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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Returned Soldier Drowned

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

On Sunday aftenoon, while bathing with some other students of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Lewis Burton, formerly Signal er…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" writes that events at Berlin and Brest-Lit-ovsk show that the annexationists…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

An official British report from the front in Italy says :—During the past week flying was possible on only two days. We destroyed…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

Austrian strikers demand that the Brest-Litovsk negotiations should lead to an immediate general democratic peace; that food conditions…

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Returned Soldier Drowned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 6

On Sunday afternoon last, while bathing with some other students of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Lewis Burton, formerly a…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · 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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Enlist To-day. Conditions of Enrolment Useful Information

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

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

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Soldiers' Homes Fund

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

The Committee of the above met last night, there being present: 'Mrs. Campbell, Miss Jordan, Messrs. W. E. Oldfield (chairman), C. Powell,…

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Land for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

Last Thursday night Mr. A. G. Huie gave an address in Queanbeyan on "'After the war problems." He pointed out that loan expenditure…

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The Anzac Way

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 10

When a certain Australian contingent arrived in Egypt it was noticed that the discipline of the troops was rather slack. One day…

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Potatoes and War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

During the war, says the Mark Lane Express, we are getting evidence of the great value of the humble potato as a food crop for man and animals. It is no exaggeration to assert that the food…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

The 'Admiralty announces that the Goeben and the Breslau emerged from the Dardenelles early on Sunday morning, and…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 9

The belief is gaining ground that a settlement of the Irish question is not far distant. Sir Edward Carson's resignation from…

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Interesting War Notes a Battleship's Life

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

We are continually reading in the newspapers that various battleships have been completed, launched, and for how long they have been…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

It is reported from Petrograo that a revolution has broken out at Vienna. The revolutionists have organised a Government, but no further…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, January 25, 1918. Land for Soldiers. Shire Council Criticism. the Departmental Attitude

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Hon. W. G. Ashford) has noticed the frequency with which Shire Councillors criticise the actions of his…

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Soldier Settlers. Disposal of Surplus Stock

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. W. C. Ashford) has received several inquiries as to the ability of soldier settlers to dispose of the progeny…

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Soldier's Salary

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

Most of the councils fell in with the idea of making up the difference between military and municipal pay to their officers who enlisted. Some of them are…

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"Anzac" Cottage. Opening Ceremony

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

On Saturday the ceremony of opening the first cottage, erected for the widow of Pte. Geo. Ford, who died in Goulburn from…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Purdy, in his presidential address to the Labor conference at Nottingham, said that after the declaration of Mr. Lloyd George…

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