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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 3

A wireless message from Madrid says that order has been re-established in Lisbon. General Paes, leader of the Moderates,…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 2

Mr. Balfour states that Germany informed Britain in September that she desired to make a communication relative to peace…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON, Friday. America Wars on Austria

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 2

Advices received at Washington from Rome state that the first shell was fired against the Austrians by Congressman…

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Enlist To-day. Conditions of Enrolment Useful Information

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 6

The following are the conditions of enlistment for the Australian Imperial Forces:—Age 18 to 45 years…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 6

In addressing mail to soldiers serving abroad, only the name of the regiment, battalion, battery, company, or corps in which the member…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 6

Sir Douglas Haig Reports that on Wednesday morning the enemy delivered a strong local attack on a mile front eastward of…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 2

A French official message reports:—A German attack was repulsed in Chaume Wood, the assailants being dispersed by French…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 5

Sir Douglas Haig, referring to the new German attack, says the enemy, after a heavy preparation, attacked from the north on the…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 2

A Tokio message says the landing of Japanese at Vladivostock has been denied. It is reported from Petrograd That…

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Bungendore Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 2

The friends of Sergt. Nat. Smith, of the Light Horse, now with the troops in Jerusalem, will be very pleased to hear that he has been awarded the Military…

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Medals for Soldiers' Relatives

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 3

Approval has been given for the issue of a medal to the wife, mother or nearest female relative of all soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force and the Naval and…

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Enlist To-day. Conditions of Enrolment Useful Information

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 4

The following are the conditions of enlistment for the Australian Imperial Forces:—Age 18 to 45 years…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 4

In addressing mail to soldiers serving abroad, only the name of the regiment, battalion, battery, company, or corps in which the member…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 7

The "Daily News' 'correspondent at Petrograd says that every day more outrages and confiscations are committed by the…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 3

The Bo'shevik government has despatched 500 sailors to Siberia to prevent the Czar joining General Dutoff, commanding the…

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Latest War News. Western Front

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 2

General Haig's official message on Wednesday 'afternoon stated : We drove off raiders south-eastward and north-eastward…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 2

Official advices notify that the Turks brutally maltreated Christian priests at Jerusalem and carried off famous treasure from the Church…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 2

Official advices notify that the Turks brutally maltreated Christian priests at Jerusalem and carried off famous treasure from the Church…

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Wiles of War-shy Horses. Malingerers in Battle Zone

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 5

The war has shown that horses are prone to the very human weakness of malingering and shamming illness. A veterinary surgeon attached to the…

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Enlist To-day. Conditions of Enrolment Useful Information

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 6

The following are the conditions of enlistment for the Australian Imperial Forces:— Age 18 to 45 years…

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