Wilcannia Soldiers
Pte. Bob Mckay was on leave having returned from enlistment [?] Pte. Bob Scarce and wife and family spent Christmas in Wilcannia…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
1,473 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 74
Enlistments
Local lads who have made application for enlistment this week [?] Max Sulton and Jack Mitchell (Air Force), and Laurie Kennedy (A.I.F.), the former two passing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Menzies And War
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Broadcasting last night Mr. Menzies, M.H.R. said that Australia would almost certainly suffer physical attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Expenditure Soars
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Acceleration in war production is revealed in Treasury figures released. War expenditure from loan funds for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan's War Plan Revealed
WASHINGTON, January 12.—A sensational vital and secret Japanese document entitled "The threepower alliance and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal to Stay on the Job Mr. Crofts On War Effort SYDNEY
AN appeal to "every member of every union to stay on the job and put forward his best possible effort in equipping Australia for the…
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WASHINGTON, January 13.—The North American Newspaper Alliance says that a file of secret Japanese documents. entitled "The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pan-american Meeting War Declaration Unlikely (Special to "The Miner.") New York January 13
THE Rio de Janeiro correspondent of the "Herald Tribune" says that the United States will not ask for a joint declaration of war against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Snowball Fights in Jerusalem (From Kenneth Slessor, Official War Correspondent with the A.I.F. in the Middle East)
CAIRO, January 13.—Australian soldiers and Palestine's small boys are snowballing each other in the streets of Jerusalem. For the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Remains of Soldiers Not to Be Brought Home
MELBOURNE.—The War Cabinet decided against the conveyance to Australia of the remains of members of the fighting forces who are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Prisoner Joins Cricket Club
MELBOURNE, Friday. — Mr. V. Ransford, secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, has received a novel application for country membership…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worth of Wool Proved in War
The value of wool was never more emphatically appreciated of proved than now. The war has called up many vital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opportunity Shop Normal Plan in War Effort
A novel idea will be introduced by the Mayoress, Mrs. E. C. Young, in her plans for the raising of funds by ladles of the town for the Patriotic League…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Activities In And Around Wilcannia the War Latest Developments
Latest developments in the world war indicate serious Japanese advances since last week-end. The fate of the Philippmes is in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enlistments in Wilcannia
Enlistments of men since last week. who were passed as being fit by Dr. Bonar were. Jack [?]cott and Angus Inkermann. Another enlistment which has not been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ruthlessness Is Policy Order To German Soldiers
LONDON, January 15.—Proor that German troops have been instructed to pursue a policy of ruthlessness toward Russian prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Soldier's Escape From Nazis
SYDNEY, Friday.—British Soldiers in a prison camp in Greece die every day from lack of nourishment and medical attention, says an Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner of War Group Raises £18
An amount of £18/6/- has been collected and despatched to the general fund by the Broken Hill No. 1 Prisoner-of-War Group…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier's Relatives Sought
The postmaster is anxious to communicate with relatives of Sergeant K. E. R. Franklin, whose identification number is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Push Ahead Attempting to Isolate N.E.I. From Australia (Weekly War Commentary issued by the Commonwealth Department of Information) MELBOURNE
THE Japanese continue to push ahead on both claws of their great pincer movement. In Malaya they have advanced over 70 miles from the lower Perak region to Sereban, thus driving through the whole State of…
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