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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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

Penrith Soldiers' Memorial Preparing the Honor List. Carnival to Be Held

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

A meeting of the Penrith Soldiers' Memorial Committee was held at the School of Arts on Thursday evening, when there were present:—Messrs. A…

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Soldiers' Club Armidale Controversy Question of Disbanding Armidale

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Arm[?]dale Soldiers' Club, conducted by the Arm[?]dale sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League, which is to be held…

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Employing a Soldier Attempt to Censure Council HAY

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 8

A largely-attended public meeting was held last night by soldiers and citizens to receive a petition asking the Mayor and aldermen to resign for…

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Training Nuns Physical Culture Classes Soldiers Guiding Teachers

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

Under the instruction of Lieut, Hatfield, physical training officer for the 1st Infantry Division, the nuns of a Catholic order, representatives of…

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Has Australia Found a Leader? The Amazing Rise of New Federal Treasurer Student, Soldier, Merchant

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Has a new fores been discovered in Federal politics? The finest prefect the Melbourne Grammar School has known, the new Federal Treasurer (Mr. S. M. Bruce), has been soldier and merchant, has a grip of finance and will not, so his friends assert, make a meal…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament "Cripples and Incurables" Cyanide Brands Australia's Army Callous Treatment of a Consumptive

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 23

If we can accept the policy of the Cyanide Gang as gospel the A.I.F. was composed of epileptics, consumptives, lunatics, neurasthenics, cripples and congenital derelicts. Still this movable hospital, amongst other…

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Will Take Years Completing War Records MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 4

Though the war is only a memory, the work of the Base Records Office at the Defence Department will go on for many years…

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British War Medal Conditions of Issue Nurses Eligible Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 4

In the latest military order the following conditions are laid down, covering the granting of the British war medal to members of the Australian…

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Barrier Against War What Conference Has Accomplished "Big Three's" Sacrifices Guarantee for Peace of World Washington, January 6

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 1

It is beginning to be realised how closely the success of the Conference as a whole is bound up with that of the Harding Administration. Public…

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Comments on Conference Submarines—Poison Gas in War—Guns on Merchantmen Senator Pearce Sneaks (Australian Press Association—Copyright.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday Night.—Although the Naval Committee is approach-ing an end of its labors, one or two problems still face it. For instance, the…

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Act of Piracy. Punishment for Submarine Outrages Important Decision Prohibition Against Use of Poison Gas in War WASHINGTON. January 6

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 1

The Australian and Now Zealand delegates were prominent at this morning's discussion in the Grand Committee…

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Warrior and Maid Sweet Seventeen 'Slates' Soldier. Words of Wisdom from the Beach

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

A case was heard by Mr. Jennings at the Paddington Police Court on Thursday in which Norman Leslie Smith, a returned soldier of respectable…

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Soldier of Fortune. With a Mania for Marrying. Braidwood's Brace of Brides

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 12

Ane extraordinary story of a couple of strange marriages was disclosed when David Hargrieve Braidwood, 31, a soldier of fortune came before the…

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To Commemorate Anzac

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

Initial steps are being takes by the Returned Soldiers' League to fittingly commemorate Anrac Day in this State. It is proposed to hold a public…

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Anzac Day Observance Initial Arrangements

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 8

Initial steps are being taken by the Returned Soldiers' League to commemorate fittingly Anzac Day in this State. It is proposed to hold a public…

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War Medals for Australian Service Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Modified conditions, under which the British war medal is to be granted to members of the Australian military forces who did not proceed overseas on active service, have been issued…

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Under New Management War Service Homes MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 7

It was learned positively to-day that the body which is to take over the building of war service homes for Victoria is the State Savings Bank…

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War Homes. a New Arrangement. Work by the State. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 8

It is expected that before the end of this week arrangements will have been completed between the Commonwealth and the Victorian Government, by which the construction of war…

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Five Powers Protection in Case of War Comprehensive Proposal Washington, January 6

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

As [?] at present drafted the Treaty provision dealing with the possibilities of war with a non-signatory Power is one of the most important, marking a long step forward in an…

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Helping France Chance of German War Britain's Assurance Negotiations Proceeding LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 1

A message from Paris says that French reports from Cannes state that Mr. Lloyd George and M. Briand have begun pourparlers with the…

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