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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

683 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 19 of 35

Killed in Action

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 2

Mrs. Rebecca Robertson, Moore Street, Railway Heights, Queanbeyan, has received the following communication from District…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 4

According to Washington advices, the Germans are hurrying troops from Prance to Italy. Mr. Lloyd George said that it was…

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War Winners

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 8

Senator Pearce is not the only bungler in connection with our war administration. The following extracts from a London…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 2

In the House of Commons the Secretary of State for the Colonies asked whether he would submit to the Prime Ministers of…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 3

A Rome message officially advises German reinforcements from France have arrived on the Italian front in the mountain region…

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Soldiers' Deferred Pay

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 7

Instances are on record where returned soldiers have had to wait 12 months for the balance of the deferred pay due, to them…

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Lively Welcome Home

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 5

Macksville witnessed a remarkable scene at a welcome home to a newly-married couple, as the result of which Edward M'Cusker…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 4

An Italian official message reports : We took 509 prisoners during an operation extending the bridgehead at Caposile on…

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Labour and the War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 2

The resolutions passed at the Inter-State Conference of the Australian Labour Party, recently held at Perth, W.A.,…

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The Best War Poem

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 1

The following, which appeared in a New York paper prior to America's entry into the war, is said to be the best poem written…

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Latest War News. Safe Arrival

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 7

War workers, who left Sydney on April 13, have arrived safely at their destination. THE NEXT OFFENSIVE…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 3

Two aerial attacks on Paris failed to reach the city, the suburbs only being reached. A Moscow message states…

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Telegraphic News. Monday, 4 p.m. War's Toll

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 7

The 413th casualty list, issued this morning, totals 440, of which deaths number 63. THE WIMMERA…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 3

Sir Douglas Haig, reported on Tuesday :—We rushed a post in Aveling Wood on Sunday, and at night nine raided the enemy…

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Next War Loan

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 9

The next war loan will not be asked for until later in the year…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 4

Rescued officers of the Llandovery Castle state that seven boats were lowered. It is believed that some got clear, and that…

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Newspapers Hit by the War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 3

"What a jolly good thing this war is for the newspapers. They must be making a pot of money." This casual statement, so frequently made by the…

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Latest War News. "Wild Beast at Large."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 9

Mr. Bonar Law referred to the sinking of the Llandovery Castle as an unspeakable outrage." "A wild beast is at large," he…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haigh reports successful operations between Villeres-Bretonneux and the Somme. We captured the…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1918 · page 5

The "Morning Post's" correspondent on the British front writes:—The Germans in the Lys area are so demonalised by…

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