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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1942

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Communal Spirit to Release Soldiers Manpower Suggestion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 4

DURING the last war "working [?]ees" to plough and plant the fields and to harvest the crops of the wife or widow of a…

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Windsor Patriotic and War Fund Annual Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 2

The Annual Meeting of the above Fund will be held at the Council Chambers, Windsor, on Tuesday, 28th July, 1942, at 8 p.m. The Public are…

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Farm Labor War, Agricultural Committees Minister's Announcement

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 4

WAR Agricultural Committees are to be set up immediately by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) in…

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Acquitted Charge by Police Soldiers Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 3

REMARKING that he knew soldiers at times conspired to "lie and help each other" in court proceedings, but in this case he…

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Salvage Rubber a Weapon of War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 3

I earnestly urge all those good folk in the Windsor district who, through the courtesy of the "Gazette," do me the honor of reading my country…

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Fine Work Schofields-riverstone War Savings Group

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 3

THAT a total of £1,056 had been subscribed by members of the Schofields and Riverstone War Savings Certificates Group…

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Musical Feast Soldiers' Concert

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 4

Soldiers from a nearby training camp proved themselves to be musicians of the highest order when they staged a grand concert at the Royal…

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Presentation to Popular Young Soldier Pleasant Windsor Function

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 6

IN accordance with its fixed custom (where have arrangements permit) when a Windsor resident enlists in the A.I.F., the…

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Presentation Three Windsor Soldiers Patriotic Fund Function

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 2

IN recognition of their having enlisted in the A.I.F., three further popular young Windsor men, Ptes. Ron Butler, Ron…

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Presentation to Young Windsor Men Enlisted for Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 1

FIVE further young Windsor men have received presentations of wallets and Honor Certificates in appreciation of their offering…

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Fine Start War Prisoners Scheme Windsor Supporting Seven

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 2

THAT Windsor was already supporting seven Austra1ian prisoners of war in enemy territory by regular contributions…

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New Body War Agricultural, Committee Appointed in District

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 1

CHIEFLY for the purpose of forming labour pools and taking all other possible steps to relieve the manpower shortage in…

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Record Effort War Prisoners Appeal Freeman's Reach Trium

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 2

WITH all due gratitude to those who assisted in its "P[?]oners of War" Appeal, the Freeman's Reach branch of the…

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Fine Result of Wilberforce Effort War Prisoners Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 5

YET another splendid result in connection with the Red Cross Society's "Prisoners of War" Appeal is to hand, being a total…

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War Insurance Instructions to Councils Dealing with Defaulters

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 6

THE War Damage Commission has issued instructions to councils to report immediately any cases where final notices to…

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Co-operation Refused To-district War Committee Shire Council's Strange Stand

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 1

THOUGH professing to be prepared individually to give personal assistance, three councillors outvoted two others at the Colo Shire Council meeting on Monday to refuse a request by the Windsor District War Agricultural Committee for…

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Good Effort Pitt Town J.r.c. Helping Soldiers Children

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 4

CHIDLREN of the J.R.C. Circle at Pitt Town Public School have raised a gift of £12/7/9 by means of running…

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Owners Lax War Damage Valuations Assessed by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 November 1942 · page 4

DUE to the laxity of some property owners in failing to forward their valuations in connection with compulsory war…

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War Insurance Defaulters

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

Apparently Windsor is not the only area where there are owners who have failed to forward their valuations for war damage insurance…

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Killed Pigs Soldier Put on Bond Windsor Sentence

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

HOW a number of soldiers going on leave slaughtered three pigs and took fresh pork home with them was related at…

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