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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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No more "Lonely Soldier" Letters

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 3

No more letters addressed to "lonely soldiers" will be allowed to be sent to the front…

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Welcome Home

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

Added interest was given to the special services of Intercession held in the Methodist Church last Sunday by the fact that one those whose names appear on the…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 5

Sir Douglas Haig reported on Wednesday: British aeroplanes carried out a very successful raid this afternoon in German…

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The World at War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

The following essay, written by Roy McTernan, won the prize in competition among school pupils, 16 and under, at the recent Michelago…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports: We carried out local attack's astride the Ypres-Staden railway. The French co-operated on the left, making…

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Our Soldiers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

Another Braidwood boy has paid the full penalty or his patriotism to his country and the Empire. A telegram was received on…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 8

Sir Douglas Haig reports: We carried out local attacks astride the Ypres-Staden railway. The French co-operated on our left…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 9

In the House of Commons a motion by Mr. Executive's policy was defeated by 211 to 68…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 4

Sir Douglas Haig'e final report on Tuesday night stated : Highly successful minor operations were carried out by us this morning in…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 2

A message received from Petrograd is to the effect that M. Kerensky sates that despite excessive discontent in Southern Russia it was…

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Coffin of German Despotism. Driving War Loan Nails

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 5

It was the enemy's proud boast that the twentieth century belonged to Germany. When the boast was uttered in pre-war years few…

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War Chest Day in Queanbeyan. Procession, Sports Carnival and Euchre Party

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 2

Owing to counter attractions the War Chest Day committee very wisely decided to hold their effort at a later date than originally intended,…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 6

A French communique, issued Thursday afternoon, stated:—The situation north of the Aisne, in the sector from Braye-en-Laonois to…

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War Chest Concert

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 2

Miss Nora Conolly's "Gladuns," a company of amateurs from Goulburn, (came to Queanbeyan on Friday last, and gave a concert in the…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 5

Mr. Jeffries, "Daily Mail" correspondent at Italian headquarters, telegraphing on Friday, says: "A momentous battle is raging,…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 7

Advices received in Washington from Paris state that a number of battalions of American troops are now in the front line…

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War Chest Day in Queanbeyan

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 2

The following particulars of moneys received in connection with War Chest Day at Queanbeyan have been handed to us for publication:—…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 2

A petrograd correspondent say there is an astonishing revival of spirit in the Baltic fleet. The Bolshevik crews are eager to defend…

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Another District Soldier Killed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 2

Private John F. Flack, son of Mr. Walter Flack, of Major's Creek, has answered his last roll call. A telegram from the…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 10

An Italian official report received by wireless states:— A violent attack and the feeble resistance of detachments of the second…

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