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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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The War, Week by Week Huge Defence Bill

Camden News · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 5

The Defence Bill of the Commonwealth for 1939/40 will be more than double the pre-war estimate, and without the Australian share of the…

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The War, Week by Week Huge Defence Bill

The Campbelltown News · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 5

The Defence Bill of the Commonwealth for 1939/40 will be more than double the pre-war estimate, and without the Australian share of the…

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The War, Day by Day the Second A.i.f

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 November 1939 · page 4

Men of the Second A.l.F. are now in military camps in different parts of the Commonwealth. In six months, they will be fully trained soldiers, and…

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The War, Week by Week Merchant Ships Join R.A.N.

Camden News · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 1

Australians ashore have little conception of the immensity of the task undertaken by the Royal Australian Navy in the conversion of merchant…

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15 Concerts "And Will Go on Till the War Is Over."

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 2

Writing to Mrs. F. Tulett, of Menangle, regarding the entertainment recently given by a party of the Arts' Club Military Entertainers…

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Menangle Soldiers' Bright Entertainment

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 3

An enjoyable and most successful concert was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday. November 29, at 8 p.m., when the 45th Battalion of militia…

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The War, Day by - Day - Fourth Month of War

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 4

The war has entered its fourth month. The world still regards it as a "strange" war. The Empire forces are massing however, and it would be…

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Soldiers' Pay

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 4

When they go abroad, privates of he Second A.I.F. will receive 5/ a day and 2/ a day deferred pay which will accumulate until the end of th…

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