Turkey on a War Footing Many Men Mobilised (A.A.P. Service) ISTANBUL, Jan. 5
A bill which provides that all Turkish conscripts at present serving their normal period of 18 months’ military training shall remain in the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
4,000 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 200
Plan to Beat Raiders U.S. War Supplies For Britain (A.A.P. Service) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5
A plan by which neutral Iceland will become a trans-shipment base for United States war supplies to Britain is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault on Constable Soldiers Charged NEWCASTLE
Arising out of an alleged attack on a police constable, three soldiers appeared in the dock at Newcastle Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Arrested and Charged Alleged Attack in Home
Neighbours who heard screams rushed to the house of Mrs Nora Langton, a middle-aged woman, in Gordon Road, Chipping Norton, near…
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At each turn of the hands of the clock, the position as it confronts Italy grows more serious. Her African Empire is slowly but surely…
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In the construction of the £3,000,000 naval graving dock in Sydney Harbour, Australian materials will be used by Australian worken…
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The caterpillar-wheeled mechanical vehicles used by Britain are an fast movement. Department Information Photo…
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"Australia's sons have once more played their part, and certainly not, in vain," Mr. Menzies said. "These victories in Libya may well be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany's War-time Menu Dogs, Cats, and Foxes
Mr. William Bayles, a journalist who has returned to the United States after seven years in Germany, says that Germany's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Over England. People Looking Forward To Victory
Mr. L. S. Brook, of Muswellbrook, has received a letter from his brother, Mr. E. F. Brook, of Brighton (Eng.), telling of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Curtin to Miss War , Council Meeting Melbourne
The leader of the Opposition, Mi. Curtin, will not attend the first -1941 meeting of the Advisory War Council on Wednesday He was ill before he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Close to Declaration of War" Is Italian View of Speech. London, Monday (A.A.P.)
Balkan countries and Italy express the opinion that Mr. Roosevelt's speech was close to a declaration of war. Informed quarters in Budapest state that the United States is one step closer to war. Diplomatic circles in Bucharest opine that the speech is so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leaders: Heartening Signs Free Speech Post War Tackling Problem In England?(British Official Wireless.)LONDON, Jan.6
A Ministry Is to be formed formed for the study of the reconstruction of Post war problems [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Entertained. Christmas Eve Party
Lance-Corporal Budden, Gunner K. Weekes, Privates P. V. Bridge, McTaggart, S. K. Musgrove, J. Hall, B. Moylan, C. W. Frame…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drive for Returned Soldiers Reserve Battalion Personnel
A campaign to secure men for the 8th Garrison Battalion which is being formed for defence work within the Newcastle fortress area was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bus Proprietor Assaulted By Soldier Hit on Head
Alleged to have .assaulted a bus proprietor after having been asked for his fare, a member of the A.I.F. from Rutherford camp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRANXTON Returned Soldiers League Annual Meeting Branxton
At the annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers’ League, Mr. F. G. MacMullen was re-elected president,, and Mr. B. Cotton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Darwin Back to Normal Soldiers Recovered, DARWIN
Army officials state that all .soldiers who had contracted meningitis at Darwin had recovered.. No soldier was fatally afflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“Captive“ Soldiers Take Italian Ship (A.A.P. Service) LONDON, Jan. 6
Nine British soldiers, who were being held prisoner on 100-ton Italian motor schooner turned the tables…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier’s Death Jumped From Train From Escape From Custody Newcastle
On December 12, 1940, William James Roman (13), died in Newcastle Hospital from injuries when he injured from a train…
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