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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1941

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"Anzac" Hat Hoisted Over Tobruk Australians' Brilliant Part In Victory

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Australians hoisted an "Anzac" hat at a mast head in the centre of Tobruk, amid cheers when they hauled down the Italian flag after the 26 hours' operation resulting in the capture of Tobruk…

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Thailand's War Japan To Mediate

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): It is officially announced in Vichy that France has accepted Japan's offer to mediate in the…

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Bardia Falls! Graphic War Film At Empire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 8

The Department of Information's official A.I.F. Photographic Unit has secured for the world another scoop in…

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With Both Sides As Lindbergh Sees War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 5

WASHINGTON Thursday (A.A.P.): "I would prefer to see neither side win the war. It would be better for us if the…

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BREADALBANE Departure Of Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

BREADALBANE: Residents of Breadalbane, Cullerin and Gurrundah, with a sprinkling from Goulburn and other centres, filled the local hall to…

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Hitch-Hiking Soldier’s Mother Complains No Lift for Son on Sick Leave

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 2

In last Monday’s issue, “Contact,” in his R.A.A.F. Notes, wrote:— “No worthwhile motorist is going to pass a man in uniform…

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MURRUMBATEMAN Presentations to Soldiers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 4

A represntative gathering as[?] at the Murrumbateman Hall on Friday night. December 27, when the local sub-branch of the Yass and…

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Fine Effort Taralga's War Workers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

TARALGA: Splendid voluntary Work by town and district ladies contributed largely to the success of the Stock Drive held last week…

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Returned Men War Service Homes

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday: A plan to Provide war service homes for members of the Australian forces by extending the existing organisation is…

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Italian Losses War In Albania

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.) The intensity of local struggles on the Albanian frontier is reflected in a statement by the Greek…

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Lord Halifax Survey Of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.) We always regarded the British Isles as the decisive theatre of war, but it is…

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Jump From Train Soldiers Elude Guards

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 2

Passengers on the Melbourne Express received a shock this morning when two soldiers returning to Sydney under escort…

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Two Wounded Port Kembla Attack

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday: Mrs. Dulcie Ferguson, a waitress at the Commercial Hotel; Port Kembla, was attacked by a man…

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War Effort Fadden Warns Minorities

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, said yesterday that an examination of the names of…

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Pony Sale to Aid War Funds

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

During the closing stages of the Southern Districts Trotting Club's meeting at the Goulburn Racecourse on Monday afternoon a small pony…

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"Few Drinks" Soldier's Lapse

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 4

"A few drinks" was the only explanation a member of the A.I.F. could offer this morning for having boarded a…

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Soldiering De Luxe -- 1940 Style Aboard Troopship with the A.l.f. Artie Armstrong Writes to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 3

Writing to the Editor of this paper from Egypt under date December 1st, Pte. Arthur Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Armstrong, of Crookwell, tells of his voyage to the East aboard an Australian troopship…

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New Zealand Huge War Bill

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday: New Zealand's war expenditure In the last mine months was £15,380,000 from revenue and…

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£160,000 Goulburn War Effort

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

While another periodic decline in the rate of patriotic contributions has been apparent for some weeks past, Goulburn's financial…

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War Savings Campaign Even Greater Effort Needed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 5

To stimulate still further the interest in Australia’s war savings campaign a Commonwealth-wide publicity drive will soon be launched…

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