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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

327 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 17

Prisoners of War Not Idle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

German and Italian prisoners of war in internment camps in Australia were not kept in idleness, said the Deputy Prime Minister, and…

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Nth. Illawarra Patriotic & War Fund

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

The Committee of the above met at Council Chambers, Fairy Meadow on Thursday last the 6th instant. The Mayor, Mr. T. B. McMahon, occupied…

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Brief Mention Prisoners of War Not Idle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 8

German and Italian prisoners of war in internment camps in Australia were not kept in idleness, said the Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister…

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Lord Mayor's Patriotic War Fund. North Illawarra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

The Committee of the above met at Council Chambers, Fairy Meadow on 6th inst. The Mayor Mr. T. B. McMahon occupied the chair…

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Overseas News Women's Bootees Are Helping Britain to Pay for the War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Despite the war, British craftsmen are upholding a tradition which runs back to the days of King Alfred, who not only launched the British Navy…

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Boats for Soldiers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Among their multifarious activities, Dunlop are engaging in the business of boat building, too. The main illustration…

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Another Appeal Reading Matter for Soldier Boys

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 11

The appeal conducted by this journal for reading matter for the soldiers on behalf of Rev. Gordon Mottram (formerly of West…

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Welcome Home Pte. Frank Brownlee Function at Albion Park

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

Pte. Frank Brownlee, who has been on service with the A.I.F. in the Middle East and was wounded .in the campaign in…

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V.D.C. Training Plans Full Enlistment Optional

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 4

Liability to full-time service was not entailed in enlistment in the Volunteer Defence Corps, the Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, said…

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Liberty War Loan

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 1

Kaniva (Victoria and Cooma (southern New South Wales) have become rivals in a most interesting contest. Cooma, which has a…

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Liberty War Loan £35 Million

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 7

Following is a message from the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin): The brutal fact has now been brought home to Australians that it is not…

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Women War Welders Are Helped By New Process In British War Factory

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 9

Managers, of Britain's war factories are discovering that the women now coming into their works from shops, offices, the professions and private life…

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The Impact of War On Denmark's Dairy and Poultry Industries

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 10

The following interesting data, some of which has been abstracted [?] an authoritative article in the October 1941 issue of "Foreign Crops…

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War Swallowed the Tourists So Isle of Man Women Have Taken to Glove Making

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Women boarding house proprietors and employees in Man, the self-governing British island in the Irish Sea, which has lost its lucrative…

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Overseas News Shipping 142 Locomotives and 1,000 War Supply Waggons From Britain for Russia

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Shipments of vital war supplies to Russia are being speeded up by railway and road transport equipment sent to Iran from Britain. Since the…

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Washing Up in War Time Mr. and Mrs. Britain Have to Be Careful in Their Scullery

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

British housewives are economising by buying as good pottery as their war-time incomes will allow. The war is teaching them to be…

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Soldierr's Impressions

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

In view of what has been so vividly in the public eye in the past few days, observations made by Pte. Frank Brownlee immediately after his return…

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Wollongong Patriot[?] and War Fund

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 14

Those present at the last meeting of this committee were Ald. P. C Pryor, Messrs Hart, A. Lee, an[?] Wells, and Mesdames Tudor, Lulha[?]…

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Wollongong Patriotic and War Fund

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Executive Committee of the Wollongong Patriotic and War Fund held in the Mayor's Room, Town Hall, Wollongong, there…

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War Loan Good Response at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 7

Mr. F. C. Davies, secretary of the Wollongong War Loan Committee, informed us this morning that Wollongong War Loan…

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