A.i.f. Enlistments
Recruiting was suspended in the latter half of last year but was resumed a couple of weeks ago. Mr. H. J. Lyne, who is Chief Warden for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
1,753 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 88
Returned Soldiers' 8th. (Part Time) Garrison Battalion. Is In Reality A Returned Soldiers' Emergency Battalion
When war broke cut, the first question the 1914-18 soldier asked was: "What can we do to help?" In fact, many of the more active ex-diggers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →With the Soldiers Comments by Comforts Commissioner
Major P. G. Smith, principal of the firm of Messrs. P. G. Smith and Co., Ltd., Tamworth, and now Australian Comforts Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War
Shipping losses of 33,604 tons through enemy action during the week ended midnight January 26, are announced. The total is made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Pictorial
KING GEORGE INSPECTS SOME OF HIS SCOTTISH TROOPS.—Department of Information photo. GIBRALTAR—WITH H.M.S. REVENCE IN THE FOREGROUND.—Department of Information photo. BRITISH TROOPS, "Somewhere in England," handling heavy field guns in "rough" country. This and similar training is fitting British troops for the day when Hitler attempts to invade England — if he ever does now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Buffet Art Union. Free Meals for Men in Uniform
Among the many organisations working for the comfort of the fighting forces there is no keener or harder working body than that which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Buffet Art Union Free Meals for Men in Uniform
Among the many organisations working for the comfort of the fighting forces there is no keener or harder working body than that which conducts the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bulletin of War News
Anti-tank regiments similar to those attached to the A.I.F. are now being formed in the Citizen Forces, the Minister for the Army (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Savings Campaign. Even Greater Effort Needed
To stimulate still further the interest in Australia's war savings campaign a Commonwealth-wide publicity drive will soon be launched. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Red Cross Society. Help for Prisoners of War
One of the most interesting international activities of the Red Cross Society is the Prisoners of War Bureau. The Australian Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Badges Wives and Mothers Eligible Conditions of Issue
The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, states that badges for people engaged in war service, rejected volunteers and female relatives of members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Berlin "Gloomier Than Moscow" As War Drags On. London
"Something more than a corner of the veil which the German censorship interposes between the Reich and the rest of the world has just…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War Operations in Middle East London, Wednesday (A.A.P.)
Following the capture of Cyrene, Graziani's former headquarters, 50 miles west of Derna, which was officially announced last night, British advance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bulletin of War News. At Home and Abroad. Australia's Fine Munitions Effort
Due to the whole-hearted efforts in the entire field of engineering, machine tools for munitions and aircraft production covering a most…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War News. Strong Forces at Singapore. Australians in the Garrison. LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)
Great increases in the strength of the Imperial garrison at Singapore are described in "The Times" by the paper's correspondent on the spot…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Behind the Nazi Facade. I—People's Fear of a Long War. Decline of National Morale
By Otto D. Tolischus, formerly Berlin Correspondent of the "New York Times." Despite spectacular victories in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Year of War Unmasks Nazi Imperialism Hitler Wants World Mastery or Nothing Compromise Peace Impossible
A year ago there were still people in England who were hoping for a short war and an agreed peace. They still thought that a European settlement could be negotiated on some reasonable basis: that some concession to Germany, some new…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier's Letter
Signaller A. E. Hall, writing to his family, says :— As you will already know, the Aussies had their first fight last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →8th Garrison Battalion a Returned Soldiers Emergency Battalion for Beach Defence
When war broke out, the first question the 1914-18 soldier asked was "What can we do to help?" In fact, many of the more active ex-Diggers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers 8th (Part Time) Garrison Battalion. Is in Reality a Returned Soldiers' Emergency Battalion
When war broke out, the first question the 1914-18 soldier asked was: "What can we do to help?" In fact, many of the more active ex-Diggers…
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