Soldier Voters Commonwealth Roll
Under a provision of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, 1918, all members and ex-members of the forces, as defined by the Commonwealth…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1919
1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 96
Adamstown Soldiers "Newcastle's Own" Men
Privates George Kimber and J. Deveracaux, and Singnaller S. Pearson, arrived home at Adamstown from active service last evening. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cook's Hill Soldiers
Mr. and Mrs. T. Dewey, of 19 Charles-street, Cook's Hill, have been advised that their son, Corporal W. Dewey, is returning to Australia by the transport Kildonian Castle, due in Melbourne on May 2. Corporal Dewey left Australia with the original Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day
Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, addressing another body of Australians in London, wished them a speedy and safe return. He regretted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Sister Home
Sister Beryl Henson landed from the troopship Euripides on Friday afternoon, and reached her parents' residence at Mayfield on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Responsibility
The American minority report on the responsibility for the war refuses to countenance prosecutions of heads of States as responsible for their people's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Chest Fund
The War Chest Fund has forwarded to Europe during the last week or two 15 cases of clothing valued at £519 8s. These will be distributed to the Australians who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Airmen Dancing Through the Blues LONDON, April 25
The "Westminster Gazette" says that Australian airmen during the Anzac Day celebrations curried their aeroplaning to the point of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day. Celebration in London. Popular Enthusiasm. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Anzac Day in London was usnered in by a perfect English spring morning. Brilliant sunshine flooded everything. Pall Mall was crowded when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bolshevik War Ukrainian Success Kieff Captured LONDON, Sunday Night
A telegram from Berne says that the Ukrainian Government reports that the Ukrainians have captured Kieff. The whole of the peasantry are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bolshevik Defeats. Their Soldiers Desert. Join the Ukranians. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
A British North Russian official message from General Maynard detailing operations at Lake Vigozero states that the enemy lost 98 killed and 82 prisoners,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Slept in Church a Collection Boycotted
I cannot say that I was surprised to read a newspaper report of a private in the Royal Engineers who was fined six days pay because, being very tired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers Week-end Welcomes Trooper Cranney
Trooper Cranney, who left Newcastle with the Light Horse two years ago, and saw active service abroad, including work in Palestine, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weston Soldiers
The fortnightly meeting of the Weston branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association was held in the clubrooms on Sunday morning. Mr. R. Oliver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Tweeds Control of the Industry
Before the beginning of the year the Repatriation Department appointed a committee to investigate the Ansac hand-woven tweed industry started by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Record for Jews
The official "War Record of American Jews" has just been issued by the American Jewish committee through its office of war records, of which Julian Leavitt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day. Australian Airmen. Astonish the Public. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The most striking feature of the Anzac Day celebrations was hair-raising "stunts" by Australian airmen, particularly on a red Sopwith machine, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jews in the War United States' Record
The official "War Record of American jews" has just been issued by the American Jewish committee through its office of war records of which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adamstown Soldier
Gunner T. Hickey returned to Adamstown last evening. He was met at Newcastle station by Mr. Brown, secretary of the local Patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wickham Wards Stockton Soldiers Petition for Abolition Week-end Arrivals
Although Alderman Jenner received a set-back in the council in his advocacy of the abolition of wards in Wickham municipality, he does not Sargent Geoffrey Cowen, D.C.M., who returned on Friday from active service was welcomed at the railway station by Mr. Walter Ball, president…
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