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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 96

Returned Soldiers West Wallsend League

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 1

At the meeting of West Wallsend sub-brnnch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, several new members were enrolled. The…

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Glen Innes Suspect Soldier from Sydney Glen Innes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 5

A suspected case of pneumonic Influenza was reported this morning. A soldier recently returned from Sydney was removed to the Isolation ward of…

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Stockton's Seven Returned Men Welcomed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 3

Last evening the Stockton Welcome Home Committee tendered a welcome at the Temperance Hall to seven of the municipality's returned soldiers:…

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Returning Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 5

Information has been received that Sapper John Richards, of the 5th Railway Unit, is returning to Australia by the troopship Nevasa, due to arrive in…

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Welcoming Soldiers Adamstown Committee

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 5

The Mayor of Adamstown (Alderman A. R. Cameron) presided at a meeting of the Patriotic Committee last evening. The Rev. A. Thain Anderson, of…

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District Casualties. Killed in Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

CORPORAL BOWEN.—Mr. and Mrs. J. Bowen, of Boolaroo, have received word that their son, Corporal Herbert William Bowen, of the 19th Battalion, previously…

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Anzac Day Diggers Will Celebrate March Through the City

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

The fourth anniversary of Anzac Day will occur 15 days hence, and the returned soldiers of the Newcastle district are resolved that the day shall…

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Waratah Lighting War Retards Progress

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 2

According to a letter from the city electrical engineer (Mr. Allbut) to the Waratah Council, portion of Waratah municipality will shortly be…

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War in the Far East Startling Collapse in South Russia Cossacks Hard Pressed Appeal for Allied Aid London, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 1

The Ukrainian Soviet troops have captured Odessa, according to a wireless message from Moscow. "The Times" Ekaterinodar corre-…

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Weston Soldiers' Reception

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 3

Sir,—When all our boys are returning from France, after their long and weary hardships of war, and after doing their little to uphold this sunny little spot of…

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Soldiers and Alcohol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 7

Sir.—The law passed by the New South Wales Government states that when soldiers returned from active service are under hospital treatment and classed as…

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A Soldier's Parents' Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 7

Sir,—I wish to air a grievance in connection with the allotment money and deferred pay due to the parents of a soldier who, after serving three years for…

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Soldiers Returning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

Mrs. J. O. Christianson, of Laing-street, Newcastle, has received word that her husband is returning by the transport Czaritza, due in Melbourne on the 28th…

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Returned Soldiers. Ladies to Be Entertained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

A meeting of the members of the Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League was held at the Anzac Institute last evening. Mr. W…

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Profiteering "Stunt" Soldiers' Plight Newcastle League's Demand

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

Profiteering and the high cost of living, were condemned by the Returned Soldiers' League last night in the following motion, moved by Mr…

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Smallpox on Boats Are Soldiers Carriers? LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

Commenting on the cabled report from Melbourne that transports were bringing cases of smallpox to Australia, Surgeon-General Sir Neville…

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Cook's Hill Soldiers Welcomed by League

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 4

Jones's Hall, Cook's Hill, presented an animated appearance last night when the Cook's Hill Patriotic League entertained Sgt. Holman, Gnrs. O…

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The Kaiser. Entirely Impenitent. Tried to Prevent War. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 5

Mr. Harold Begbie, the correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at Amerongen discloses intimate details of the Kaiser's exile, and his personal views on the…

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Soldiers Returning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 4

Mrs. R. .A. O'Sullivan, of 162 Darby-street, Newcastle, has been advised that her son, Private R. O'Sullivan, is returning to Australia by the troopship Plassy,…

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Returned Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

Private Wm. Gardiner, of the engineers, who resided with Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Scott, in Islington, has returned to Newcastle after two and a half…

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