Returned Soldiers
Lieutenant-Colonel R. M. Shannon, of Wentworthville, returned home on Wednesday last and looks well. If circumstances will permit he intends giving a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
17,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Toongabbie. Foe the Soldier Boys
The School of Arts committee has donated another parcel of 50 books to the local Red Cross branch for despatch to district soldiers at the front. This makes…
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A man from the Liverpool district excited the interest of officials' and others' at Victoria Barracks recently when ordered to strip to the waist. He was…
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The case of an invalided soldier 23 years Imperial, and Australian naval and military service to his credit, who appears to have been, scandalously…
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While going through the desert in Egypt, about twenty-five miles inland from the Suez Canal, Mr. W. F. A. Larcombe (a Parramattan who did excellent work with War Chest Fund in Cairo and other places) came across a memorial erected over the crave of a brave Parramatta district hero and ex-T. K. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dishonest Soldiers
The secretary of the Australia Day Fund has written to the Hornsby War Service Committee with regard to the desirability of providing a cheek in…
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"Quirindi Gazette" hits the feather-bed soldier in this way:— "There is unfortunately at the present time much ground for supporting that are too…
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The Hornsby Shire War Service Committee have received the following letter from the State War Council:— "Application has been received from a returned…
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Private Arthur Muir (son of Mr. and Mrs. George Muir) and Private Walter Booth (son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Booth) were accorded a very enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Treatment of Soldiers' Dependents. Alleged High-Handed Action
The following letter was road at the last meeting of the Hornsby War Service Committee.— "Sir,— Will you please bring the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →That Scrap of Paper Hollweg's Costly Phrase Rumblings from Dual Monarchy Peace Terms Undignified, Says "Anzeiger" 156th Day of the Third Year of the War. LONDON, Friday Night
The Berlin "Lokal Anzeiger" protests against the publication of the German peace terms as undignified and useless, because of the French Senate's resolution declaring that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Domain Anzac Buffet Official Opening
The Domain Anzac Buffet for the entertainment of returned soldiers and sailors was officially opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Justice Ferguson. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Soldiers Not Returning Here Something for Antis to Think of
Most of the private military homes in and around Sydney are being closed. The reason for this is that Australian wounded soldiers are not returning in such large numbers as was…
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Since the demolition of the Old Education Buildings in Loftus-strect, the Anzac Buffet, in charge of the Mosman V.A.D.'s, headed by Miss Evans, has been established in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Women's War Work How Motorists Help Soldiers' Cinema
The arrival on Wednesday of hospital transports with 500 returned wounded men offered a fine opportunity to note the organisation of the Red Cross motor transport…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shot at Granville Sensation Last Night Man Badly Wounded
A shooting affray occurred at Granville, near Merrylands, last night, as a result of which a man, Thomas Martin, aged 40 years, is lying seriously wounded in Parramatta Hospital, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maltese at Gallipoli Not Part of Anzac Army Melbourne
Mr. Trumble, secretary to the Defence Department, stated to-day that the excluded Maltese did not form part of the Australian army at Gallipoli. He does not know…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Win-the-War League
The recruiting officials advise all prospective members of the Win-the-War League to send in their names to the committee if they have not yet done so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway and Tramway War Fund
From Nov. 24 to Dec 21 the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund collected £588/14/1, and with the amount carried forward from the last account there was £650…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Meditating a Desperate Stroke Creek Press Wants War
The Morning Posts correspondent at Athens says that judging by the tone of the local Press, Greece will shortly declare war on the Entente. The Press, which is exclusively pro-Government, under the King's orders declares passionately that the situation is intolerable. Greece is not…
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