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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

1,587 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 80

Soldiers' Letters Drastic Censorship Rule. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Action to prevent military information being despatched by armed forces abroad to people in Australia, was taken under the…

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Wounded in Action Pte. O. J. Walker

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

Mr. E. Walker, of Carr's Peninsula, has received a telegram from the Minister for the Army, stating that his son, Pte. Oscar…

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INDIA Join War Cabinet And Council Invitation From Britain. New Delhi

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

It is officially announced that the British Government has invited the Government of India to arrange representation in the War…

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N.Z. Assurance Prosecution of War Until Victory Is Won Regardless of Fluctuations Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

An assurance that the people of New Zealand were unshaken in their determination to prosecute the war to the end…

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Again Shown Need for Air Cover Singapore Battle Dangers Facing Allies Weekly War Commentary Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

Few expected that the Japanese would so quickly force a passage of the Johore Straits, or having gone so rapidly…

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Not Affected Pritain's Morale Something Wrong with Direction of War "Churchill Must Listen to Advice." London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

The "Daily Mail," in a leader, said, "The Government can be assured the loss of Singapore has not affected Britain's…

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Federal Houses Meet Next Friday In Secret Session to Hear Review of War Grave Pacific Developments. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

An emergency sitting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament has been called for next Friday. Parliament will…

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War Conduct Lack of Supplies Dictates Our Strategy SIR E. Pages Address London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

"Our lack of supplies still dictates our strategy, instead of our strategy being based on purely military grounds and…

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A.I.F. OFFICER First V.C. In Malaya Served in Last War. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, of New South Wales, has been awarded the V.C. for gallantry…

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PTE. T. Pearce Killed in Action in Malaya. Rappville

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 2

There has appeared in the casualty lists the name of Pte. T. Pearce, of Rappville, one of the most popular young men of the…

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DEVELOPMENT War and Post War Regional Committee Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

A meeting of the Central North Coast Regional Committee of the North-East Development League was held at Urunga last week…

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Modern God of War

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 3

Baku the greatest Russian oilfield of all, is of course Hitler's greatest objective. This great city stretching along a long bay of the Caspian Sea…

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War—and After Our Factories' Obligations

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 1

Greater demands, consequent upon the situation in the East, will now be made upon our secondary industries. Increased output of existing…

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Indonesian Soldiers' Courage

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 3

Official reports from the N.E.I. already show that in preliminary fighting in the outer provinces Indonesian troops are fully equal to the demands…

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War Review Sombre Picture Painted By P.M. Churchill Says Japs Temporarily Triumphant Says Russia and the United States Will Eventually Make Victory Possible "Strain Every Nerve to Aid N,z. and Aus." London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 3

Singapore has fallen. This announcement was made in a broadcast to-night ty the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, in which he painted a sombre picture of the Allied position in the Pacific. Mr. Churchill admitted that to-night the Japanese were…

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Tweed Soldier Wounded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 2

Casualty lists issued to-day included:— Abroad: Wounded in action. Pte. J. H. Lansdowne. Infantry…

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Next Year Allies Take Offensive War May Last Six Years. Ottawa

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Gardiner, declared to-day that the services of every available man of military age in the…

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For Russia Big, Free Loan U.S.A. War Supplies Are Behind Schedule New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 3

"New York Times" Washington correspondent reports that President Roosevelt informed Stalin in a recent…

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Casualty Grafton Soldier Wounded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 4

To-day's casualty list included wounded in action. Pte. C. J. Walker, infantry, Grafton…

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On War Footing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 4

As all "Daily Examiner" readers are aware, compulsory restriction of the consumption of newsprint was enforced by…

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