Soldier Welfare
The first meeting to form local branches of the Erina Shire Soldiers and Trainees' Welfare Committee will be held at the Central Packing…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
100 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
Soldiers' Welfare Meeting at Matcham
A meeting of Matcham, Holgate, and Oak Road residents is called, for February 28, in the Matcham Hall, to form a local committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sons of Anzac Coming To Gosford On Mar 6
With the true spirit of their Anzac fathers, a happy crowd of young Australians and New Zealanders under the title of Sons of Anzacs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France's Vast War Effort Cheerful Acceptance
While the British Navy rules the waves, the French Army, entrenched in its millions behind the Maginot Line, makes the Allies' position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrigal Red Cross's Fine Work £50 and 230 Comforts for Soldiers
Since the Terrigal Red Cross branch commenced its activities on September 28, 1939, the sum of £50 and about 230 hand-made comforts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Generation of Returned Diggers Future Aims Of the Returned Soldiers' League
On the subject of the future policy of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, Mr. Ron Evans, newly elected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SOMERSBY C.W.A. Socks For Soldiers
The Somersby branch of the C.W.A. held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 5, with Mrs. J. B. Elwin presiding…
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Mrs. A. Colin Morris, assisted by Mrs. Doutreband and Mrs. Moody, have so far knitted 36 pairs of socks for Militiamen of B Company…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.i.f. Despatches Nurses Share the Soldiers' Lot Jerusalem, Feb. 24
The sixty Australian nurses at present in Palestine are living under almost identical conditions as the men, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"A Job for Everyone" Money for War Funds
Throughout Australia there is likely to be a ready response to the War Savings Certificates campaign, which has been launched by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£400 Raised for War Comforts Fund Ladies' Militia Welfare Association
The annual meeting of the Gosford Ladies' Militia Welfare Association was held in the Drill Hall last week. Madame Adcock, president,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →H.H.A.S. Perth Steams To Port Out Of Silence 52,000 Mile War Cruise
To a Harbor setting that the crew must have dreamed about during their long war service, H.M.A.S. Perth has arrived at Sydney to join…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' Meeting New Members Welcomed
Three new members of the Gosford Sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. were welcomed to Friday night's meeting of the League…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ourimbah News Anzac Day
Arrangements have been finalised by the Lisarow-Ourimbah branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. for the Anzac Service to be held at Ourimbah on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Service Details Of Arrangements
Thursday, April 25, is Anzac Day. Gosford will celebrate the occasion with a street march down Mann St., to the Memorial Park. The troops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Band at the Entrance Anzac Day Service
The Gosford District Brass Band visited The Entrance on Sunday for Anzac Day services. Amongst the players were some of the junior band…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wyong Patriotic Fund Money To Go To Returned Soldiers
£ 763/18/4 in trust at the Commonwealth Bank, Wyong, is to be handed over to the Wyong Subbranch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rutherford Camp Life In The Army And A Welcome Home
One hundred members of B Coy., 18th Battalion, marched out of Rutherford Camp on Friday, after three months' continuous military…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Day Gosford Remembers Its Heroic Dead
Yesterday's solemn service of remembrance at the Cenotaph—the first wartime service after 21 years of peace—brought to those who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Narara Meeting Soldiers' Welfare Committee
Cr. F. D. Burns addressed a representative meeting at Narara Hall on Wed night (April 17) when consideration was given to the formation…
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