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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1941

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The War Iraqi Quislings on the Run London (A.A.P.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 3

Hitler's Iraqi Quislings are on the run. These are the words of one correspondent, and seem to sum up the position in Iraq. According to Ankara reports, almost a state…

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Clothes For A Whole People Lancashire Tackles a New War Task

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 4

Lancashire is now steadily fulfilling the cottons orders which have been coming in from the Dutch East Indies following the visit to Java of…

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Shire Council's Windfall. £800 For Obsolete Plant. £500 Contributed To War Loan

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 4

Owing to the modern trend in road making principles of allowing new roads to consolidate by traffic rather than by use of heavy rollers,…

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War News LONDON

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 3

The German High Command has announced there were no survivors from the Bismarck. Admiral Luetkens, Captain…

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Pace of War Quickens

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 3

Events are moving swiftly towards a show-down in the Middle East. Germany has attacked Crete with parachute troops, in what is generally…

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£8067. GRENFELL & District Patriotic & War Fund. Funds for Patriotic and War Purposes Reach £8067

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

A meeting of the Contral Committee of the Grenfell and District Patriotic and War Fund was held In the Council Chambers on Tuesday…

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London's War Weapons' Week Over £100,000,000 Raised

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

The end of the fifth day of London's War Weapons' Week saw the total OF OVER £300,000.000 banked. livery Section of the community is "all out"…

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Off to War Going to Help His Cobbers Pte. "Bill" Delaney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 1

Private William ("Bill") Delaney was the guest at a farewell function held in the Wyalong Town Hall during the week, prior…

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In Benghazi. Enemy Loses Millions. Dubbo Soldier's Experience

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 3

Private F. Sadler, A.I.F. abroad, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Sadler, of Dubbo; writes:— "At present I am in Benghazi and…

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Prisoners of War

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 3

At the request of the United Kingdom Government the Commonwealth Government has agreed to accept a number of prisoners of war from the…

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Latest War News London, Thurs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 1

President Roosevelt told a Press conference that the system of convoying ships was now obsolete, and added that U.S. patrols were becoming more…

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Forbes Buys War Savings Bonds In Bulk

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 1

In 11 months Forbes has purchased £25,162 worth of war savings certificates -- a splendid response…

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Prisoners of War Red Cross Searchers at Work

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 1

The Australian Red Cross Searcher Unit is active in the Middle East discovering the whereabouts of Australian war prisoners and seeing to their…

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Undeclared War President Roosevelt's Speech American Aid for Britain

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 1

"America will not wait until German bombs are falling in the streets of New York or San Francisco; we will act now,"…

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Killed in Action

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 3

Quite a gloom was cast over the Purlewaugh district on Saturday week when word was received that Corporal Fred Lyon, son of Mr. and…

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Bulletin of War News. Britain's War Effort Intensified

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 4

The intensive mobilisation of Great Britain's labour resources continues. Dockers in the port regional areas are being taken over as Government…

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Narrabeen, and the War Veterans Art Union

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 4

Wars do not really end when the Armistice is proclaimed and the peace treaty ratified. The guns fall silent, the fronts dissolve, the armies most…

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Prisoners of War Red Cross Searchers At Work

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 1

The Australian Red Cross Searcher Unit is active in the Middle East discovering the whereabouts of Australian war prisoners and seeing to their…

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Rex Robberds Missing Well known Local Soldier

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 1

Mr. Reg. O. Robberds, of West Wyalong, received advice from the Minister for the Army on Friday evening last that his son Private Rex…

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Gave His Life to Save Officer Epic of Liverpool Soldier In Tobruk Area

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 2

Lieut. F. A. (Austin) Mackell, of Merryiands, with six men, receruly figured in a thrilling hand-to-hand encounter with 40…

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