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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 80 of 160

District Casualties. Killed in Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 5

SERGEANT-MAJOR GOODSIR.—Mr. and Mrs. R. Goodsir, of Toronto, who are at present staying at Gunnedah, have received official information that their son,…

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War Casualties Large Number Wounded List No. 411

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 4

The 411th war casualty Hat was made available by the military authorities this morning. The men reported killed for the most part met their fate on May 19 and 20,…

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Imperial War Politics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 5

Lord Denbigh, interviewed after vigorous campaigning in the provinces, regarding Germany's long thought-out schemes in Central Europe and Africa, severely…

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Australian War Records

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 5

In these days, rich with details for the future history of the Australian Army, the War Records Staff is collecting souvenirs and pictures taken on the actual sites…

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America's War Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 5

It is reported from Washington that the shipbuilding programme in the United State is proceeding without labour troubles. According to Mr. Hurley, the…

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Royal Red Cross Anzac Sisters Honored LONDON, Sunday night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 6

Two sisters, Edith Donaldson, of Geelang, and Nan Reay, of Melbourne, were invested with the Royal Red Cross at Buckingham Palace, by the King in the…

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Clergy and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 5

The Cape Evangelical Council, representing the majority of the Protestant churches of South Africa, has passed a resolution strongly dissenting from the…

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Ferreting Them Out Ruining Hun Anzac's Guerilla Tactics LONDON, Sunday night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 5

Since the fight last week at the old aerodrome hangers, east of Villers-Brettoneux, when a small party of Tasmanians were discovered, fought, and were forced to…

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Submarine Losses War Risk Jurisdiction

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 5

A question which is continually occupying the attention of British ship owners and marine insurance authorities in connection with the circumstances in which the…

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French War Hero General Pau's Visit

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 3

The forthcoming visit of the famous veteran hero of the defence of Paris in 1914, General Pau, recalls the fact that until last September the general bad a near relative…

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Strategy in the War Allies at the Hague Colonel Lyster's Views

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 3

Colonel J. S. Lyster, who, who his visits to Newcastle some weeks ago, contributed a couple of interesting articles to "The Newcastle Sun" on the president war position, is…

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"Man of Genius" Hughes in Limelight Supremacy of War Cabinet LONDON, Sunday night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 1

Mr. Garvin, of the "observer." says that the Imperial Cabinet has become the supreme executive, deciding the most momentous Imperial events…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Police, Not Others.—members of Parliament Also Are Electors.—military Pensions.—our Faulty Selves!—the P.O. Clerk on Soldiers' Pay Day.—a Word for the Ladies.—watch Out for Markets.—secreted Gold.—the Boys' Brigade. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 4

Whether the authorities are well-advised in their decision to stop a certain class of open-air speaking will, presumably, depend on how the police interpret…

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Adamstown Soldiers' Send-off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 6

Sir,—It is noticeable that at all sendoffs and welcomes home to our brave boys at Adamstown, the speakers are chiefly men of eligible age, and fit for military…

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Mystery Soldiers We're Here Because—SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 6

There are in Sydney a number or soldiers on furlough from France. They number 29, and the peculiar point about their arrival is that neither they nor the military…

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District Casualties. Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 5

PRIVATE BROOKE.—Mrs. F. Tanner, of Adamstown, has received information that her son, Private H. Brooke, has been wounded on the second occasion. Prior…

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War Honours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 5

Thousands of spectators attended in the quadrangle at Buckingham Palace on Saturday, when the King invested a number of officers and men with war…

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The Western Front. Care of the Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 7

"I was that tired with fighting when I got wounded," said a man in hospital, "that in a way I was kind of glad to be hit. But, my word, if you'd seen the…

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Marvels of War Surgery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 4

"The regrowth of a severed nerve is a romance," wrote the Military Inspector of Orthopaedic Hospitals in an account of their work. He described how "one finds…

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War Prisoners London, Monday night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 1

The non-appearance of official reports of the Prisoners' Conference has given currency to rumors that a wide divergence exists between the British and German…

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