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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Love Lessons of an Anzac Strange Story in Police Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 7

A strange story was related in the Sydney Central Police Court last week by a returned soldier who had fought at Gallipoli. It…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

General Haig reports that under cover of darkness the Germans counter-attacked at Leuze wood, out we drove them back, capturing 19…

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The Government and Returned Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 4

Mr. Holman, in his Budget Speech on Tuesday night said the Government proposals for the year include financial…

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Xmas Parcels for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

In consequence of considerable difficulty which many people are experiencing in sending Xmas parcels to their friends and relatives at the…

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An Anzac Hero

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 3

A correspondent ,writing of the Anzac raids in France, says:—There was one event which for individual bravery could scarcely…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 3

The British have taken the whole of Leuzc Wood, and are engaged in a furious battle for the possession of Ginchy…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 4

The Allies continue to display much, activity at many points, Many counter-attacks have been repulsed, and slight advances…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 7

Naval aeroplanes on Saturday afternoon bombed the railway siding and ammunition dump at Lichtervelde, 13 miles south-west…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

A Rome wireless message says The Bulgarian offensive at Dobrudja has been arrested. The Russian fleet's bombardment of Balchik…

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Presentation to Soldiers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

On Wednesday night last Privates A. Thorpe and Gr. Scidel, after spending their final leave with their parents, were…

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Another Soldier Hebo Gone

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

The community received another shock on Friday last ,when a cable was received that Private Leslie Smith Kemp, son of Mr. B…

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Our Soldiers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 7

Private Frank Bell, of Back Creek was home on final leave last week. He returned to camp on Saturday night. Before…

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Practical Assistance for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

At the local land board at Temora on Friday, K. H. Conway, a returned soldier, applied for £150, with which to buy a waggon and horses to enable…

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Welcome Home

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

On Monday night last the many friends of Private Edward Morris met at the Methodist Church, Wattle Park, for)the purpose of giving…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 6

Reports received in Rome claim that the Bulgarian offensive in the Dobrudja has been arrested. The Russian fleet's…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 3

A cable message from the Australian Red Cross Commissioners in London state that there are now 500 Australian prisoners of…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

General Haig reports. We further progressed northward of Ginchy, and successfully raided in the neighbourhood of Souchez where we took…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

Lance-Corporal H. E. Lewis, brother of Mrs. C. G. Hughes, who is in the machine gun section, writes from "Somewhere in…

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Farewell to a Tallagandra Soldier

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

On Friday evening last a large party assembled at "Somerset," the residence of Mr. Chas. Lucas, Tallagaudra, the occasion being a farewell and presentation to Pte…

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For Returned Wounded Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

The Hon. Austin Chapman has been advised by the Minister for Home Affairs, in reference to the suggestion by the Municipal…

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