Comforts for Soldiers
The local branch of the Patriotic and War Fund has been able to forward twenty eight parcels to local men serving abroad. Comforts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
327 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 17
Soldiers' Hobbies Instruction Class at Wollongong
The soldiers in this district are being encouraged to develop' hobbies suitable for introduction into their camp life, so as to break down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War on Children
Colin Richardson, Sonia Bech and Derek Bech, three children saved from a British liner torpedoed in the Atlantic. In all 83 children, bound for safety of Canada, and 211 other people perished in this German U-boat outrage. Derek twice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' Badges
While members of the A.I.F. returned from this war, who remain in the Military Forces and in uniform, are not permitted to wear the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Radio in the War
Since the start of the war Britain has made remarkable progress in applying radio to war purposes. Radio-location is, of course, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australia at War Our Place and Responsibilities
The Australian Government representative in London (Sir Earl Page), in an address to the Royal Empire Society urging the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Red Cross Returned Soldier's Praise
Sapper N. M. Crichton recently returned invalided from Tobruk, is full of praise for the services he received from the Red Cross in the Middle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Watchnight Service In Church of Nativity Woonona Soldier's Experience
Gunner Arthur Rees, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Rees, senr., of Main-road Woonona, in a letter written from the Middle East to his parents, gives an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Annual Report Returned Soldiers' League Kiama Branch
The following report was presented by the honorary secretary (Mr. W. G. Dawes) at the annual meeting of the Kiama branch of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Monthly Meeting Returned Soldiers' League Kiama Branch
The monthly meeting of the Kiama branch of the Returned Soldiers League was held in the School of Arts on Thursday night last,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers of Norway Are Ready
Norwegian soldiers, undergoing intensive training in modern warfare in Scotland, are working for the day when they will drive the German invader from their country. Soldiers of Norway are seen here en route to a training ground in the hills of Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed in Action Pte. Pat Curran
Private Pat Curran, a very popular resident' of Corrimal, was killed' in action in Malaya on January' 23rd. Prior to enlisting in the A.I.P. he was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Letters
Corporal W. A. Brown, writing from overseas to a Wollongong friend, states the great pleasure which it gives him to receive "The Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Appeal Reading Matter for Soldier Boys
The appeal conducted by this journal for reading matter for the soldiers on behalf of Rev. Gordon Mottram (formerly of West…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Welcome Home To Albion Park Soldier
The welcome home to Pte. Prank Brownlee, on Monday night, will long be remembered. The Albion Park railway and its vicinity was thronged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Capt. Lloyd Hughes Killed in Action
Advice was received yesterday that Captain Lloyd Hughes had been killed in action on Monday in the Far East. Born in England, he joined the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Capt, Lloyd Hughes Killed in action
The sad newt was announced yesterday that Capt. Lloyd Hughes, of the 19th Batt, had been killed in action at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Casualties
In the casualty list from abroad, appearing in the metropolitan press to-day, appears the names of Pte. D. McKinnon, Woonona, wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To War Loan
The £2,500 granted by the Queensland Insurance Co. Ltd. (Wollongong branch) to the Wollongong committee of the Liberty War Loan…
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