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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

488 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 21 of 25

Business and the War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 3

We are extremely pleased to state that so far we have experienced little difficulty in forwarding promptly all orders received. At the outbreak…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 2

A Bucharest correspondent of Secolo papers says that an excellent impression has been created in Roumania by the declaration of the…

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Uganda and the War. a Sight Never to be Forgotten

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

The Baganda (natives of Uganda) are, in their own way, showing themselves just as loyal subjects of His Majesty King George…

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Our Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 2

Another Braidwoodite (Mr. Geo. R. Hush) has enlisted at Goulburn, and succeeded in passing the medical test…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 10

Mrs. W. H. Stalker, of Jembaicumbene, has received a letter from Trooper W. G. Davis, 15th Battalion. Amy Service Corps…

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Departing Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

On Tuesday night last Corporal E. McGrath and Private Reg. Sharpe left Braidwood after spending their final leave. A large…

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Armoured Soldiers. Steel Helmets and Leg-Shields

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

This war has at least proved one thing. It has shown the utility of war devices, invented hundreds and in some cases…

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The War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 22 November 1915 · page 2

British troops have resumed the offensive in the Dardanelles. The 52nd Division captured 280 yards of trenches. A…

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The Time Factor in War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 22 November 1915 · page 4

A mass of men is not necessarily an army any more than a lot of machined castings in a machine—as the Russians have discovered to their cost. Tho clement of time, which is as…

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Brigadier-general Ryrie. How He Was Wounded

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 4

"Trooper Bluegum," writes in the Sydney Hreald:— Ryrie's Post (Anzac), Sept. 3o.— General Granville Ryrie, commanding, the 2nd…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 2

The "'Times" correspondent at Athens states that the results of Lord Kitchener's visit warrant a favorable prospect of an early settlement…

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Returned Soldier

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 2

Private Roy Hetnerington arrived in Queanbeyan yesterday morning, after an absence of 12 months on active service. He was invalided…

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Riot at Manly. Soldiers Wreck a Fruit Shop. Sydney

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 2

A serious riot took place on the Manly wharf last night, when a number of soldiers wrecked De Finas' fruit shop…

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The War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 2

A Monastir telegram slates that the situation has improved. The Bulgarians have retired from Prilep, and are said to be…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 3

The Austrians have occupied Novi Bazar (62 miles south-west of Kragujevatz). Ministerial journals in Athens…

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Generous Giving to War Funds

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 3

The collections in Australia for the various war funds, before the Allies' Day opened, had reached no less than £4,492,737. This is…

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War News. (Continued from another page)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 7

The London "Standard" says that the British and French Cabinets are anxious yconsidering the fusion of the Anglo-French…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 2

A White Paper has been published giving the correspondence between the Governor-General of Australia and other officials regarding…

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Dagos and Soldiers. 36 Soldiers Arrested

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 6

A dispute between a returned soldier and the proprietor of an Italian fruit and refreshment shop on Saturday night led to a riot on…

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Served Drunken Soldiers Hotel-keeper Fined

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 2

Wm. Wallace Harkins, licensee of Bells Hotel, Cowper Wharf, Sydney was convicted at the Central Police Court for having permitted…

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