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

The wars & local soldiers, 1942

1,299 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 27 of 65

Soldier Killed Brownout Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 2

Oliver Henry Ivers, 25. who was in camp near Bathurst, was killed instantly in a truck accident. He and 11 other soldiers were in a truck…

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A Soldier's Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The body of Oliver Victor Tuckwell, 36, a married soldier attached to a hospital train. was found between the rails at…

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Welcome Home

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

A most enjoyable and pleasant function was held at Mr. Bill Whiticker's Exchange Hotel, on Monday evening, which took the…

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Younger Set Auxiliary War and Patriotic Fund

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

A well attended meeting on Monday night resulted in the formation of the Yass Younger Set Patriotic and War Auxiliary…

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Battle of the Coral Sea Comment At Pacific War Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The delegates to to-day's Pacific War Council meeting unanimously, but cautiously, regarded the Coral Sea…

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Yass and District Patriotic and War Fund Appeal Reaches £600

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 2

The special appeal launched by the Patriotic and War Fund to raise funds to enable it to carry out its many activities has…

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Railway Tragedy. Soldier Killed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 4

Pte. James Wilson, a member of Hay Garrison, was killed under tragic circumstances when he was run down by the day…

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BOWSING Presentations to Soldiers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

Gunner A. W. Ryan, of the A.I.F., spent week-end leave with his parents at “Grace Flat,” and the Bowning sub-branch of the Yass District…

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Banks And The War

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 1

At a largely attended meeting of the Bank of New South Wales Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A., the…

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Wool Survey War-Time Clips

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 6

Three war-time wool clips, worth a p p r o x i m a t e l y £ 186,000.000 have been grown Australia…

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"SHACKLED" Sir Keith Murdoch On War News

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Sir Keith Murdoch, referring to a war correspondent's statement that an article by him on the Coral Sea battle had…

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Australia at War Joining the Garden Army

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 1

Australia's unofficial army is growing fast. It isn't only the back yard, but the front garden, too, which has become…

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Boorowa & District War and Patriotic Fund. Monthly Meeting

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the War and Patriotic Fund was held at the Municipal Council Chambers on Monday night last. The President…

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Soldier Acquitted

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 5

Maurice Saunders, 19, soldier, was acquitted in the Quarters Sessions yesterday of a charge of having stolen a wireless set on March 13. He was…

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DALTON Welcome Home

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 2

Private James Hutchinson, who was on leave after his return from service abroad, was welcomed home at a social evening held in the Dalton Hall on Last…

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The Next War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: The Lord Privy Seal. Sir Stafford Cripps, in the course of an address, said that in the last few weeks a new spirit of optimism…

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Legacy Club [?]War Orphans[?] Appeal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 4

The members of the Legacy Club of Sydney, themselves all ex-servicemen, determined many years ago that children who lost their fathers in the…

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War Prisoners Inquiries of Japan

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) disclosed in the House of Representatives that an inquiry was proceeding to secure information from Japan of…

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Local and General Rye Park War Workers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 2

A donation of £3/5/0 towards Junior Red Cross care of delicate children whose fathers have given war service and whose family…

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Gunning Welcome to Soldiers Back From Middle East

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 4

Three soldiers, Privates D. Farmer, T. Ford and T. Hutchinson were given a welcome home at Gunning on Monday night…

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