Unclear event fragment from Egyptian yarn report
Fragmentary OCR text references names and places unclearly. No coherent event or outcome emerges to identify a definite person, group, or location with enough certainty.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text references names and places unclearly. No coherent event or outcome emerges to identify a definite person, group, or location with enough certainty.
A garbled roster lists numerous privates and Crops from units such as Castlemaine Cap oF Wourans and Sig Coy E SappertL TF with names like T. H. Reeves Brunswick MR Taylor and R. H. Dal. The fragment references battalions, towns including Violet Town Bendigo Elimuny Colac and others, plus ranks private and lance corporal in a broad wartime personnel roll.
A fragmented list details wounded and dead among the Light Horse units. Names include Private H. F. Claxcon, Private F. Andrews, and Private J. Forsyth, with locations such as Beigh on Beach and Murrayville. Other entries reference privates from Bendigo, Preston, Bairnsdale, and Glen.
Dalgety and Co. Ltd held a two day horse sale at Colac on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th offering 443 horses. Good local demand but prices largely held firm with best young horses fetching the top bids. Across both days 215 horses were sold with numerous draughts and light harness animals attracting attention and strong prices on the second day. overall auction room turnout was large and representative.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.