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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

386 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 20

War Terms

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 10

Bevis was feeling peevish, and as it was most unusual for him to be out of sorts, mother was anxious to know what was the…

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War-time Organist

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

Our women have nobly taken the places of men who have been called to the Colours and are doing work formerly regarded as outside their sphere…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

A message from Berlin says that Herr Erzberger has stated that Germany, the United States, and the Allies have settled the…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The New York "Times" learns on excellent authority that the new German Government will organise a volunteer army of veterans who will be sent to the…

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Famous War Indemnities. What Beaten Nations Paid for Peace

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

War has always been a costly game to play. Our forefathers held up their hands in shocked amazement at the millions squandered in the Peninsula…

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Returned Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Another Anzac in the person of Captain H. O. C. Maddrell returned home ion Monday night last. Unfortunately several members of…

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Federal Territory for Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

In reply to his letter enclosing a letter from the Repatriation Committee, Queanbeyan, requesting that land in the Federal Capital Territory be made available for…

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Every 100 Soldiers Carry Bale of Cotton

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

The National Board of Fire Underwriters, in a pamphlet entitled "Safe guarding Cotton," states that the safety of the world is dependent upon…

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War Savings Certificates

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 5

An official statement issued by the Commonwealth Treasury notifies persons desiring to cash War Savings Certificates that they…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

A Sinn Fein member states that if the Peace Congress does not establish Ireland's independence the Sinn Feiners will attend the…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

British warships are bombarding the Bolshevik quarters at Riga, and have landed guns. The United Press Hague correspondent…

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Soldiers Education. Preparing for Peace Conditions

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 1

"We are getting ahead" said Bishop Long, Director of Education in the A.I.F. in England. "We have established extensive…

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Soldiers and Friendly Societies

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 5

When a soldier who is a member of a friendly society is wounded or ill, should he draw sick pay from his lodge, or should he…

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Returned Soldier Killed. Twenty-five Minutes Under a Tram

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by Mr. H. S. Hawkins at the City Coroner's Court last week on the body of…

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Lodge and Soldier

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court at Broken Hill on Tuesday, before Mr. Le Brown, S.M., Private Trezise, a returned soldier,…

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Soldiers' Welcome Home Fund

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. A. G. McKeahnie, of Cuppacumbalong has handed us a cheque for £13/16/8, amount collected by the shearers, shed and station hands at Cuppacumbalong…

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Farewell and Welcome Home Committee

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

A meeting of this committee was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night last. There was a large attendance. The Mayor…

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Albury Show's Secretary. Claims of Returned Men

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

The action of the Albury show committee in appointing a show secretary from outside the range of returned soldiers, several of whom applied, is still an…

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Local and General News Return of Another Anzac

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon Hast Private Charles Sharpe, son of Mrs. Sharpe, of Braidwood. who accompanied him, returned to…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 7

The Rotterdam correspondent of the New York "Times" states that the Reds have started a new revolt against the Berlin…

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