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The wars & local soldiers, 1880

3 stories in South Coast's papers

Mr. M'Elhone on the War Path

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

Mr. M'Elhone has at last practically illustrated his fighting proclivities. During a passage of words, Mr. O'Connor member for East Sydney while in the lobby of the Town Hall, twice called…

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POETRY. The Southern Soldier Boy

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1880 · page 4

YOUNG as the youngest who donned the gray, True as the truest that were it— Brave as the bravest, he marched away, (Hot tears on the cheeks of his mother lay)…

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The Soldier's Reprieve

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1880 · page 2

"MY Fred! I can't understand it," And his voice it quivered with pain, While the tears kept slowly dropping On his trembling hands like rain…

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