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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

488 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 25

War Food Fund. Federal Territory Section. £1000 Subscribed. Another Sports Meeting to Be Held

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

A GENERAL meeting in connection with the above fond was held at the Amusement Hall, Acton, last Friday evening with the object of receiving the…

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Our Soldiers wan't More Xam-Buk. Remarkable Letters From the Trenches

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 4

LETTERS received from the firing line in France and Belgium prove how indispensible Zum-Buk is to our gallant soldiers, not only for mending the cuts…

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Australian Kilted Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

This year 16,000 [?] will be moved up into the Citizen Forces, making a total of over 50,000 Cadets now serving in the…

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Woman who Served as a Soldier

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

"Albert" Cashier, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, Illinois, who had been masquerading as a man for sixty years, and served as a…

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The War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 2

The preparatory arrangements for a general mobilisation of the army in Roumania have reached a forward stage. The king declares that he…

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Weather Prophets in War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 3

A feature of the present war is the extent to which weather prophets are working in conjunction with armies. Skilled meteorologists are attached to…

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Interesting War Notes. Uhlans and Their Lances

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 3

The Uhlan--the cavalry arm of the German army--has had his full share of fighting at Liege and at other places on the long line of battle how raging…

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Great War Picture. Showing March 16Th at the British Motion Pictures. Two Little Britons

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 3

At considerable expense the British Motion Pictures has secured a splendid programme of special pictures for screening…

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War Summary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty has announced that the Dresden has been sunk. The British auxiliary cruiser Bayano was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, and sank, with…

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Patriotic War Drama

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

To-night, Tuesday, in the Protestant Hall, the British Picture Co. will be putting on a programme of exceptional merit. The chief…

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Soldier Sentenced

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 3
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

DAVID HAGGART, a member of the military expeditionary forces, who has seen long service in the navy, and whose bravery was responsible for saving 700 lives in…

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Clothing for Our Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 3

THOSE with friends or relatives in the 2nd infantry Batallion of the 1st Expeditionary Force will be particularly interested in a movement,…

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The Present War in Europe

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

SEE the thrilling War Drama to be screened on Saturday night at the Triumph Picture Palace, "The Orphan of the War." A story of the…

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Interesting War Notes. Monarchs' Mascots

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

The power of the Kaiser's belief in the power of the four-leaf clover which was carried by his grandfather during the France-Prussian War, and an…

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Mr. Chapman and the War

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

Our Federal member was in good form when making the official opening speech on show day. His reference to the war was in excellent taste, and his,…

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What Gladstone Said of Belgium. An Echo of the France-Prussian War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

It is curious to read in the light of events of to-day, what Gladstone said concerning the neutrality of Belgium in 1870, when the British Government…

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Kings in the Fighting Line. Standing With Soldiers in the Trenches

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

Although English kings have from time immemorial been closely associated with the Navy and Army, it is necessary to go back to, 1743, when…

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Clothing for Our Soldiers

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

THOSE with friends or relatives in the 2nd Infantry Batallion of the 1st Expeditionary Force will be particularly interested in a movement,…

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