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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 96

Matunga's Captain Return to Sydney "War Weary Germans" SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 4

Captain Alexander Donaldson, of the Matunga, which was captured by tho Gorman raider Wolf, and was subsequently interned in Germany,…

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Canadian Soldiers' Threat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 5

A message from Ottawa states that the Great War Veterans' Association of Calgary has passed a resolution threatening to take possession of all desirable…

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Here and There Hamilton Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 6

A general meeting of the Hamilton Soldiers' Presentation and Welcome Home Committee will be held in the Council Chambers to-night…

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The Soldier and His Contract

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 4

The circumstances related by "The Sun's" Special Representative in London throw further light on the need for improvement in the methods of demobilising and repatriating the Australian Army. Time and again there have been delays and mistakes which may have been remedied,…

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Curative Workshop Soldiers' Welfare

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 5

Notwithstanding the statement by Surgeon-General G. Cuscaden, Director-General of Medical Services in Victoria, well-informed members of the…

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Empire's War Losses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 5

Revised figures of the Empire's losses in the war have been published., Military: 835,743 killed or presumed dead and 2,047,211 wounded…

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The Lights of Peace Shine From the Fleet After Long War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 1

On Monday night (November 11), the Grand Fleet at ancher—a 30-mile line—switched on all scarchlights at a given signal. As the myriad rays pierced the darkness the silence was shattered by the wild noise of a thousand sirens…

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Apparently Poisoned Soldier In Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 4

A returned soldier named Walter Nelson, living at Bourke-street, Carrington, was removed to Newcastle Hospital at about three o'clock this…

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War Chest Raffles

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 3

Several raffles in connection with War Cheat Day will be drawn in the Newcastle Council Chambers at eight o'clock to-morrow night. The public…

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Broadmeadow. Soldiers Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 5

There was a large gathering in the Picture Palace, Broadmeadow, last night. when seventeen soldiers were welcomed back from the war. The names of the…

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Soldiers' Picnic Cathedral Welcome

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

Minor-Canon North-Ash, on behalf of Dean Archdall, advised the committee of the Returned Soldiers' League last night that the Cathedral branch of the…

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Veterans and Soldiers' Club

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 3

The Naval and Military Association wishes to be granted access to the Anzac Memorial Institute on a club-membership basis, and advised the…

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Anzac Policeman Return to Newcastle American Soldiers Extolled

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

Constable D. J. Long, of the Newcastle police, has returned from the war, and is to be married shortly. The district police assembled at Newcastle…

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Spectre of Unrest "War Impossible" Premier's Declaration LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 1

Mr. Lloyd George announced in Parliament: "The blockade cannot be raised until Germany shows signs that she is favorable towards a peace…

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Under the Waves Huns' Fleet Sunk in Peace; not War LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 1

"The Times" confirms the report that it is probable that the German fleet will be sunk. It would certainly be unprofitable to break the vessels…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

Owing to the influenza regulations prohibiting the holding of meetings in Sydney, it was not possible to hold the annual meeting of the New South Wales…

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Our Soldiers' Craves. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

Approximately 26,000 graves of deceased members of the Australian imperial Force have now been located and registered, according to a statement by Senator…

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Soldier Returning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

Mrs. M. A. Fuller, of Reid-street, Newcastle, has been advised that her son, Private S. P. H. Fuller, of the 54th Battalion, is returning to Australia by the…

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Stockton Soldiers—father and Son

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

The father, Pte. H. Carter, left Australia with the 34th Battalion, and returned wounded some months ago, after two years' active service. He also served two and a half years in the African war, for which he received the King's Medal…

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Labor Soldiers Returning

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 2

Last night the Adamstown branch of the Australian Labor party decided to co-operate with the local patriotic committee in welcoming returning…

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