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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

1,012 stories in South Coast's papers · page 12 of 51

Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel. (To the Editor)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 4

Dear Sir,—Many of your readers will be wondering how many men have lost their sight in the war. There are now on the roll of St…

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Late War New[?]

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1918 · page 4

The Enemy broke through [?]ish defence on Friday, we [?] St Quintin the British fe[?] good order to prepared [?]…

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Missing Soldiers' Column

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1918 · page 1

A number of soldiers hailing from this district have been posted as missing by the military authorities. In some instances these notifications are…

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The War

Southern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 2

Such of the cable news on this page so headed appeared in the "Times," and is cabled to Australia by Special permission. It should be…

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Replacing War Wastage

Southern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 4

The Minister for Public Health, has been furnished with an interesting review of the Baby. Clinics during 1917. The first baby clinic was…

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Berry Municipal Jubilee and the War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 7

Mr. W. Boudet, in a letter to our Berry contemporary on the Jubilee of the Municipality, urges that the time is inopportune for the erection…

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"In a British Soldier's Grave." Private Bennie Gowing Makes the Supreme Sacrifice

Southern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 2

The Rev. B Dore Bryant yesterday morning received word from the Defence Department that Private B. E. Gowing, son of Mr B. Gowing, of…

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Extracts from a Soldier's Diary. CAPTAIN A. C. YOUDALE. (Killed in Action)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 1

The big, six-foot-odd Recruiting Officer at Victoria Barracks looked at me and asked me what I wanted to go as. I told him that if they wanted any…

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War Memorial

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 3

“Sydney’s memento of the great war should be comparable, both in magnificence and in commanding position, to the monuments of Garibaldi in Rome, of…

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The War Wednesday Afternoon

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 2

A French communique says “The night was relatively calm on the front from the Olse to the Somme. The artillery struggle has assumed…

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Clothing the Child Victims of War. Work of the “Babies’ Kit Society

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 3

Amongst all the great and noble efforts to aleviate the suffering of humanity in this great war there is none more pathetic than the work of the “Babies’…

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Torpedoes From the Skies. ....Describing the possibilities of a new engine of war so terrible in its potentialities that it may well make nations pause before calling in its

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 4

It has often occurred to me that perhaps the comparatively new science of aviation will bring the making of wart to an end by reason of the very terrible consequences…

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War Notes

Southern Star · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

The "Daily Chronicle" states that the raising of the military age in Britain to 50 is the latest proposal of the Government, which is…

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The War

Southern Star · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 2

Such of the cable news on this page to headed appeared in the "Times" and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be…

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Latest War News. Reuter's Cables

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 2

Such of the cable news on this page so headed appeared in the "Times," and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood that the opinions…

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The Effect of the WAr on Dairying

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 1

The dairy problem of the United States will not cease with the coming of peace. The dairy cattle of Europe are rapidly diminishing, for Europe is…

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Not Peace, But the Sowrd. Candid Words of a German War Lord

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

Any evidence as to the working of a the war spirit in Germany, its ebbing or its flowing, is both interesting and important just now, when the fate of…

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Allowances to Dependents of Soldiers

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for payments from the Lord Mayor's Pat riotic Fund, from date of application, to increase the amount due to soldiers'…

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Reinforce Our Men. New South Wales Wants 80 Recruits Daily. Enlistment Conditions

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

New South Wales requires an average of 80 recruits daily to reinforce New South Welshmen at the front…

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Soldier Oyster Lessees

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 2

In connection with the scheme in augurated by the Chief Secretary for placing returned soldiers on oyster culture areas, Mr Fuller stated that a…

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