Typical Malay Soldier
A supper sergeant of the native forces now lighting in the defence of Singapore…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
926 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 47
Temora Soldier Escapes From Japanese Prisoner for Seven Days (Reprinted from the "Daily Advertiser")
SINGAPORE, Sunday.—A 21-yearold Temora lad has just returned. to his unit after being posted missing for 27 days, seven of which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Mayor's Fund Meeting of Committee Parcels to Soldiers to Continue
The monthly meeting of the committee of the Lord Mayor's Fund was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night, those…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News From England War Swallowed the Tourists
Woman boarding house proprietors and employees in Man, the self-governing British island in the Irish Sea, which has lost its lucrative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New War Loan. To Be Launched Tomorrow
The new War Loan will be launched tomorrow (Tuesday) and will be the first opened daylight. This is due to the Government's decision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia at War. Far Reaching Decisions This Week
Federal officers have been busy in Canberra completing details of the Government economic plan so that it will operate without delay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Singapore Surrenders a Gallant Defence Against Overwhelmning Odds Large Part of British and Australian Troops Get Away London
The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, announced that Singapore had fallen. The Berlin radio, quoting the Japanese news-paper "Asahi," says a large part of the British and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Major Allied Disaster Singapore Surrenders Many Aust. Soldiers Reach Java CANBERRA, Monday. Singapore Has Surrendered
Confirmation of this Tokio claim is forthcoming from the British Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill. When the British forces on the island fortress had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome to Returned Men Council's Representation Cr. Ludlow Not Satisfied
At the monthly meeting of Bland Sllire Council on Friday last, Cr. Ludlow inquired what recognition the Bland Shire is giving to soldiers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liberty War Loan
Kaniva (Victoria) and Cooma (southern New South Wales) have become rivals in a most interesting contest. Cooma, which has a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoners of War Next of Kin
The Red Cross wishes to inform next-of-kin that the only chocolate which will carry satisfactorily in next-of-kin parcels to prisoners of war is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Loan Rally Friday, 27th February
The above is the date fixed for the big war loan rally in the Central Hall, Condobolin. It will take the same form as on the recent occasion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Dead Total 1,600,000 For 1941
Most reliable estimate of the war dead of all belligerents in 1941 is 1,600,000, compiled by Metropolitan Life Assurance statisticians in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News from London SHIPPING 142 Locomotives. and 1000 War Supply Waggons From Britain for Russia
Shipments of vital war supplies to Russia are being speeded up by railway and road transport equipment sent to Iran from Britain. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Novel Contest In Liberty War Loan Town Quotas
Kaniva (Victoria) and Cooma (southern New South Wales) have become rivals in a most interesting contest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia on Total War Footing Mr. Curtin's Frank Statement
"NO longer can Australia rest upon the basis of the ordinary way of life; of conducting business in the way we did; of working in any way to which we have been accustomed; for the enemy has put an end to that period in our history."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Enlisting Women
"It is not the Government's intention to enlist women in active combatant branches of the forces," said the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Comforts for Soldiers Militia as Well as A.I.F.
At a recent executive meeting of the Australian Comforts Fund, held in Sydney this month, it was decided to arrange for distributions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUANDIALLA Pilot Forced Down Here District Soldier's Death at Malaya QUANDIALLA, Wed
Last Wednesday Mr. W. Olsen arrived home from the city, where he had been receiving medical treatment. Mr. G. Troy, "Fairfield," Bland,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War--and After
Greater demands, consequent upon the situation in the East, will now be made upon our secondary industries. Increased output of existing factories…
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