Blackheath Soldiers' Legion Club Pin-up Girl Competition
The total proceeds from the Blackheath Soldiers Legion Club Pin-up Girl Competition amounted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blue Mountains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
42 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 3
War Comforts Fund
The Street Stall conducted by the hard-working ladies of the Women's Auxiliary of the Katoomba and Leura Patriotic War Comforts Fund on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Facts in Brief
Latest figures show that there have been over 300 casualties among Australian merchant service personnel including 269 killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woodford Residents Support Prisoners of War Fund
A very delightful afternoon was spent at "Jarrowong," Bathurst Road, Woodford, recently, when an outdoor fete was held in aid of the "Woodford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Financial Facts Australia's War Expenditure War Loans Vital to Our Effort
On Budget estimates, Australia will have to spend more than £2,160,000,000 on the war by the end of June, 1945. This is more than eight times as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Airways Enormous Post-War Expansion Foreshadowed
Airline Operators Secretariat has released details of a plan that virtually mounts to a complete air coverage of the whole of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prince to Join War Savings Army Sydney Boy's Idea
Eleven year old Lawrence Irwin of Sydney is just about the proudest youngster in Australia. He has recruited Prince William for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good Work By War Comforts Fund Women's Auxiliary
During the period, March, 1944, to 28th February, 1945, the Katoomba and Leura Patriotic War Comforts Fund, Women's Auxiliary, has packed approximately 1422 parcels to our servicemen and women. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Aid-a Post War Necessity
Owing to partial disbanding of N.E.S. services, there has been a reaction by members of the public and the impression seems to have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blackheath Comforts Fund Invests in War Loan
Blackheath Comforts Fund has decided to invest £100 in the 3rd Victory Loan, and £200 in war savings certificates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"The Road to Victory" Official War Loan Song
Bing Crosby's number "The Road to Victory" has been selected by the War Loans organisation as the official song for the Third Victory Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Hall at Katoomba Too Small
At the last meeting of the Katoomba Sub Branch of R.S.S. & A.I.L.A., it was decided to take steps to raise money for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Men and Women-You should know this
QUOTED FROM OFFICIAL REPATRIATION REGULATIONS .... "Re Notifying Department— In his own interests, the member should bring to the notice of the Department any disability or illness which he considers may be related…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Address by R.S.L President
"Let us make Anzac Day, not only a day of pride and grief, but a day of resolution, a strong and enduring resolution that when this war shall finish, all war shall cease. This is the task of the living, not to say how it will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Day of Remembrance Over 1,000 People Attend Anzac Day Commemoration At the Embassy Theatre
"It is for us to see that the sacrifices made by our men have not been made in vain; for us to see that these sacrifices are indelibly printed on our minds; for us to see that our men and women have employment in full…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inspiring Display of Courage by Leura Soldier
A twenty-three-old Leura soldier who lost his life when he attempted to prevent a blazing ammunition dump from blowing up on Soraken Peninsula…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' League Wants Free Public Library at Katoomba
A deputation from the Returned Soldiers' League, Katoomba Branch, waited on the Council on Tuesday night, to urge the establishment of a free public library at Katoomba. The speakers were Dr. Dark and Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Katoomba Soldier In Attack on Wirui Mission
Victorian and New South Wales troops of a Sixth Division battalion captured Wirui Mission, a strongly defended Japanese position overlooking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Fellowship
Elsewhere in these pages is an appeal from the Anzac Fellowship of Women for clean used clothing. This is an urgent appeal that should be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For Next War Loan
Although dates, amount and terms of the next War Loan have not yet been fixed, a campaign for advance subscriptions is now under way…
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