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29 May 1918

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  • Day 1400 of the war
  • A large crowd gathers at Orange Railway Station to welcome home William John McMaster and William Henry Collins from France. Both soldiers have been invalided home, each having lost a leg on the battlefield. Welcome Home
  • The Sunday Times publishes two articles about the heroic deeds of the Australian Light Horse Brigade. One describes the bravery and subsequent death of former Orange clergyman William James Dunbar. The Heroic Padre
  • Former Orange salesman, Augustus Bargwanna describes food rationing in England in a letter home. On Leave In London