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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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Sir Hector Macdonald. the General’s Widow and the War Officials

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 4

IN view of feeling around in many quarters regarding the attitude of the War Office towards the burial of the late Sir Hector Macdonald correspondence which has…

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Absent Without Leave. Trooper Sproule and the Boer War

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 2

As is well known locally, Trooper John McLean Sproule (letter carrier) was one of the Berry Lancers that went to South Africa when the war…

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Absent Without Leave. Trooper Sporule and the Boer War

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 2

As is well known locally, Trooper John McLean sporule (letter carrier) was one of the Berry Lancers that went to South Africa when the war…

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Absent without Leave. Trooper Sproule and the Boer War

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 2

As is well known locally, Trooper Jobs M‘Lean Sproule (letter carrier) was one of the Berry Lancers that went to South Africa when the wax broke eat. He…

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An Extinct Soldiery

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 5

The Janissaries are an extinct religious soldiery of Christian profession who for centuries took part in the intrigues and wars of the Ottoman…

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Soldiers Under Fire

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 5

“The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost [?]” said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines “and that accounts for so many…

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The Rev. Harold Wheen. Resumes His Ministry in Shoalhaven a Welcome Home Social

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 2

After an absence of three months through ill-health, the Rev. Harold Wheen, Minister of the Shoalhaven Methodist Church, returned to Nowra…

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The Rev. H. Wheen. a Welcome Home

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 October 1903 · page 4

Some three months ago considerable misgiving was experienced as to the Rev. Mr Wheen's health. That gentleman, at the close of a hard week of parochial work in…

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Memorial to Fallen Soldiers

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 4

Colonel L[?] sends us some [?] of the programme arranged for the dedication op 8th November of a memorial to men of the 2nd…

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Memorial to Fallen Soldiers

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 4

Colonel Lasseter sends us some parli glara of the programme arr[?]ved for the dedication on 8th November of a memorial to men of 2nd Regi…

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Soldiers Under Fire

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

“The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible said the veteran talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines and accounts for so many…

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The Sketcher. If War It [?] Interview With Mr. Miggs

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 5

To judge by the newspapers, British and French, yon would imagine that, while the British public and the Press of both countries are very much in earnest about the…

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