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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

713 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 36

German Soldier's Pay

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 3

A German soldier's pay, which the Socialists are vainly attempting to get increased by 50 per cent., is roughly equivalent to…

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War Service Committee

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 2

The usual meeting of the War Service committee was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening about a…

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Latest War News

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 2

It is reported the Roumanian Government are requisitioning vehicles, horses, and boats. Germans and Austrians are quitting Roumania…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 8

The German losses at Douanment pale into insignificance compared with those of last week…

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War Service Committee

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 2

Mr. R. Moore presided over a meeting of the local War Service Committee held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. There…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 5

Further details relating to the fighting near Verdun show that the assaulting forces at Vaux grew tired of climbing over the…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 7

Allied aeroplanes have flown over German towns where Krupp's munition works are situated, Munich, the capital of…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 2

A Salonika message says that the Germans are strengthening their defences at Ghevineli as though they expected to be attacked. Entirely…

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War Mysteries. Lost Legions. Disappeared at Gallipoli

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 6

The fate of a portion of the 1st Battalion of the 5th Norfolks in the abandoned Dardanelles operations will rank at the biggest…

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Latest War News

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 2

The French carried out concentrated fire against the German trenches toward Hill 265 and Crous Wood. French guns…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 4

A Paris communique stales: We attacked and occupied a trench south of Saint Souppret. The bombardment on the…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 7

To the east of the Meuse a violent bombardment by the Germans mas made. There was a lively ttack on Vaux dam on…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 2

Fifty British, French, and Belgian aeroplanes, sea planes, and fifteen fighting machines took part in the attack on the enemy seaplane…

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Peculiar Reason for Not Enlisting

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 8

At last meeting of Bulli shire a letter was received which gave an extraordinary reson for not enlisting. The writer protested…

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[?]est War News

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 3

[?] British on the 8th inst. [?] Dijulah Redoubt [?]st of the Turkish posi[?] Essen, completely…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

General Sir Douglas Haig reports that the Germans captured three craters in the Hohenzollern Redoubt…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 7

General Sir Douglas Haig has telegraphed to General Joffre expressing his admiration to the heroic performances of the French…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 2

A Rome message states that Austrian front at the River. Dneister has been completely broken. The enemy's losses were…

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The War. To-day's Cables. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 2

Amsterdam advises that there were 200 killed and 350 wounded as a result of the Allied air raid on Zeebrugge…

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Returned Soldier

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 2

Private M. Kain, who has been invalided home, arrived in Braidwood on Wednesday morning. He reached Sydney last Saturday…

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