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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 182

Soldiers Drowned London, February 5

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 5

Eight west Kent soldiers and one civilian were returning to Ballykinlar camp in an open boat, which collapsed owing to the strong tide in Dundrim…

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Cannot Come Earl Haig and Soldiers Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 5

The Federal President of the Returned Soldiers' League has received the following cable message from Earl Haig. Grand President of the British…

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Soldiers Badge Found

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 12

A returned soldier's badge (No 41637) inscribed with the name of [?] G. A. Small. [?] Battery, 4th F.A.R., is awaiting a [?]mant at the…

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Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Ryde Tournament a Big Success

Referee · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 11

That energetic young gentleman, Mr. H. A. Moore, who so successfully piloted the recent Eastwood boxing tour-ney in the cause of sweet charity, and…

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Helping the Soldiers. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 15

Seventeen thousand claims for assistance have been dealt with by the local branch of the R.S. and S.I. League since its establishment seven years ago. This information…

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Probate Duties. Nullify Requests to Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 12

Owing to the inroads made in the estate of a deceased person by probate and death duties, a recent bequest beneficial to returned soldiers and their dependents will be…

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Drury Lane Actor Arrest in Dressing-Room Enlisted in Australia London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 7

Arrested in his dressing-room at Drury Lane Theatre, where he was playing in the "Decameron Nights," a well-known actor, Hugh Buckler,…

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Soldiers' Memorial Committee Liable for Loss MUDGEE

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 3

The committee of the local soldiers' memorial movement has signed a contract for the erection of a monument which will cost about £1600. Money,…

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American Jews in the War

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 8

Another Record of Service. As in other countries, the Jews in America showed their willingness to support on the field of…

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The Last "War" Premier. an English Estimate

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 25

The Nationalist papers are giving us the views of English Tories about our late Prime Minister. The "Morning Post" bewails the loss of a sturdy Imperialist…

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My Book of the Week "England After War' Mr. Masterman's Study a Dark Picture By A. M. Pooley

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 11

IF successive tenure of high office in the Home Department the Local Government Board, at the Treasury, and with Cabinet rank as Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster is not sufficient warrant for intimate knowledge of the subject on which he terites Mr. C. F. Masterman, whose new…

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On Cork Legs Chased a Thief Soldier's Act

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 7

Thomas Henry Rountres, of 53 Mackey-street, Surry Hills, who lost both legs at the war, and goes about his job as a mail driver on…

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Rose Bay Returned Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 10

At the annual meeting of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia sub[?]ranch at Rose Bay last night (with Bri[?]-General J. P. M'Glium presiding),…

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War Medals

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 8

The next-of-kin of the undermentioned deceased soldiers should communicate with the Officer-in-Charge. Bass [?] Victoria [?] Melbourne, in…

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Flying Man's Death Appreciation of War Work

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 6

At the general meeting of the Australian Flying Corps Association, the secretary (Mr. G. Mills) was instructed to forward a letter of condolence…

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Aerial Project New Gliding Record Possibilities in War

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 8

French airmen have become enthusiastic "gliders," and are eagerly competing for world's records by remaining for lengthy periods in the air. On…

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War Orphan. From the Caucasus Arrives in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 8

To lose his father in the war, and to return home from school one day to find his another murdered—these were the tragic experiences of a boy who was included in the 50…

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A War-time Echo. a Mother's Power of Attorney

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 14

Castletown states that before enlistment he was the owner of a 640-acre crown lease, over which the Government Savings Bank held a mortgage…

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French War Debt a Note of Pessimism PARIS

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 9

Referring to President Harding's reference to the British-American debt[?]unding agreement as a[?] the English speaking people's recognition…

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Saving Humanity! No More War An A.W.U. Manifesto

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 3

The A.W.U. designs if possible to usher in the reign of universal peace, and with that object, the convention has issued a manifesto in the form of…

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