War Prisoners Work For English Honours Degrees
British prisoners of war in Germany are working for honours degrees at London University. In all, 1,832 of our men there are now…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
1,299 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 65
War Service Appeal Tribunals To Be Set Up
CANBERRA, Monday: Applications for release from military duty on the ground of hardship, which now are considered by the military…
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The R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. will hold its monthly meeting at the Memorial Hall on Saturday night next, at 8 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Draja, Serbian Terror British Soldiers Fighting In Yugo-Slavia
One of the most extraordinary developments in the war is now taking place in Yugo-Slavia. There in spite of the ferocity of the German invaders and their Italian and Hungarian satellites, an heroic remnant of the Yugo-Slavia Army is waging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singapore Confident Withdrawal Of Armies From Mainland Was Expected By Public Feeling of Relief Is Manifest Australian Soldiers Face Japanese Across Straits Of Johore
SINGAPORE, Sunday: The Japanese advance to the Straits of Johore has not shaken the confidence of the man in the street. The public fully expected the withdrawal from the peninsula. There are no signs of panic, but a grim determination. There is even relief that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Charges Youthful Soldiers
There was some excitement at the Goulburn railway station on Sunday morning, culminating in the arrest of three young soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded by Pea Rifle
NEWCASTLE. Tuesday: Roy Wiggins 24, of Hamilton South, the son of the former Mayor, was wounded in the chest by a pea-rifle bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →V.D.C. Must Enlist Full Status As Soldiers
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Under new regulations issued, all members of the Volunteer Defence Corps are required to enlist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World After the War a Cheerful Prophet
Mr. Oscar R. Hobson, city editor of the News Chronicle, combats the suggestion of economic disaster at the end of the war. He writes:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bail Forfeited Young Soldier In Hurry
A soldier named James Alfred Douglas (20) did not appear when called on in the Goulburn Police Court yesterday to answer a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cullerin Soldier Killed In Malayan Action
Corporal William Moore, formerly of Cullerin, died of wounds received in action in Malaya this month. He had been Attached to the Provost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prisoner of War
Included in the latest casualty list Issued by the military authorities is the name of Private G. E. Lamb, of Goulburn, who is among those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total of £366155 for Prisons of War Success Of District Appeal
Final figures in connection with the district wide appeal on behalf of the Australian Prisoners of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strategy in North Singapore and Its Value Outpost On Allied Line Capture Will Add Two Years to War
LONDON, Tuesday: "The capture of Singapore might well prolong the Pacific war for two years," says the London Times correspondent in Singapore. The correspondent deprecates the tendency in Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Comforts Laggan Auxiliary Busy New President Elected
The annual meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Laggan Sub-branch of the Lord Mayor's Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Club Room Now Free of Debt Successful Year Closes
The President (Mr. S. H. Lund) in his report to the annual meeting of the Crookwell Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Would Hinder Italian War Effort Bombs on Vesuvius
It has been suggested that a heavy bomb should be dropped into the crater of Vesuvius with the object of throwing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strategy of War Germans Not The Masters Now
LONDON, Wednesday: Reports from Moscow, reveal that the retreating Germans have reached fortifications in many sectors and are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poet’s Prophecy Grim Warning of War And Drought
Henry Lawson, Australian poet, was in prophetic mood when he wrote “The Storm That Is To Come” about 40 years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mercian Soldier of To-day 'Cat Beer' And 'Kernel Rations'
Extracts from an article in "New York Times Magazine," 231141, describing the first of the civilians inducted into the U.S…
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