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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

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WIRES & Cables This Afternoon Transport Sinks. 200 Soldiers Drowned. Caught in a Storm. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 1

Reuter's Athens Correspondent states that a transport, laden with 400 soldiers on furlough from the Salamis Arsenal, sank in a storm…

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The Near East. Anzac Cemeteries. Athens

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

A transport vessel laden with 400 men on furlough from Salamis arsenal sank in a storm off Pireans and 200 were drowned…

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Shell Shock Result of War Wound Soldier Runs Amok London, March 12

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 1

A shell-shocked soldier named Weir Fa[?] amok in the working class district of Brighton on Sunday afternoon…

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Returned Soldiers' Function Presentation to Comrade Len Bell

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

One of the most pleasant evenings at Adelong for some time was the gathering of the members of the Adelong sub-branch of the Returned…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the Soldiers' Memorial Committee was held in the Council Chambers. There were present: Messrs…

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Buer Shooting French Soldiers Accused London. March13

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

The “Dally Chronicle’s” Dusseldorf correspondent says that the o[?]cia, German inquiries into the Buer tragedy show that the two dead officers…

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Batlow Soldiers' Settlement the Marketing of Produce

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 1

A general mooting of the Batlow soldier settlers was called for Saturday afternoon last, to transact important business relating to…

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War Graves

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

The annual report, of the Imperial War Craves Commission acts out what has been done and is being done regarding the last resting places of the…

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War Debts. British Payment Washington, March 16

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 1

Britain has made her first payment under the Debt Settlement agreement by paying a sum slightly in excess of 4, 000, 000 dollars…

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The War Burden Extend Treaty Russia Will Confer London, March 15

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

The Russian trade delegation states that the Soviet will participate in the International Conference under the suspices of the League of Nations to…

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Soldiers’ Grievance Rabbits at Toole’s Creek. Complaint and Request

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 1

For some considerable time a farmer at Toole’s Creek. Mr. A. S. H has been complaining to the Wagga P. P. Board that his land has been…

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War Memoirs Should Secret Knowledge Be Disclosed Mr. Lloyd George Defends Some Recent Books Public Men If Malignantly Attacked Are Justified in Stating Full Facts

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 1

A storm is working up over the publication by public servants of information coming into their possession in the course of their official…

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War Material High Speed Tanks London, March 16

The Daily Express · Monday 19 March 1923 · page 1

It is understood that the Vickers Co has received orders to construct 20 new high-speed tanks at an approximate cost of £6000 each. They are…

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Soldiers 'Memorial

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 March 1923 · page 2

The committee met on Saturday night. Present, the Mayor (Aid. E. C. Bartley) in the chair, J. Brady, W. F. Nash, E. Doidge, F. J. Purvis,…

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Returned Soldier Brooding Sidney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 1

Harry Fox, a returned soldier, is an inmate, of the Old Men's Home at Parramatta. He is blind. Repeated appeals to the Repatriation…

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Murdered French Soldier. An Arrest Made. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 1

An Essen correspondent: An ,arrest was made in connection with the murder of the soldier of the French soldier, at the railway station…

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Soldiers’ Children Training and Education Little Known Regulations

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

There are many provisions under the Australian scheme of repatriation of returned soldiers, and the care of children of deceased and…

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War Debts Australia’s Repayment London, March 19

The Daily Express · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 1

In reply to questions in the house of Commons, It was stated that by agreement the Commonwealth debt to Britain would be repaid by a series…

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War on London Incendiarism Feared Irish Rebel Plotting. London, March 21

The Daily Express · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 1

Precautions are being taken to guard against a campaign of Incendiarism in London, which has been threatened by the extremists…

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