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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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The Recent Hospital & Soldiers' Carnival

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

The committee, met on Tuesday night, and various matters in connection with the crowning ceremony on Friday night next were dealt…

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"Queen of the Carnival." Miss Edna Easdown, the Soldiers Candidate

The Bega District News · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 2

On Friday evening there was a fair gathering at the Lyric for the crowning of the queen In connect[?]n with the recent carnival for the Hospital…

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War Bargains

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 1

How great was the British Government's big war bargain sale can be faintly imagined when we are told that the total amount realised by…

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Returned Soldiers' League Sports' Club Formed

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 1

At a special meeting of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' League on the 16th, seven 'Diggers" from Wyndham were present and…

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Preference to Soldiers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 4

At the Berry Council meeting, on Wednesday, the Mayor reported that he had met the returned soldier applicant for the position of resident…

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Limbless Soldiers' Association. Appeal for Help

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 5

A State-wide public appeal is being made on behalf of the Limbless and Badly Disabled Soldiers of New South Wales. The N.S.W…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers. Berry Council'c Electrical Engineer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 3

When Berry Council invited applications for an electrical engineer to take charge of its electricity undertaking, it, acting: on the advice of…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers Berry Council'c Electrical Engineer

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 7

When Berry Council invited applications for an electrical engineer to take, charge of its electricity undertaking, it, acting on the advice of…

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Echoes of the Great War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 3

How we look back with vivid re-collections of those terrible clays, and try to forget! But there are some that we cannot forget. There are…

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Echoes of the Great War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 October 1927 · page 9

How we look back with vivid re-collections of those terrible days, and try to forget! But there are some that we cannot forget. There are…

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Echoes of the Great War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 October 1927 · page 7

How we, look back with vivid re-colleetions of those terrible days, and try to forget! But there are some that we cannot forget. There are…

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Echoes of the Great War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 5

How we look back with vivid re-collections of those terrible days, and try to forget! But there are some that we cannot forget. There are…

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How Soldiers Repatriated Themselves Anzac Tweed

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 4

When the work of repatriation was begun by the State War Council in 1915, several returned disabled soldiers were instructed in the art…

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Soldiers' Poppy Day Appeal

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 2

Sir,--On the 11th November next (Armistice Day) the United Returned Soldiers' Fund which consists of the Limbless Soldiers' Association…

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Returned Soldiers Re-Union

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 November 1927 · page 6

On P[?]day right last the Bega b[?]unch of the P[?]red Soldiers Lea the held its anu[?] re a [?] bang[?]et ot [?]re Central Hotei, between 60…

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Soldiers' Re-union

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 1

The Bega branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, which is a strong and virile body, held its annual reunion on Friday night last, at which…

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