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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

713 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 36

Anzac Memorial. (To the Editor.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 2

Sir,—I am glad to see that Father Hogan suggested at the Anzac celebration meeting that the proposal take a permanent form in the…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 6

Desperate attacks upon Mort. Homme (west of the Meuse) on Saturday ended in the crushing defeat of the Crown Prince's…

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War Profits

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 1

Speaking at the Labor Conference the other day the acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defence made the…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 7

Troops have arrived in Dublin from Belfast and England. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout the country. The…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 4

Grave disturbances have broken out in Dublin. At noon on Monday a large body of armed Sinn Feinars took possession of…

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War Profits. to Be Taxed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 8

Senator Pearce announced at the Political Labor League Conference that it was the intention of the Government to introduce…

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"Soldiers" Letters

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 7

Lieut. Rupert R. Chapman, who won his commission in the fighting at Gallipoli, writes to his uncle (the Hon. Austin Chapman…

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Listen—enlist. a Stirring Call to the Colours

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 5

Stalwart men of the bulldog, breed, Listen—Enlist. Hark to the cry of your country's need Listen-Enlist…

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Death of Grazier Who Sold His Station to Enlist

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 6

Alexander Muir, aged 37, a well-known grazier of Moreena, near Bingara, died in Sydney on Tuesday as a result of a tram accident on Saturday…

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Our Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 6

There was quite a number of our boys in khaki who were on leave for the Easter holidays present at the sports, some taking part…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 5

A sensation was created in the House of Commons, when Mr. Walter Long (President of the Local Government Board)…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 7

General Townsend has surrendered Kut-el-Amara to the Turks. The garrison could not hold out any longer…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

Amsterdam reports that the wreck of a Zeppelin passed through Belgium on the way to Germany. The captain of a Dutch ship sunk…

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A French Soldiers Many Lives

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 3

Included in a batch of maimed French soldiers, recently exchanged by the Germans, is a corporal, whose story borders on the…

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Presentation to Soldiers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

On Friday night last the residents of Lirbort entertained Privates C. Stoyles and Rees McDowall at a social, which was…

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Farewell to Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

Another batch of local soldiers were given a public farewell in the Protestant Hall on Easter Monday night. These were Privates J. Burn,…

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General Ryrie's Opinion of Anzac

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 2

"We were all glad to get away from that infernal place, Anzac, and to get back it our horses, which look splendid; and I think we can give…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 5

Mr. Philip Gibbs gives details of the gallant conduct of the 16th Irish Division at Loos last week, when they broke up a…

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Federal Parliamentary War Committee. Soldiers' Repatriation Fund

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 3

The Acting Prime Minister has forwarded us the details of this scheme. The fund is designed to provide general assistance, by way…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 7

In the House of Commons the Government announced that three Irish rebel leaders (McDonough, Pearce, and Clark) were…

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