Aberdeen Soldier's Thrilling Experience Pte. Huggins's Escape From Prisoners' Camp on Crete Wanders Six Months Before Rejoins Unit in Rags : No Shave or Haircut "Only Good German is Dead German."
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 2
Pte. W. H. Huggins, of Aberdeen, in a letter to his wife from abroad under date 7th December, gives a thrilling account of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome to Denman Soldiers
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 5
DENMAN Tuesday.—A welcome home to Pte. Alan Betteridge, held in the Martindale Hall, was well attended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gloucester Soldier Missing
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 5
GLOUCESTER Tuesday.—Mrs. N. Bagley received word from the military authorities on Saturday afternoon, that her husband…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Committed to Stand Trial Soldier On Assault Charge
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 2
A charge of having, at Grats on january 22, assaulted Florence Rylatt, occastoning her [?] bodily harm, was preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Action in Malaya
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4
NEWCASTLE Wednesday.— News has been received that Captain Harry Hingst, 26 has been reported killed in action in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Risk Insurance
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4
WASHINGTON Feb. 3.—The United States Maritime Commission has announced a plan to stabilise war-risk insurance rates…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4
Strapping "lumberjacks" accustomed to working in the giant pinetrees of Canada, are now helping Britain's war effort by felling timber in Scotland. They have come to the Motherland as the Canadian Forestry Corps, part of the Canadian Army, and here…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Training for War Services
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2
SYDNEY Wed—Women in the home have responded excellently to the emergency course sponsored, by the Y.W.C.A., so much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Food for War Prisoners in Japan
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 5
NEW YORK Feb. 3.—The Red Cross has announced that as soon as arrangements are completed it will send a shipload of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"War Time" in U.s.a
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4
WASHINGTON Feb. 2. — President Roosevelt--has requested that when clocks are advanced an hour in the U.S.A. on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Registration for War Work Men Before Women
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2
All male workers in Australia would be registered before any attempt was, made to register women for war work, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Full Picture Uf the War Situation Premiers Told
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3
CANBERRA Wednesday. — A full picture of the war situation and what Australia may shortly have to face to being- presented…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 1
SINGAPORE. Feb. 3. —The capture of Singapore might well prolong the Pacific war for two years, says the London “Times” correspondent in Singapore. The correspondent deprecales the tendency in Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Important Conference in Canberra Full Picture of War Situation Being Presented Canberra
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2
A full picture of the war situation and what Australia may shortly have to face is being presented by the chiefs of the fighting services and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' League at Muswellbrook
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 5
MUSWELLBROOK Wed.— At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook branch of the R.S.S. and A. League, advice was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enlisting In The R.A.A.F.
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 6
Rev. Reginald Kirby, minister at Collins-street Baptist Church, Melbourne, announced to his congregation that he had decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Brutally Assaulted in Sydney Alleged Victim of Three Soldiers Sydney
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2
Allegedly a victim of a brutal assault by three soldiers in William Street last night, William Coleman (44), of King's Cross, is in a critical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town and District Topics Addresses of Soldiers Required
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2
The Comforts Committee of the W.V.S. requires the full address of the following personnel of the fighting forces. With one exception…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Praise for Two N.S.W. Battalions Fighting At Mersing Singapore Feb, 1. (By the-Australian Official War Correspondent, Ian Fitcbett.)
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 1
Whilst the main Australian efforts in Johore took place by force of circumstances on the western sector, the performances…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Damage [?]Durance
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3
[?]CANBERRA Thursday.—Dells of the war payment scheme [?] announced to-flay. Payment for-damage will apply…
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