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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Returned Soldier's Death. Found with Throat Cut. Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 2

The body of James Harry Scully, commercial traveller and a returned soldier, of Sydney, was found with the throat cut, at the Carlton Club Hotel,…

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Flax-growing for Soldiers. Scheme in South Africa. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 2

Replying in the House of Commons to a question by Captain W. Ormsby-Gore (Coalition Unionist, Stafford). Sir R.S. Horne, Minister for Labor,…

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Land for Returned Men. Openings for Soldiers at Yanoo

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 3

The terms on which a relumed soldier may obtain a holding within the Murrumbidgee irrigation area are now so definite as…

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Citizens' War Chest. Final Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 2

The final meeting of the Citizens' War Chest was held at the Mechancs' Institute on Friday evening last. There being present…

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Sad Shooting Case. Returned Soldier's Terrible Injuries

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 2

A SAD shooting case occurred at the residence of Mr. John Smith, South Gundagai, yesterday (Monday) morning, the victim being…

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Tragedy at Gundagai. Returned Soldier's Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 4

A shocking shooting accident occurred at South Gundagai. A young man named Private James Banwell, was found in the kitchen of his uncle's…

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British Navy. Post War Stations. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

Reuter is authoritatively informed that the post-war distribution of the British Navy will be a home fleet and seven foreign squadrons, stationed in…

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Attacks by German Troops. War Minister's Denial. Copenhagen

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

It is reported from Weimar that in the National Assembly, Herr Noske denied that the German troops attacked the Russian Soviet troops as stated…

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Lockhart Soldiers Welcome. Postponed at This Last Moment

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

Owing to the news of five cases of pneumonic influenza at The Rock, one at Tootool and a contact near lockheart, the soldiers' welcome…

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Ships for Soldiers. Me. Hughes Speeding Up. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 4

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, has received a cable from Mr. Hughes indicating that urgent representations by him to Mr. Lloyd…

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Killed in a Quarrel. Returned Soldier Goes to Gaol Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 4

Frank Garvey was placed on his trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day, charged with the alleged manslaughter of Oswaid Beasley, a returned soldier,…

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Final Touches. President Wilson Plays a Card. Transport Ordered 10 French Port. Reparations the Bugbear. Terrible Task. Council of Four Face Grave Difficulties. Reparations Question. Total Cost of War £40,000,000,000. PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

One cannot call the atmosphere surrounding the Peace Conference serene. There are indications of something akin to panic amongst the…

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Welcome Home

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 2

The customary hearty welcome was extended to another batch of Adelong heroes on Tuesday, April 1. As the men were ascending the…

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Anzac Day

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 2

It is coming round again—Anzac Day! This year it falis upon a Friday. And what a different anniversary! To-day, practically, it is…

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Battlefield Bets. How Soldiers Gamble. A Life For a Shilling

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

The great sporting strain in Tommy Atkins' nature is seen in everything that he puts his hand to—fun or fighting…

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More Soldiers Return. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 4

Six hundred and fifty soldiers landed from the transport Orca to-day…

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Repatriation. a Wounded Man Speaks

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

I left an ear in a dug-out, When a shell-hit made me dance; And at Belleau Wood where the mixing was good…

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The Soldiers of the Shops

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 3

No laurel twines his furrowed' brow, No medals deck his breast; No crowd's acclaim nor headlines bold His far-flung fame attest…

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Accidentally Shot Returned Soldier's Tragic Death

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

PTH. F. G. ("Jim") Banwell, the victim of Monday's shooting accident (briefly referred to in our last issue) succumbed to his injuries…

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To My Soldier

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 3

Think of me waiting, as the old house waits- (Door on the jar, the latch-string always out, Rooms left unchanged, fires in the cheery grates, The same familiar knick-knacks strewn…

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