Successful Dance Prisoner of War Fund Will Benefit Swimming Reserve Function
One hundred and twenty dancers were in attendance at the function arranged by the local Swimming Club and conducted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
926 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 47
Horace Perkins. Soldier Composer
Now abroad with the A.I.F., and with little time or heart for composing music, Horace Perkins, a Bacherlor of Music of the Elder…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War By Wire: To-day 2.15 p.m. Sir Stafford Cripps Volunteers To Go To India To Rally All Forces LONDON
"In view of the crisis in india's affairs arising from Japan's advance, sir Stafford Cripps has volunteered to go to India and undertake the task of rallying all forces of Indian Wo to guard India from the menace of the invader," declared Mr. Churchill in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wirth Bros Circus Helps War Effort
Wirth Bros. will present their circus here for one night only on Tuesday, March 17. The location will be the usual circus site, and intending patrons are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbes District Ambulance Meeting of Committee War Loan Investments
The monthly committee meeting of Forbes District Ambulance on Tuesday night was attended by Dr. Vout (president), V. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEDGERABONG Entertains Soldier Sons Presentations Made BEDGERABONG
Seizing the opportunity when Privates W. Crotty and W. Simmonds had a few days at home, the residents of all surrounding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Production
Many complex problems have had to be overcome in organising Australia to meet the demands of war, now more pressing than ever with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News LONDON
According to the American Associated Press correspondent between 160,000 and 200,000 Greeks perished as a result of the Axis occupation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special War Notes
Fact follows fancy in the matter of the Russian Army and its boots In the last war the rumour flew around Britain and throughout the world that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More War-time Humour
Macdonald. Hastings has a fund of real-life stories about the war, stories which he certifies to be genuine and 'not improved on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Damage Insurance. Municipal Council's Role. Big Job Involved
The part which Local Government bodies could play in assisting the work of tho War Damage Commission was set out in a circular to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wamboyne Soldier Letter From Singapore
The following letter has been received by his parents from Private Dan. Fitzgerald. It was written from Singapore prior to the fall of that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gen. McArthur's Appointment Indicates Offensive In Anzac Area (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Auckland, (New Zealand) states:—The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser), commenting on General MacArthur's appointment to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War By Wire: Today, 2.15 p.m. 23 Japanese Boats Sunk or Australian and American Airmen Take Toll of the Enemy Washington
The Navy Department announced that the Japanese invasion force concentrated near Salamua and Lao has been smashed by American and Australian Air Force. Twenty-five Japanese ships were sunk or damaged, including twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gen. Macarthur To Command Anzac Area in Pacific Appointment Welcomed
Details of the appointment of General Mac Arthur as Supreme Commander of the Anzac Area were supplied to the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →QUANDIALLA Net-making Classes Presentation to Soldier QUANDIALLA, Wed
L.A.C.L. P. Roberts visited Mr. and Mrs. S. Napier, of "Haripool," where Mrs. Roberts is staying for the weekend, and has now returned to camp in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoners of War in East
Mrs. J. C. R. Proud, Australian Red Cross Superintendent in Singapore, was one of the last to leave the Island said on arrival in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan to Revive Dead Rivers. Would Provide Work for Thousands of Returned Soldiers and War Workers
Ion Idrless, prolific and popular Australian writer, has for years cherished a scheme to make the great dead river and lake system of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War By Wire : To-day, 2.15 p.m. WASHINGTON
A War Department communique reveals to-day that the Commander of the Japanese forces in the Phillipines has issued a manifesto to General Wainwright demanding surrender by noon to-day or suffer the consequences. The communique adds, "No reply was necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.S.L. Volunteer Defence Corps. Appeal for Enlistments
The following letter has been received by the Platoon Commander, No. 5 Platoon, V.D.C., Grenfell:- 1. I am directed by my…
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