Going to War with the Mice.—the Curse of "Shouting."—a Certain Disease.—flour, Not Wheat.—the Mercantile Marine a Fleet in Reserve.—the Taxpayer's Woes. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 4

Someone or other has said that the most annoying thing on earth is to think of something which would have pulverised an opponent after leaving him. There is…

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District Casualties. Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 5

PRIVATE HADDON.—Mrs. M. Haddon, of Dudley, has received word that her son, Private A. S. Haddon, was wounded on the second occasion In Egypt on April 19. At…

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America's War Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 4

That America, having decided it to be her duty to take up arms in the defence of liberty, is setting about her task in a manner which must call…

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Federal Finance. Australia's War Expenditure

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 5

The war commitments of the Commonwealth are revealed by a statement of receipts and expenditure for the nine months of the financial year…

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Prisoner of War. District Superintendents Relative

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 5

Mr. C. James, district superintendent of railways, Newcastle, has received word that one of his nephews. Lleutenant A. J. M'Quiggin, has been…

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Russia's War Spirit. Support of the People. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 5

The Coalition Government's programme has been welcomed with profound satisfaction in all quarters. Particularly the rejection of all ideas of a separate peace,…

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Federal Elections. More Soldiers' Votes

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.—Soldiers' rotes made available today Rave Mr. Maxwell, in Fawkner (Victoria) a victory over Mr. Hannan, tho retiring…

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Dominion Soldiers

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 1

LONDON. Monday.—Mr. Beach Thomas telegraphs from the front to the "Dally Mall":—"Bullecourt is now almost Invisible. The frontage trench…

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Australia te England. Incidents of Soldiers Trip

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 5

Bomber II. Rees, writing from England to his sister, Mrs. W. Brown, of Merewether. Says:—On our way across we called in at Durban for two days. It…

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Returned Soldiers' Funds. Charge Against Secretary

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A rase arising out of the control and disposal of the funds of the Returned Soldiers' Association came on for hearing at the…

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Charge Against Soldiers

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—Sydnoy Bennett, Thomas Leslie and Nell Hector, Australian soldiers, have been charged at Wimbledon with being concerned in…

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Teralba Soldiers' Reception

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 3

A meeting of the Taralba Soldiers Home, Reception and Send-off Committee was held in the School of Arts on Monday night, the president…

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Returned Soldiers Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 4

Another batch of returned soldiers was honoured by the Newcastle Mothers' Club at the Oddfellows' Hall, Auckland-street, last evening .The gold medal of the club…

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