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

The wars & local soldiers, 1943

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Killed In Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 3

Official instruction from the Minister for the Army has been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Marnont, of Crolspie, that their elder son, Tont;…

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Welcome Home Goulburn Men From New Guinea

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 3

After taking part in the victories against the Japanese in New Guinea and gaining worldwide recognition for their…

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PATRIOTIC & War Fund Gymkhana Proposed Names of Soldiers in New Guinea

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Yass and District Patriotic and. War Fund was held in the Memorial Hall lecture room on Friday night. The…

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In Far East Prisoners of War British War Office Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 1

The majority of the United Kingdom and Australian prisoners of war taken by Japan are still in in Malay, Siam, and…

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U-boat War In The Atlantic

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: It has been officially announced that a big and important convoy has reached port after going through…

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End of War President As Prophet

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON. Sunday: President Roosevelt told a press conference that he hoped for a United Nations victory In 1944…

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Motor Cars After The War Demands

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 4

So few new motor cars have been sold in Australia since the start of the war that there must be well over a hundred thousand people in…

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Stockowners and the War Livestock Dispersal And W.D. Insurance

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

At the P. P. Board meeting on Wednesday a communication was received from the N.S.W. Stock Dispersal Committee summarising and explaining the…

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Soldier’s Letter in New Guine [?] Salvation Army[?] Comforts Fund How They Help [?]

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

In a letter to his parents, [?] and Mrs. R. T. Butt, “Will Farm,” writing from [?] [?] pte. Gordon Butt,…

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Benefit Scheme Soldiers’ Dependants Payment of Hospital Fees

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 1

At the meeting of the Patriotic and War Fund on Friday night the question 'of hospital treatment fees for soldiers’…

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Killed in Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 3

Driver Frank Flloyd Forster, formerly of Goulburn, was killed in action on Christmas Eve. Driver Forster was the younger son…

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"Mustangs " on the War-path

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 3

THE "MUSTANG," PAST, EIGHT-GUN, TIGHTER FOR CO-OPERATION WITH. THE BRITISH ARMY.--This fast, new U.S. built "Mustang" Fighter is used by the British R.A.F.'S new Command, Army Co-operation. It has been described by a British Army observer, as "A first-class aircraft--provided it's on your 'Side." The "Mustang" carries eight…

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India at War: Huge Expansion of Industry: War Orders £20,000,000 a Month

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 7

Something of India's amazing industrial expansion since the outbreak of war can be realised from figures just released…

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Killed in Action Pte. Carl L. Webster

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

Mrs. Selina M. Webster, of Caster Street, North Yass, received official notification from the Minister for the Army yesterday, accompanied…

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Wounded in Action Two Goulburn Men

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 3

Relatives in Goulburn have been advised that Privates Fred and Joe Walling was wounded in action in New Gulnea on New Year's Day…

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Prisoners of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: One hundred and twenty officers, including Lieut.-Col F. G. Galleghan were in the first list of prisoners released to-day…

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Nazis Admit Pressure Most Violent Battle Of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: The pace of the Russian advance through the Caucasus does not appear to have decreased, but…

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Pasture Plant Seed War Should Stimulate Local Production

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 3

“New South. Wales can produce excellent seed of lucerne, paspalum, couch and Sudan grass, phalaris tuberosa, perennial rye and clovers…

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Qualified Mechanic Young Woman Does War-time Job at Dalton “Service with a Smile” Is' Her Slogan

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 1

At Mr. V. R. Southwell’s garage at Dalton, Miss M. Friend does a war-time job as a qualified motor mechanic…

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Soldier Leaps From Express Eludes Military Police

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 4

An American soldier escaped from American military police while being escorted from Melbourne to Brisbane on Monday night by…

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