99 Enlistments
At a recruiting meeting, organised by Mr. C. A. Banko, of Mount White,on Tuesday night, five new recruits were enlisted…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
42 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
Children—And War
Children are entitled to look to their parents or guardians for protection, and it is the duty of each parent and guardian to do everything to save the kiddies…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spirit of Anzac Kulnura Gives Lead to the Whole District
In the Great War every man of military age at Kulnura enlisted, including the three Shorrock brothers. Kulnura blazes forth again with its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recruiting Successful 72 Men Enlist To Date
At Tuesday's roll-call of B Company of the 18th Battalion, at the Orderly Rooms, there were 101 soldiers present under the command of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returned Soldiers Protest Against Council Dismissals
Tuggerah Lakes Sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. decided at a special meeting to flatly refuse to associate themselves with the National…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gosford Returned Soldiers' Annual Picnic
A desperate struggle between Ron Evans and Charlie Staunton that brought about their ultimate downfall and allowed Tom Robson to win the Diggers' Championship provided one of the chief highlights at the Returned Soldiers League…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Service
There will be an Anzac Service in the Mangrove Mountain Hall on Sunday next at 3 p.m., when the preacher will be the Rev. Lackey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Celebrations District Arrangements for Services to Commemorate Australia's Greatest Day
Australia's 24th Anniversary of Nationhood will be fittingly honored on Tuesday, which will be a close holiday throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Training at Entrance Rifle Range Nears Completion Soldiers Want Meeting Called
The Entrance and Long Jetty sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., has written requesting Erina Shire Council to call a public meeting at The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Remember Anzac Australia Commemorates To-morrow Country's Entry Through Nationhood's Door
With fitting ceremonial Australia and New Zealand will commemorate the glories of Anzac. Throughout the world similar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ourimbah news Anzac Commemoration
Suurrounding the War Memorial, on Sunday were representatives of every section of the community for the Anzac Service in honor of those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gosfords Commemoration Spirit of Anzac Lives Again
On Tuesday 24 years fell away from the shoulders of Gosford returned soldiers . . . Father Time had whitened many a head and furrowed the Diggers'cheeks . ..But rejuvenated, heroes of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"All Quiet" Again with War Clouds Ever Present, "All Quiet on the Western Front" Returns to Valencia
If Hitler and Mussolini would pause in their mad race for more territory and see the filming of "All Quiet on the Western Front,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowling Green Opened in Pagantry and Sunshine "Inculcate Brotherhood of Bowls to Nations and there would be no War"
Brilliantly spectacular, but with, an aplomb fitting the dignity of bowlers, the Gosford Bowling Club's green was opened on Saturday afternoon by Mr. Percy W. Pidgeon, President of the New South Wales Bowling Association. The President cut the ribbon giving entry to the green, and after Mrs. Dwyer, wife of Dr. S. K. Dwyer, the Club's President, had. sent up the first "Jack,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Surfers Now Soldiers
Two prominent members of the Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club, Roy Davey, of Terrigal, and Arthur Curran, of Gosford, have been accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Ban Returned Soldiers Will Discuss Boycotting Japanese Goods Until Anti-British Policy Terminates
Among the motions to be discussed by the annual conference of the R.S.S.I.L.A., in Sydney on September 20, will be a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"War" on Straying Stock Council Decides on Prosecutions
Gosford Municipal Council is to declare "war" on one of its greatest enemies — straying stock. Since the inauguration of the Council straying stock have proved a "headache" for Councillors, as stock seem to roam the highways after the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News
In brief, all the latest developments in the war at 10 a.m. this morning were:— The first decisive battle in…
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Latest war news gleaned this morning:—Polish authorities are becoming more optimistic with reports that…
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Latest war news, gleaned at 10 a.m. to-day, is:— Lord Stanhope told the House of Lords that the Germans were…
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