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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,902 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 96

Released Huns Returned Men's Protest Trades Hall Scene

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 3

Indignation was expressed by last night's general meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers' League at the release of…

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Anzac Brides 300 a Month London, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 1

The marriages of Anzacs in Great Britain average 300 a month, an increase of 40 per cent. since the armistice. The total number who have…

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From War to Peace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

Some interesting information regarding industrial transformation was given by Mr. Winston Churchill, Minister for Munitions, at a meeting…

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Mails for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

A mall for packets, newspapers, and parcels for the Expeditionary Forces in Egypt will close at Newcastle Post Office on Saturday evening at six o'clock, and…

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Disabled Soldiers. Remedial Treatment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 6

Facts of interest in connection with the remedial treatment of disabled soldiers were discussed by Colonel H. A. Powell, of the Australian Army…

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Gnr. Earp's Death Fellow-Soldier's Tribute

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

"One of the gamest"; such is the tribute which Lieut. Claude Burke, of Newcastle, pays to the late Gunner Earp, the 19-year-old son of Mr…

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Soldiering Until 1925 A.S.C. Men's Plaint Last to Demobilize LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 1

The unrest in the Army Survive Corps was largely due to the fact that the corps contains numbers of long-service infantrymen, who were…

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Bolsheviks Lauded Waterside Bitterness Soldiers and Wharfies SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 4

Feeling between wharflaborers and certain returned soldiers is likely to be very bitter. There were few members of the union at work this…

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War Honours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

Hundreds of names of men and women, on whom the Order of the British Empire has been bestowed for services rendered in connection with the war, are…

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War Chest Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

A meeting was recently held at the War Chest Depot, Scott's, Ltd., Mrs. Harker presiding over a good attendance of members. A vote of thanks was…

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Prisoner of War Released

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. Pryor, of Cleary-street, North Waratah, has been informed that his son, Private H. A. Pryor, has been released, from Germany, and has reached Sweden…

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War Chest Fund Newcastle's Work

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

A meeting was held at the War Chest Depot, Scott's, Ltd., prior to the committee going into recess for the Christmas vacation. Mrs. Harker presided over a…

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Scenes at Anzac Beachy Bill's Pit Wonderful Enemy Map LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

A delayed message despatched from Gallipoli on December 26 says: Apart from the wreckage of old Anzac, the most striking thing here is the…

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[?]Footing the Bill [?]Uns' War Debts [?] Novel Suggestion LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

[?] Echo de Paris" proposes a re[?] method of collecting the [?] indemnity. The money should [?]ted first for the bonds given…

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Soldiers' Graves "Watch the Papers"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

Among Newcastle people who have had relatives killed at the war there is naturally anxiety as to the care of the soldiers' graves…

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Soldiers See Fuller Condemn "Red Raggers" Preference Sought Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

A deputation of about 300 returned soldiers asked the Chief Secretary, Mr. Fuller, this morning to ensure that preference of employment shall be…

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Soldiers' Politics Queensland Decisions BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

A largely-attended meeting was held in the Centennial Hall under the auspices of the Returned Soldiers and Citizens' Political…

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War Casualties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 7

The Belgian war casualties, killed, died of disease, wounded, gassed, and missing, are estimated at 100,000. The Servian casualties are 400,000…

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War, the Purifier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 4

The great question of the democracies of to-day is how to reconcie both in separate societies, and in the larger family of nations the claims of free…

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Back to Civvies Soldiers Genuine Grievances Speeding Up the War Office London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 1

There was another demonstration of army men, mostly from the infantry to-day, when 4000 marched in orderly fashion from Royal Park to…

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