Soldier Boxers in Egypt Regio, Dawes, Sproule, Howard and Watson
Referee · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 9
Regio writes from Cairo (21/11/'15): "Everything is O.K., and I am beginning to feel like a two-year-old. We are here for a week, on picket duty, and it will do me. These barracks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Football Rugby Union Football Soldiers
Referee · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 12
Corporal Don [?] (Glebe R.U.), writing from Gallipoli, says: "I have been over here one week now. I could not get away from Egypt before, as the doctors would not pass…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldiers' Stories. the Height of Coolness
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 12
"You have heard a lot, from what we have seen in the papers that reached us, of the coolness of Australians under fire and after they had been wounded," said ' Private H…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Letters to Soldiers. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 7
Sir,—I would like to make a complaint (which I have long refrained from doing, as I hate grumbling) in your journal, with the hope that something will soon be done re the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Route Marches. Wallabies. One Hundred Miners Enlist. Kurri Kurri
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 11
The "Wallabies" arrived at Abermain at 9.30 on Monday morning, the townspeople turning out in force, and cheering the men all the way to the recruiting station. A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Marriage and Soldiers. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 9
Sir,—Your correspondent, "Exporte Crede" is most emphatic in his protest against the marriage of soldiers on the grounds that widowed mothers have to struggle along with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For Returned Soldiers: Preparing Farms in French's Forest. Experienced Hands
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6
On Neto Year's Day 100 men gave a practical start to a scheme for settling returned soldiers on ready-made farms. THE working-bee for the French's Forest Settlement, which is situated about six miles from Manly, was initiated hy Dr. Arthur. M.L.A. He obtained an area of 200…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Highland Sports: to Help the Families of Fallen Soldiers
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 7
A Champion Dancer and Her Youthful Admirer. A Juvenile Piper Receives a Few Words of Advice. "A GUID NEW YEAR TAE ANE AN' A'." About 15,000 people attended the Highland Society's annual sports at the Royal Agricultural Society's Grounds on New Year's Day, and the concert at the Town ePORT OF FREMANTLE. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With Our Convalescent Soldiers in and Around Alexandria. Moutazah Palace, Alexandria
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 8
It was the residence of the ex-Khedive, but is now a convalescent home, through which many Australasians have passed. It is now No. 7 General Hospital, where wounded and sick English, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers are cared for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers Wives and Mothers No Pay for Three Weeks Angry Women at Barracks
The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 7
Some of the soldiers' dependents have received no pay for over three weeks, others longer. The military authorities blame the post office, the postal officials blame the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Arrested Question of Leave Melbourne
The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5
On the arrival of the express train from Adelaide to-day twelve soldiers were arrested on a charge of being absent without leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers and Liquor. the Fight Against Wet Canteens
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A conference of delegates of the Temperance Alliance from the different States was held in Melbourne to-day to discuss the new aspect of the liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australia's Soldiers. Colonel Nash's Warm Tribute
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6
"'Hats off to every man who has fought at Gallipoli' should be the motto of the people of this country," declared Colonel Nash, M.L.C., who returned by the transport which arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smaller Camps. Soldiers for the Country Districts
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Minister for Defence said that instead of continuing the system of concentrating practically the whole of the Expeditionary Force men in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Soldiers in the Lord Mayor's Procession in London
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 22
Australian Light Horse in the Procession. Australian Infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Turkish Soldier. Inexperienced Recruits
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 47
This sketch was written in Gallipoli by an interpreter in the Intelligence Department of the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Speaking strictly, the name "Turkish" is…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Our Debt to the Soldiers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 18
The work of the voluntary army at French's Forest, near Sydney, is a good example of what the citizens of the State can do for our soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice, and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farms for Soldiers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 13
Having accepted Mr. H. R. Denison's offer of the Eumaralla Estate in connection with the scheme for providing farms for returned soldiers, the land sectional committee of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Australian Forces. Returning Soldiers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 13
A transport, which left Suez on December 13, with wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles, is due at Melbourne about January 13, and Sydney a week later. She has the following…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Recruits Wanted. Conditions of Enlistment
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 14
The military authorities have issued the following amended regulations regarding medical [?]sts for. recruits. Age. -- 18 to 45 years…
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