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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Letters for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 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 25 December 1917 · page 6

The civil war is becoming increasingly complicated," says the Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle." Fighting is…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1917 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George, in an address to a full House of Commons, touched on the food problem, which two circumstances had…

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"Sunny Jim." Dedicated to the memory of my very dear chum, killed in action, 14th May, 1917

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 2

He was just a pal o' mine, one of the A.I.F., A little pale and undersized, and just a little deaf;…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 2

Admiral Jellicoe has resigned office as First Sea Lord. The Admiralty announces that he has been raised to the Peerage in recognition of…

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Interesting War Notes the Famous 17in Howitzer Guns

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 5

In and Essen furnace the now famous 17in howitzer was born, a cumbrous monster drawn by 40 horses, and with pedrail wheels enabling it to travel over…

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Soldiers' Final Leave[?]

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 2

The Acting Secretary, Department of Defence, advises the Hon. Austin Chapman as follows:—With reference to a letter of the 26th November…

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