Captured War Material This is What Happens To It
"Great quantities of equipment were captured." A statement of this sort is often to be found in war communiques, and the reader…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
944 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 15 of 48
Soldiers' Farms Move to Provide Labor Minister's Request
At last week's meeting of Jemalong Shire Council a letter was read from the Minister for Lands concerning the Soldiers' Farms…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Civic Welcome to Returned Men
Prior to the march, a civic welcome was tendered to Privates Archie McWilliams and Hoy Hogate, the former invalided home, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Anzac Dinner
The Annual Anzac Dinner, arranged by the Mayoress and [?]es of the Auxilary, and held in the Memorial Hall on Friday, was [?] usual, an outstanding success. The manner in which the returned men showed their appreciation of the excellent repast, and appointed the toast makers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chins Up Diggers Proudly March on Anzac Day
Notwithstanding showery conditions there was a good gathering at all the services held on Friday to commemorate Anzac Day, a pleasing feature being the large number of Diggers who marched and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News London (A.a.p.)
A German communique says the Germans reached Athens at 9.25 on Sunday morning. In a bold attack from parachute troops on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Help For War Effort Mr. Fadden's Appreciation
The State Premier. Mr. Mair, has [?]eceived the following letter from the Acting Prime Minister. Mr. Fadden, under date 21st April. 1941:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Churchill's Speech Review of the War Campaign in Greece War May Spread (By Wire) Sydney, Monday, (A.A.P.)
A massage from London states: Mr. Church[?], in a broadcast to-night, said that, in none of his successful victories in North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mair-Bruxner Government. Premier Outlines Policy War Effort First Call Technical Colleges for Wagga and Albury
When the Mair-Bruxner Government assumed office in August, 1939, the world was about to be plunged into war. The greatest conflict in history has since developed, and Australia, as a co-partner with Great Britain, is fighting in a grim struggle for cur very existence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Thanks To Parcels Committee
Private Mick Galvin, who is in camp at Bathurst, has requested us to express his thanks to the Parcels Committee and the West Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Management of Soldiers Farms Threatened Labour Shortage
Mr. A. W. Yeo, M.L.A., Minister for Lands, who is Chairman of thee Soldiers' Farms Protection Committee, said last week that his Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Requiem Mass
Following the usual practice a Requiem Mass for the repose of the souls of soldiers who lost their lives at Gallipoli was held in St. Laurence's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twenty-Sixth Anniversary Of Anzac Day Celebrations At Forbes Solemn Dawn And United Memorial Services Sports And "Smoko"
IN common with the rest of Australia, the 26th anniversary of Anzac Day was worried out at Forbes on Friday in a spirit of deeper significance by reason of the fact that the country is again involved in war, which has served to bring home to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News Evacuation from Greece Believed Complete LONDON
The evacuation of the British and Dominion troops from Greece was expected to have been announced in Mr. Churchill's broadcast to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caragabal Anzac Service
All Anzac Service was held in the hall at 8 p.m. on Anzac Day. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. S. Rowe (Church of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day at Tallimba
The largest gathering for many years assembled to do honor to the memory of the Anzacs, when a service convened by the R.S.S.A.I.L.A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Day Condobolin Does Its Part
Just as should have been the case, the Anzac celebrations in Condobolin last Friday were about the best, taken all round, in the history of those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News
At least 45,000 Imperial troops have been evacuated from Greece where the Imperial Expeditionary Force totalled 60,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grenfell & District Patriotic & War Fund
The monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, following attending: Ald. Douglass (chair), Ald. Simpson, Mrs. Thompson, Cr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Private W. Lambourn Missing Believed Prisoner of War
Mr. E. J. Lambourn, of West Wyalong, received the following telegram from the Minister for the Army on Wednesday:—…
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