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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

4,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 204

"Taking Risks" Army and Navy Reductions Admiralty's Concession War Office and Oversea Garrisons London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 1

The final reports of the Geddes Economy Committee were served up with a little sauce furnished by a letter from the Admiralty, dated February…

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Epping's Tribute To Fallen Soldiers. Unveiling the Monument. An Impressive Ceremony

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 8

"Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;…

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"No Soldiers' Memorial." To the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

Sir,—In perusing your issue of Wednesday, 15th inst., I was struck with an article dealing with soldiers' memorials, and directing tile attention of the…

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Soldieris Club

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 4

A special general meeting of members of the Penrith sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I. League will be held at the club room, Station Street, next Wednesday…

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Ex-soldiers. Vocational Training. Appeal to Employers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 12

The difficulty experienced by the Repatriation Department in placing its vocational trainees in employment in New South Wales has reached an acute stage. At present there…

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A Soldier's Luck

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 6

Harry Rivers Thomas (21) was charged at the North Sydney Police-Court yesterday morning. before Mr. Edwards. S.M., with embezzling the sum of £107 13s 9d, the property of the…

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To Our Soldier Dead a Unique Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 10

Plans are being prepared for a hall which is to be erected at Adamstown, a suburb of Newcastle, in memory of the many hundreds of our soldiers who are buried in the Trois Arbres…

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St. Peter's War Trophies

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1922 · page 3

The war trophies allotted to the St. Peters district, and also the compleled portion of the honor roll, will be unveiled at the Town Hall at 3 p.m…

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A Tug-o'-war Face

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1922 · page 7

SNAPPED AT THE POLICE AND FIREMEN'S CARNIVAL YESTERDAY…

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Botany's War Memorial Carnival to Raise £1000

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1922 · page 2

Yesterday, in the face of a slight drizzle and a threatening sky, a goodly crowd turned out to the opening cere-mony of a carnival in aid of the Botany…

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A War Aftermath. Returned Soldier and Girl. Case In Which Doctors Didn't Differ. Accusation of "Assault with Intent". "Not Guilty, Because Temporarily Insane", say Jury

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1922 · page 11

Claims that the accused young man was a chronic victim to "shell-shock" and "war-strain" figured with very pronounced prominence in a case that…

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BOOKS of the Day J. the War That Was a Realistic Novel

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1922 · page 14

One of the great books created by the war is "Way of Revelation." In this novel the whole live years of catastrophe are delineated, and with the…

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Back to Nature Bash Wanderer Ignorant of War Supreme Contempt for World Such Trifles Wouldn't Worry Me Broken Hill

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1922 · page 15

AT Wentworth recently a man named Herbet Oakes was sentenced to three months Imprisonment on a charge of vagrancy…

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A Fine War Record Randwick's Effort Enlisted 4000. Fallen 500 "To the Memory of Our Fallen Soldiers."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

Such was the simple inscription on Randwick's war trophy, setting out the purpose tor which it had been mounted. The gun, an 8-inch howitzer captured by the…

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Botany War Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 6

A carnival in aid of the Botany War Memorial was opened on Saturday. The committee's objective is to raise £1000 to add to a sum of £546 already in band…

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War Trophy Unveiled. Randwick Town Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 10

An interesting ceremony took place at Randwick Town Hall yesterday afternoon, when a war trophy in the form of an 8-inch howitzer was unveiled by the Mayor,…

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War on Rats Block Associations Meet

Evening News · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

A meeting of representatives of the [?] Associations convened by the [?] Mayor (Alderman W.P.[?] in the vestibule of the Town…

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War Trophies. Unveiled at St. Peters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 8

At the St. Peters Town Hall yesterday afternoon the war trophies allotted to the district, together with the completed portion of the honour roll, were unveiled by…

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Australia's MANUFACTURING Industries Drugs and Chemicals Made in Australia the Upbuilding of a Great Industry Where the War Was Helpful

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 3

Nearly everybody is, or has been, sick sometimes., The individual hardly exists who can truthfully assert that he, or she, has never taken drugs or chemicals, consumed pills or…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Bridge on Botany Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 10

A carnival in aid of the fund for the erection of a memorial for fallen soldiers was opened at Botany yesterday by Mr. Mutch, Minister for Education…

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