Returning Soldiers
A number of our local soldiers from Penrith and district, who have been lighting on the other side for various periods during the past few years are now returning—or have already…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1919
11,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250
Soldiers' Reception
A inception war given on Monday night last to Private E (Nel) Lack (who arrived a week previously) and Privates Frank Neave and H M (Vallie) Lack (who arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weddings Anzac Wedding
A wedding of much local interest was celebrated on Wednesday at St. Stephen's Church, Newtown, the Rev. John Bidwell officiating, when Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Australian War Memorial Painting
Messrs. Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens, editors of Art in Australia, write : "The Commonwealth Government has made some provision…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →War Precautions Act Hindrance to Business
At the monthly luncheon of the Electrical Employers Association of N.S.W., held at Farmer's on Thursday last, the chairman, Mr. H. W. Ramsay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery Ships War's Surprise Packets London
An article in the "Sunday Observer" on shipbuilding in war-time mentions that the total output of the United Kingdom in 1918 of both naval and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murphy of Anzac Complete Story of His Work With the Donkey in Shrapnel Valley His Mother's Message to Australia
In the words of a sergeant of the First Battalion, "The Man with the Donkey is now at Heaven's gate, helping the soldiers through."…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →General Notes the Investment Market. Heavy Busines in War Loans
After being closed for 16 days for the Christmas-New Year vacation business was resumed on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Monday last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Event of Historical Interest Investiture of War-Created Order at Admiralty House
The invitations issued by the Governor-General and Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson for Monday's garden party at Admiralty House had the words "and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Out of Evil War Develops Industry Britain Benefits Immensely Awake Now As Never Before London
Mr. F. G. Kellaway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions, in an interview with the "Sunday Observer," said that the war had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miles of Trenches to Defend London Precautions That Were Taken While the War Was On LONDON, Friday Night
It is now permissible to mention the elaborate system of trenches constructed at London during the war. They included miles of trenches, while others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Confession of Mata Hari, Dancer and Spy Dying Soldier Traps Woman Spy How the French Caught Mata Hari Red-handed Adventuress Herself Tells How She Was Betrayed to Her Death
Before that fascinating dancer, Mata Hari, was executed by order of a French court-martial for having betrayed French and British secrets into the hands of the Germans, she wrote a full confession of her work for the Hun. This has been appearing in the San…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Invalid Soldiers to Return First MELBOURNE
Acording to a cablegram received from the Director-General of Demobilisation, in London, by Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, arrangements are being made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Demobilising Army in Britain Sympathy for Soldiers' Grievances, but Discipline Must Be Maintained LONDON, Friday Night
Three hundred thousand British soldiers are already demobilised, and steps are being taken to increase the speed of the demobilisation, consonant with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eligibles Who Did Not Enlist MELBOURNE
During the week members of the Returned Soldiers' Nationalist Party have had deputations to the Federal and State Governments as well as to private…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preference to Soldiers Difficult Problem Soon to Confront the Government — Cabinet Meeting To-morrow will Discuss Employment on Wharves
The question of giving preference to returned soldiers, which is being demanded so emphatically by the Soldiers' League in Melbourne, has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Shell-shock Soldiers Mrs. F. G. Waley Gives Mowbray Park
Mrs. F. G. Waley has given her charming home, Mowbray Park, Picton, to the Government to be used as a sanitarium for soldiers suffering from shell-shock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peace-time Dangers Soldier's Bad Luck MELBOURNE
Private Gorman, 24, wag this afternoon rescued from drowning, and while being taken to the base hospital in a motor ambulance a collision occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"MOTHER" Whitest Woman in State MRS R. S. Wardrop's Work Friend of Friendless Soldiers
To be referred to by hard-bitten veterans of the great war as "The Whitest Woman in New South Wales" does not fall to the lot of every war worker,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Soldiers' Graves French Tribute to Our Dead WOLLONGONG
Private Edgar Mark, writing to his parents, speaks of a pretty service the soldiers had at Vignacourt. He says:--"The people of France asked that the…
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