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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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A Soldier and a Model. Pensioner Gets a Chance

Evening News · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 6

Patrick Plunkett. 53, appeared before Mr. King S.M. this morning, at the Water Police Court, on a charge of vagrancy. He was a well-set up, soldier like man, and upon his…

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Sensational Autobiography. General Butler and Boer War Plot. Remarkable Statements. Chamberlain and Milner in a Lurid Light. Sir William and Parnell

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 7

The Press Association says:—The autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir William Butler has been published by Messrs. Constable and Co., London. The volume is…

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The War against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 3

Reports state that dingoes are rapidly increasing about Coonabnrabran, N.S.W., and numbers of sheep have been destroyed…

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American Infantry. to Be Brought to a War Footing. Washington

The Sun · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 1

Orders that have just been issued by the War Department for each of the infantry regiments to be brought to a war footing by the addition of machine guns are…

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Jews As Soldiers in Italy

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 5

The "Grande Italia" magazine of Rome, Italy, devotes an article tracing the exploits of Jewish-Italians who fought for the liberation of Italy. A Hebrew battalion, it is…

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Peace versus War

The International Socialist · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

SPEAKING at Summer Hill recently on "Peace versus War," Dr. Zillmann said, inter alia, that "War was utterly abhorrent to the spirit of…

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Mexico's Struggle. the Landing of British Troops. "An Act of War." According to Monroeism

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Friday.--Speaking yesterday in the Senate, Senator Stone condemned the landing of British bluejackets at San Quintin as an act of war on Britain's part…

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Dreadnought Boys. First Batch Arrive. Future Farmers and Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 10

The scheme devised by the executive committee of the Dreadnought Fund for obtaining boys from England, and training them to agricultural pursuits, has received practical…

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Australia's Men-o'-war

Truth · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 1

Noo South can build our battle boats, In this there's nought to shock her; She'll tackle anything that floats, For she goes in a-docker…

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The Aeroplane in War

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 13

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MEXICAN FRONTIER TAKEN FROM THE AIR. Looking across the Rio Grande near Laredo into the bordering plains of Mexico. On March 1 "Collier's" Special Photographer, James H. Hare, ascended with the United States Army Aviator, Philip Parmalen, from Fort Montosh, and took the first photographs of foreign territory under conditions approximating those of war…

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South African Soldiers' Association

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 7

The officers, N.C.O.'s, and men who served in. the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) held their first annual dinner under the auspices of the South African Soldiers' Association, at the A.B.C…

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The Soldier Fell. Staff-sergeant Stoushed Biffed by Bantam Brailey. the Banger Boobed and Branded a Blackguard. Our Toy Soldiers Must Be Protected From Martial Midgets

Truth · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 11

Staff-sergeant Herbert Christopher Elkin, of the administrative and instructional start of the Commonwealth District Forces, was wending his way…

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War Medals in Pawnshops

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 9

To suppress the traffic in army decoration is one of the objects of the South Africans soldiers' Association of New South Wales, which held its annual dinner at the A.B.C Cafe,…

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Men Who Fought. South African Pensioners. the Coming War. Gathering of Veteran Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 9

There was a gathering in Sydney on Saturday night which stirred up the memories of 1900, when the echoes of war made themselves heard so strongly in Australia. A hundred of the…

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Latest Cables. a British War. Oversea Dominions' Desire. to Fight for the Motherland. London

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 8

The "Morning Post," discussing the naval defence problem, says that one of the most striking phenomena of recent years is the interest that the oversea dominions have…

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" Not Au Revoir, But Adieu ! " War in Morocco. French Column's. Desperate Plight. Pathetic Messages From Officers Paris

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 1

The "Matin" publishes a despatch from Tangier, Morocco, which shows the desperate situation in which Captain Bremond's column is placed in the Sherarda district…

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South African Soldiers. Re-union Dinner

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 10

The first annual reunion dinner of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who served in the last Boer War was held on Saturday night at the A.B.C. Cafe, 139 Pitt-street,…

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Prince As Aviator. Sudden Descent on a Parade Ground. Regiment of Soldiers Scattered. Berlin

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 1

Prince Henry of Prussia had a thrilling experience yesterday. when he undertook to make an aeroplane flight over the, parade ground in Darmstadt…

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Fought in South Africa. a Soldier' Dinner

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 9

There were about 130 officers and men at the first annual dinner of the South African Soldiers Association, which was held at the A.B.C. rooms in Pitt–street, on Saturday night, under…

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