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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

488 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 25

Bungendore Man Wounded

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 2

Lieutenant A. H. Champion, severely wounded in the leg in the fighting at the Dardanelles, is an old student of King's School, Parramatta…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. German Aircraft Moving. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 2

A report from Dover states that a German aeroplane was seen over head at noon on Monday. It came from the direction of Ostend and…

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Wounded Sent to Malta

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Many wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles have arrived at Malta. Large hospitals have been established and staffed by English nurses…

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The War. To-Days News the Dardanelles Action. Australians' Bravery. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Mr. Asquith says operations in the Dardanelles are being pressed forward in a satisfactory way. The losses were heavy at the…

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For War or Peace?

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 4

Text: "In everything give thanks" (I Thess, v. 18). Reviewing briefly the condition of the world, the speaker declared that it must…

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Federal Capital Territory War Food Fund

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 2

The War Food Fund now amounts to 1,240, including 281 from the Royal Naval College at Jervis Bar. This is a magnificent result when it is considered…

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The War. To-Day's News Twelfth Casualty List. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 2

The twelfth casualty list contains the names of 16 Australians killed and 177 wounded, making a total of 175 killed and 936…

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Wounds in War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 13 May 1915 · page 4

A French doctor who went through the resent Ballivan War gives the following interesting account of wounds and how they are got…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced tha General Botha has hoisted the Union Jack at Windhofk, German South West Africa without resistance…

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The Soldier's Rights. Little-known Privileges Britain Bestows Upon Her Fighting Men

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 17 May 1915 · page 4

Every British soldier on the [?] ist—from field-marsha down to the [?]-joined recruit—enjoys certain destitute and special privileges not…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON, Tuesday, May 18

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 2

A Petrograd official message says after a heavy battle at Przemyst the Russians dispersed the enemy column approaching from the west…

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Queanbeyan Volunteer Wounded

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 2

Word was received yesterday that Private E. F. Mayo, was wounded at the recent fighting at the Dardanelles. Ernie ia a son of Mrs. J. Mayo of this…

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The Dardanelles. General Bridges Badly Wounded

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 2

The Governor-General has received the following cablegram from Sir Ian Hamilton :—Deeply regret to announce that General Bridges,…

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Wounded in War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

Another Bungendore lad has died of wounds received in battle at the Dardanelles. Mr. E. C. Bartlett, who would have been 24 years of…

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The War. To-days News. Sydney, Friday Morning

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced that General Bridges died at sea on May 18th, from wounds received at Gallipoli…

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Our Soldiers in Egypt

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

Colonel Ryrie, in a letter to a friend in North Sydney and dated Ma'Adi, Egypt, March 26, says, "I am well and having a fairly good time. We…

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War Food Fund

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

WE have received a copy of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund Committee's progress report, with balance-sheet, list of…

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Rabbit Skins and the War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 4

Rabbit skin offerings on the Sydney market have suffered this year owing to the limited demand available. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. writing…

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THE Queanbeyan Age, Tuesday, May 25, 1915. the War. To-days News. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 2

The twenty-second casualty list contains 274 names including 34 deaths. Germany has declared war on…

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War Coincidences

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 3

It is curious to note how the long arm of alphabetical coincidence is figuring generally and also in relation to prominent personalities in the,…

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