Welcome Home Committee
The Kiama Welcome Home Committee will be holding their eighth welcome home social in the Oddfellows Hall on Friday, 22nd March…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
84 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 5
MEMORIAL To Honour War Nurses
The Nurses' Memorial Fund has launched an appeal for £50,000 to erect or establish a Memorial in Sydney to commemorate the heroic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian War Graves
On the movement of the A.I.F. to the Middle East, an Australian War Graves Unit accompanied the force for the purpose of locating and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Editorial a Good War Service
An announcement appears in this issue of a decision by the members of the W.V.S. Canteen and British Centre at Wollongong to cease to function…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Memorial to Honour War Nurses
The callant and heroic deeds of Australian War Nurses who gave their lives on active service are to be commemorated by a Memorial to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Post War Problems. Address by Mr. A. G. HUIE
The Secretary of the Free Trade and Land Values League, Mr. A. G. Huie, addressed members of the Wollongong Rotary Club on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Welcome Home
A surprise party of some 36 guests arrived at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jones on Tuesday night with tin cans, whistles etc. to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marshall Mount Welcome Home
On Friday evening last Marshall Mount Patriotic Committee held a well attended welcome home function, but the number of those welcomed was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Austinmer News Welcome Home to Diggers
The Austinmer sub-branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. gave a welcome home to returned servicemen and women last Saturday in the Scouts' Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home to Ex-Service Personnel
In a mayoral minute to last meeting of Wollongong Council, Aid. Dawson said a tentative programme drawn up at a recent meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pre-war Train Services
A request for the restoration of the pre-war train services on the Illawarra line has been made to the Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War on Rabbit Front
The war against rabbits in the Albion Park district has assumed the proportions of a major engagement, with the attacking forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Outstanding War Effort. Canteen's 163,953 Meals
With the closing down last Thursday of the W.V.S. Canteen and British Centre at Wollongong, the final chapter has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Soldier Writes of Civvy Street
In a letter to the Bulli Shire Patriotic Fund, expressing thanks for a Xmas Hamper, Pte. C. T. Lines, of South Australia, gives his reactions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Elections Returned Soldiers' Enrolment
The Divisional Returning Officer for Eden-Monaro (Mr. D. Fogarty) issues a reminder to discharged service personnel with regard to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Impressions of the Post-war World
A vivid picture of war-torn Europe, with its difficulties as regards food, production and work for all, was presented by Mr. Ollie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canada's War Effort
Notwithstanding the intense heat, members of the Wollongong Rotary Club turned up in force, many having guests with them, to hear a masterly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ex-prisoners of War Marry
A re-union of nurces and soldiers. who had been prisoners of war in Japanese hands, took place under happy circumstances in the Methodist Burqlar: "Where's yes amoney. guv'nor?" Vicar: "My! You simply must come to my church and take a collection…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Loans Speaker Mr. Walter Marks At Kiama
Mr. Walter Marks, who is a native of Jamberoo, visited Kiama on Tuesday last to address local residents on the need of supporting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kiama Welcome Home Committee
Attention is drawn to an advertisement appearing in this issue inviting all members of the above Committee and residents generally to…
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