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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

327 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 17

Dogs of War Britain's Are Better Than Germany's

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

The first and only establishment of its kind in Great Britain, at an Army School near London, is now training dogs lent by their owners for service…

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Subscribe to the Liberty War Loan—do It Now!

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 7

The Albion Park Cricket Association has decided to abandon, its competition Last Saturday afternoon players dug slit trenches in the…

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"Might Effect Recovery" Long Travelling for Injured Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 7

Returning a finding of accidental death at the inquest on Gunner Gordon Robert Greentree (21), the City Coroner on Monday suggested that…

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C.U.S.A. Room For Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 9

On Friday afternoon last the Soldiers' Refreshment and Recration Room in Upper Crown-street, Wollongong, conducted by the…

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Wollongong Soldiers' Club Annual Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Wollongong Soldiers' Club, on Monday night, Mr. W. J. Wiseman intimated that acting on…

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Wollongong Soldiers Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 10

The annual meeting was held on Monday and those present expressed their regret at the decision of Mr. W. J. Wiseman that he was unable…

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War Loan

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 1

Towns exceeding a return of £4 per head of population for the £35,000,000 Liberty War Loan are to receive an honour pennant from the…

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Liberty War Loan Wollongong Subscriptions Mounting Up

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 7

The Federal Treasurer points out that the part that Australia can play in the war is limited only by her resources in men, plant and equipment…

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"Fighting Japs" at Work Australia's Total War Air Puts All in Frontline

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 6

Total war. The direction of everything to the one end. The utilisation of every unit of physical and economic power to achieve victory, supremacy…

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Soldier's Letter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 1

Mr. J. H. Quist has received a letter from his son Jim, who is a prisoner of war in Germany. He states:— Feeling very contented tonight…

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Annual Re-union Bulli-woonona Returned Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 8

The Bulli-Woonona Sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., held their first annual re-union in the Woonona School of Arts on Saturday night. There was a…

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Internment of All Aliens Advocated By Returned Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

That all aliens, naturalised or otherwise should he interned, was the opinion expressed at the conference of the South Coast and…

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Win War First

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

When the Jamberoo Council, at their meeting, on Thursday, received a Iengthy circular from the New South Wales Reconstruction…

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War Damage Commission Council's Part

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 3

The Department of Local Government is taking up on behalf of the War Damage Commission the formation of local…

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Combined Meeting at Gerringong War Loan and N.E.S.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 2

A combined meeting was held in the School of Arts, Gerringong, on Thursday night last, to hear an address on the new Liberty War Loan…

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Place Names to Be Omitted Letters to the Soldiers

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 4

In future, place names must be omitted from the postal address in correspondence to members of the field forces in…

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Internment of All Enemy Aliens Discussion by Conference Returned Soldiers Meet

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 2

The conference of the Returned Soldiers' League branches of the South Coast and Tablelands was held at Woonona recently, with a…

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Welcome Home

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 13

Mr. and Mrs. H. Boniface, of Cross Roads, Wollongong, were delighted last night to welcome home their son, who was at Darwin with the…

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Anzac To-day

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

Mr. D. G. Sullivan, New Zealand Minister for Supply, lays emphasis upon the ties which link Australia and New Zealand so…

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War Risks

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 9

Readers tire reminded that protection against loss caused by Air Raids and War Damage should be effected immediately. Houses and other Real…

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