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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Preparing Land for Soldiers' Settlements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

THE MINISTER FOR LANDS SCRUB CLEARING…

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Recruiting. Satisfactory Response. 456 Men Enlisted

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

The enlistments yesterday in Sydney totalled 456, and recalled to mind the fine recruiting returns shortly after New South Wales heard of what the "Anzacs" had…

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Soldier's Suicide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

[?] was held yesterday by the City Coroner (Mr. H. S. Hawkins) concerning the death of John Thomas Laeey, aged 26, a member of the Expeditionary Forces, who was…

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Charges Against Soldiers. Fine of £10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 6

Roger Bede Glass, an acting-corporal of the Army Service Corps, stationed at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with…

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Soldiers' Misbehaviour. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—Both in the press and on the platform civilians have been unjustly accused of causing the drunkenness and misbehaviour of our soldiers owing to misplaced kindness: and…

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Australian Soldiers in London. the Australian Matinee. (By Our Special Correspondent) London, Nov. 25

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

The great matinee on behalf of the Australian wounded was duly held at His Majesty's Theatre on Friday last, in the presence of Queen Alexandra and other royal…

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Marriage of Soldiers. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—As one who in early childhood had the misfortune to lose his father, and, having since realised by practical experience the difference that loss has meant, and the…

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Messages From the Sea Soldiers Want Cigarettes Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

Six bottles containing appeals from soldiers for cigarettes have been found at Wilson's Promontory. They were thrown overboard from troopships In August, September,…

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Comforting Soldiers' Girls

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Old Soldier will be regarded with a suspicious eye by the young one:-- We have all sorts of and numerous committees to attend to the comfort, assistance,…

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Amongst the Soldiers Work of the Y.m.c.a

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

A Lady writes to the secretary of the Y.M.C.A.--"I am sending you a cheque for £6 to help with your good work amongst our troops at the front. Our younger…

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For Returned Soldiers. Positions Wanted. Appeal to Employers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

The State War Council asks employers as a body to assist in finding positions for returned soldiers. Up to the end of the year the council's…

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A Base Fraud. Australian Soldiers in Cairo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

Some despicable tricks have neon worked on unsuspecting persons who have relatives at the front. These have been exposed from time to time, but recurring illustrations crop…

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Soldiers' Homes. French's Forest Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

In order that the clearing operations on the soldiers' blocks at French's Forest may proceed in a systematic manner, the Minister for Lands is detailing a surveyor to lay out the…

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Russian Enlistment. Shirkers Regarded As Deserters

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

Although yesterday was practically the first day for the enlistment of Russians of a military age in Sydney, the Imperial Russian Consulate, at 86 Clarence Street, was visited by a decidedly…

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Letters to Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 6

All mail matter intended for the 300th and 301st Motor Transport A.S.C. Units, 17th Divisional Supply Column, should be addressed direct to the units, which are now serving with…

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Empire Memorial to Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

In a letter received this week by the honorary secretary of the British Immigration League from Earl Grey, complimenting Australia, on the preparations now being made for the…

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Field Glasses for Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 8

Up to date no fewer than 280 pairs of field glasses have been handed in to the authorities at Victoria Barracks for our troops at the front. Others are waiting at the A.J.C. offices,…

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Land for Returned Soldiers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

Sir,--Your report of the proceedings on New Year's Day at French's Forest is interesting. It is an illustration of good-heartedness combined with fear to adopt radical proposals…

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Russia Coming Back Effect on Balkans. Strenuous Fighting In' Bukovina German Chief Distrusts Austrians Spies at Salonica Brilliant Action in the Cameroons 521st Day of the War

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 1

Austrian attacks on Bukovina and the south of Galicia have been driven back, and the Russians are now hotly attacking. The enemy is not strong enough to make an offensive either on the south-east of the Russian front, or in the north…

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Victoria. Killed in Action

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 16

Capt. F. M. JOHNSON, 6th Fid. Amb. (Albert Park). Pte. A. W. MIHAN, 24th (Kew). Pte E. H. BUTLER. 15th (England)…

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