Complex sentence: The Company had already, in 1916, set aside of farmland to be given free of charge to white war veterans; in early 1919, it set up a government department to help returning men find work.
Split into simpler sentences: The Company had already, in 1916, set aside of farmland to be given free of charge to white war veterans. In early 1919 it set up a government department to help returning men find work.