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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 28 of 65

DALTON Soldier’s Appreciation

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

The following is an extract from a letter written by Pte. W. G. Pye, in the Middle East, to Mr. P. R. Thorn, Dalton:—…

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Lew Ayres and War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday: Lew Ayres, the film actor, declares that he is still opposed to war, but service with the Medical Corps is not against his…

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War Damage Registration Of Property

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 1

Property owners are reminded that forms regarding the war damage insurance of fixed property must be returned to the…

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Wounded in Action Pilot Officer Sismey

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 2

recent Air Force casualties include Pilot Officer Stan Sismey, well-known in Goulburn, who has been reported seriously wounded as the result of enemy…

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Nurseries in War Factories

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

women on war work in Britain can now take their children with them, leave them in a factory nursery and pick them up when they go home for the day…

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Hell on Earth at Kharkov Heaviest Fire In War From Russians

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: German reports which yesterday represented that the Russian onslaught was already halted or the impetus was ebbing, to-day announce that very heavy fighting continues unabatedly, particularly in the Volshansk sector,…

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Soldier Bankers Protest

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 6

At a largely attended meeting of the Bank of New South Wales Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen's Imperial…

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Soldier's Return

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

Driver Cecil Leeson, A.A.S.C., who recently returned to Australia after service In the Middle East and Syria with the A.I.F., Is now spending a few days…

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Prisoners of War Effort Younger Set Patriotic and War Auxiliary

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

The first organised effort of the recently formed Younger Set Patriotic and War Auxiliary will be held is the Memorial Hall, Yass on…

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Air War in North Limited to Raids

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 3

Somewhere in Australia: Following the hill on Tuesday, the air war in the north flared up again yesterday. Three raids were made two by the…

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Passing of Old War Veteran Frederick John Worner

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

The death took place in the Randwick Hospital, of a well-known identity of this district and an old war veteran in the person of Mr…

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Sunday Concert in Aid of Prisoners of War Fund

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

The Mechanics' Institute, at Harden was filled to overflowing with patrons on Sunday afternoon last, when a very high-class…

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SISTER K. PARKER Prisoner of War But “Greatest Thrill of Her Life”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

Sister K. Parker, of Sydney, who is a prisoner of war in Rabaul is still on duty in the hospital there, she says in a…

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Policemen Cannot Enlist

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. McKell) has repeated an earlier intimation to the effect that members of the Police Force cannot enlist. Everything…

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Soldier's Death "Accidental" Says Coroner

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Camden Corner, Mr. H. S. Kelloway, found yesterday that Private Gordon Spence Evans had been killed accidentally…

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War Pledge

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: In a joint Pastoral Letter from the Australian Roman Catholic Hierarchy. issued yesterday, an appeal was made to…

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War Damage Rates

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 5

Cowra's contention that the uniform war damage rate of insurance is inequitable and should be replaced by differential rates for country…

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Ford, and War Activities

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 6

When world War II began, autocratic, headstrong pacifist Henry Ford looked the least helpful of U. S. citizens. He…

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Loans and War Savings Certificates

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 2

Last night, Mr. G. Storey, representing the Commonwealth Loan and war Savings Certificate Campaign, addressed the Goulburn…

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War Work Local Bodies' Big Task

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 1

The extent to which local governing bodies are being used as agencies for the implementation of many orders and directions in connection with the…

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