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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

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Jack Tate's Enlistment Rejected

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

Owing to slight physical innrmity, Jack Tate failed to pass the rigid medical examination for enlistment in the 2nd A.I.F…

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B.H.P. COMPANY Military Enlistment

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 8

In Parliament, Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., asked the Acting Premier whether it is a fact that the Broken Hill Proprietary Company issued a circular to its…

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War Savings Certificates. Group Purchase System

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 5

The manager of the Commonwealth Bank, Kiama, (Mr. C. W. King) attended the Council meeting on Wednesday night and explained…

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War Savings Groups. Purchases by Employers

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 1

For the conduct of war savings groups, formed for the purchase of war savings certificates, standard rules have been prepared by the…

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Jamberoo's War Effort Saturday Next, May 18th

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 3

A reminder is given of Jamberoo's war effort, which eventuates on Saturday next, May 18th, and will take the form of a carnival and…

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The War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 9

Vital issues, not only for European centres but Australia, are being fought for in Belgium and France. The Germans are throwing vast…

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Great Britain's War Cost

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 10

If every man, woman and child in Australia contributed. £1 a day, the sum would, just about cover Great Britain's estimated total expenditure…

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War Notes France's Effort

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 10

In some ways France has gone much further than any other of the five Allied; Democracies in mobilising her full economic strength for the war…

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Road Safety Is War Effort

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 11

Development of the war to its present gigantic stage has coincided with a noticeable increase in the number of road accidents due to carelessness…

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War Loan Group Founded at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 9

Cr.R. Thompson presided at a public meeting in the Shire Chambers, Bulli, last night, to explain the War Loans, and form a committee to assist in the…

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War Savings Groups Purchases by Employers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 8

For the conduct of war savings groups, formed for the purchase of war savings certificates, standard rules have been prepared by the…

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What the War News Means London, April 1st the Struggle Ahead

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 8

The Allies do not let themselves be deceived by the comparatively bloodless course of the war into imagining that they will automatically and…

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Patriotic & War Fund. Kiama Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 4

A meeting of the Kiama Patriotic and War Fund was held on the Council Chambers on Wednesday night, the president (Ald. C. S. Boyd) in…

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War Savings Certificates. Group Purchase

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 4

A public meeting was held in the Kiama Council Chambers on Wednesday night to hear an address by Mr. C. W. King, manager of the…

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Jamberoo's War Effort. Carnival and Dance

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 1

Jamberoo's War Effort was held at the School of Arts on Saturday last, taking the form of a carnival and dance. The cold, dull, showery…

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Back from the War. 55 Years Ago

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 2

Now that the troops are going away to war, and everyone is anticipating the day of their return home, it is interesting to recall the scenes…

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Mothers of Soldiers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 10

The annual meeting of mothers of returned soldiers of the Great War was held id the Soldiers' Hall, Wollongong, on Monday…

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War Savings Certificates. First Group Formed

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1940 · page 1

Members of the Kiama Council, officers, and staff, have formed the first group here for the purchase of War Savings Certificates, and it is…

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Jamberoo War Effort

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 4

At a meeting held on Friday night last, a recruiting committee was formed, at the request of General Sturdee, G.O.C., Eastern Command…

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War Savings Certificates. Kiama Bowling Club to Form a Group

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 1

At the afternoon tea adjournment of the Kiama Bowling Club, Mr. J. V. Edwards, who is also Mayor of Jamberoo, introduced the question…

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