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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Lost with the Persia 192 People Drowned Ship Sinks in Five Minutes Rush to Launch the Boats Rumors About Kitchener Exciting Duel at Sea 520th Day of the War

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 1

The Persia was torpedoed without warning, and sank in five minutes. The latest figures show that 192 were lost. The steamer carried no munitions…

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Back From War. Work for the Returned Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 9

"Employers when you have employment to offer do not forget the men who responded to their country's call. If you require men communicate with the State War Council's…

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More Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

The transport bruising wounded soldiers, which was to have reached No. 1 wharf, Woolloomooloo this morning, is being delayed by adverse winds on the coast, and is not expected…

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An Anzac Medal

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Some of our returned men think that the Government should give some sort of medal to those who served at Anzac to commemorate their doings there. If half we have…

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Aeroplanes for Wounded

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

The Petit Journal describes the use of six aeroplanes for the transport of wounded Servians across the trans-Albanian Alps, to Scutari…

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New Zealand Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Sunday.--A transport reached Auckland on Saturday, with 317 sick and wounded patients. They were landed, but special precautions were taken to prevent a…

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Back From the War. More Wounded Returning. Invalids From England

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

A transport with wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles which left England on December 17, is d[?] at Melbourne on January 22. and Sydney a week later She has the following…

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The Withdrawal From Anzac

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

"The cables tell us of an apprehension in important quarters of an outburst of indignation from Australia because of the Anzac withdrawal.' How sadly those who took this view…

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Our Wounded. Motor Car Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 8

The transport with sick and wounded soldiers on board which was expected to arrive early this morning has been delayed by adverse winds, but according to a…

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Twice Wounded Man's Appeal Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

Trooper Harold Oakley, of the 9th Light Horse, who has been wounded twice, and is now in hospital in Oxford, England, convalescent after a severe attack of enteric fever,…

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Leaving Anzac Positions of the Regiments 200 Guns and 4500 Mules Off Anzac, December 23

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

The position of the various battalions and regiments in the Anzac firing line during the operation of retirement and the names of the posts which they occupied may now, for the…

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The War

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

The cable [?] not indicate any [?] at very great magnitude on either [?] but a great [?] of [?] fighting is going on wherever the conditions permit…

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War Chest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 10

The following letter has been received by the Citizens. War Chest Fund from Mr. H. E. Budden, commissioner in Egypt:—"Mr. John Fell has arrived from Suez in time to accompany your commissioner and…

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War Notes. What Now?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 9

The sinking of the P. ind O. liner Persia by an enemy submarine without any warning. Involving the loss of nearly 400 lives, is likely to have far-reaching effects. In view…

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War Notes of the Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 9

Varna has again been bombarded. During an action off Durazzo the French submarine Mongo was sunk. It is reported on good authority that…

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Anti -War Outcry Berlin Demonstrations

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 1

The Lokal Anzieger states that there were great anti-war demonstrations on Friday and Saturday nights in the Unter den Linden and the Friedrichstrasse, Berlin. The police…

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Further Advance in War Rates

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association has received a cable, notifying a further increase in war rates homeward. Particulars are as follow:—"Homewards to…

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War Notes of the Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 9

The French General de Castelnau claims that Salonika is now impregnable. A Turko-German force in Persia has…

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Another Transport Arrives Return of Sick and Wounded Red Cross in Egypt

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

To the strains of Boys of the Dardanelles and Home Sweet Home, a large transport with wounded soldiers returned from hospitals in Egypt, berthed at No. 1 wharf at…

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