Events 17 December 1917 The Leader reports the death in action of Orange clerk, Preston Edwin Argall. Killed in…WebmasterDecember 17, 2017
Events 16 December 1917 Prime Minister Hughes outlines the terms of the conscription referendum on 20 December PROCLAMATION -…WebmasterDecember 16, 2017
Events 15 December 1917 Day 1235 of the war The Bolshevik government in Russia signs the armistice with Germany,…WebmasterDecember 15, 2017
Events 14 December 1917 The War Records Office informs Millthorpe butcher, John Coventry Nicol, that his son Lance was…WebmasterDecember 14, 2017
Events 13 December 1917 The Death Ballot anti conscription poster, 1917. Image courtesy Riley and ephemera collection, State Library…WebmasterDecember 13, 2017
Events 12 December 1917 General Allenby's formal entry on foot to Jerusalem, 11 December 1917. The leading figure is…WebmasterDecember 12, 2017
Service Men and Women Curtis Robert Payne Curtis Robert Payne was born in Orange in 1891, the second son of William, a…WebmasterDecember 11, 2017
Honour RollService Men and Women William Henry Payne Captain William Henry Payne and despatch riders with the 1st Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron, Mesopotamia,…WebmasterDecember 10, 2017
Events 10 December 1917 Day 1230 of the war William Henry Payne dies of disease in Mesopotamia The Leader…WebmasterDecember 10, 2017
Events 9 December 1917 The Mayor of Jerusalem, Dr Hussein Salim al-Husseini (with walking-stick and cigarette), with his party…WebmasterDecember 9, 2017