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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

67 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 4

Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

An association, to be known as the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association, has been formed in Sydney, with the object of…

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Anti=War Activities in Italy

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 3

News of internal strife in Italy, caused by Italians violently objecting to Mussolini's campaign of aggression in Abyssinia, is slipping past the…

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Italo-abyssinian War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

Rudyard Kipling's apt phrase during the Boer war: "Killing Kruger with your month," is forcibly recalled by the following extracts from…

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War's Barbarity and Frightfulness

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

Chemical warfare will be the greatest factor in the next European major conflict. When the Great War ended there were twenty different…

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A Happy War

The Bega District News · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 2

During the Great War Turkish forces occupied Sheikh Othman, an Arah village lying ten miles inland from Aden. The Tucks had no intention of…

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A War Incident Gift From an Enemy

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

Interest shown by the King in a pipe presented by a German to a British soldier during the fraternisation between the troops on Christmas…

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Diggers' Memorial Nowra Returned Soldiers Will Honor Late King George V.

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 3

On Tuesday next, the national day of mourning for his Late Majesty, a special act of commemoration will take place at the memorial gates at…

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War on Wombats

The Bega District News · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 2

At the Stock Board meeting on Tuesday a letter was received from Mr P. Lindwall, secretary of the Nodu[?] Agricultural Bureau…

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Meroo Welcome Home to Newly Married Couple

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 1

Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, of Meroo, and Miss Eileen Jorgenson, of Bomaderry, who were recently married in the Methodist Church at Kiama…

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Boer War Romance

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

A romance that began before the Boer War culminated the other day, when a surivivor of the seige of Lady-smith, Mr. Frank Hodge, who is 71,…

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War on Wombats

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 3

At the Eden Stock Board meeting, on Tuesday, a letter was received from Mr. P. lindwall, secretary of the Nethereote Agricultural Burean,…

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The Man Who May Kill War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 8

Grindell Matthews—man of mystery, tucked away in his hidden retreat, 1500 feet up in the Welsh mountains, where barbed-wire fences…

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Pambula Soldiers Memorial Official Opening

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 6

There was a large gathering on Saturday afternoon last at the unveiling of Pambula Soldiers. Memorial which has been placed on the…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 3

Realising the difficulties that may arise to partially incapacitated soldiers who are ear drivers, the committee of the R.A.C.A. has decided…

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Rumors of War. Story of Alleged Plan

The Bega District News · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 1

Writing in the newspaper “L’Oeuvre,’ the well known foreign correspondent, Madame Tabouis, predicts that Germany will attack Holland and…

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Who Wins with War?

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 3

Now that Another world-war is looming on the horison, and practically every nation is arming to the teeth, the armament firms are scenting…

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King as Soldier "Set" a Digger for "Two Bob"

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 5

Whatever high and mighty tribunal King Edward VIII. may attend in the future, it may safely be said that should the "great Australian risk"…

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War Pensions Amending Legislation Additional Allowances

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 7

The amending legislation passed in December, 1935, which became operative on 1st January of the present year, departs from the previously…

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Preference to Soldiers

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Sweeney asked the following question, under the heading of Returned Soldiers’ Preference:—…

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Bega Returned Soldiers’ Coursing Club. Successful Opening Meeting

The Bega District News · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 2

The opening meeting of the above, which eventuated on Bega racecourse on Saturday last, drew a particularly large crowd. In fact, it reminded one…

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