War News
Bardin, the strongly fortified Italian port in Libya, which has been besieged by British forced for nearly three weeks, fell on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
1,753 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 88
The War
Australian troops participated in the storming of Bardia, in italian Libya from Friday of last week to mid-day on Saturday, when the…
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In the construction of the £3,000,000 naval graving lock in Sydney Harhom. Australian materials will be used hy Australian workmen. Australian on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mails to Prisoners of War
News has been received by the Australian Red Cross iu the Christmas mail bag that letters from a belligerent country to a neutral country can now be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Almost Declaration of War. London
The first German reaction to the speech came from an authorised quarter in Berlin, which said: "Part of the speech was rather sharp."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parcels for British War Prisoners. New Route Found. London, Jan. 8
As the result of an interesting and successful experimental journey undertaken privately by Mr. Claiborne Pell, son of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The Palatial Ritz." Captain Frank Hurley's A.I.F. War Film— "Battle for Bardia."
Filmed by the official Australian Photographic Unit with the A.I.F., the above picture, will be screened at the Ritz Theatre next Tuesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War British Forces Push on Tobruk Cut Off From West London, January 8 (A.A.I.)
Troops of the imperial Army of the Nile are now within 15 miles of Tobruk, the important Italian naval base in Libya, 70 miles west of Bardin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roosevelt Puts U.S. Navy on War Footing. Staggering New Defence Budget. New York. Wednesday (A.A.P.)
Going full-speed ahead with his defence programmes as soon as his new term of office began, President Roosevelt has given orders that all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Farewells
Monday, 23rd ult., found the Empire Hall packed to capacity for a social farewell and presentations to a number of local boys on leave,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers Honoured Farewell Functions at Wingham
There was a largo and representative gathering of town and district people in the Memorial Town Hull, Wingham, on Monday night, December 23rd to do…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Upper Lansdowne Honors Soldiers
Upper Lansdowne Memorial Hall was overtaxed on Boxing Night, when approximately six hundred people turned out to honor a group of eight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Other Soldiers Honored. Private C. H. Whitburn
On Tuesday afternoon, December 31, 1941, a meeting representative of the Patriotic Association and other organisations, was held at Miss Myrtle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Honoring Five Soldiers. Presentations Made
There was a large and representative gathering town and district people in the Memorial Town Hall. Wingham on Monday night, December 23, 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Baden-powell's Death. Soldier and Scout. Brilliant Career
Lord Baden-Powell, whose death is reported in the cables, was famous, not only as the founder of the Boy Scout movement, but also as a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War News in Brief
The Germans tried another fire raid on London on Saturday night, but prompt work by "spotters" and the fire-fighting services prevented…
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It is officially announced in Rome that the Italian Commander-in-Chief, in Albania, General Soddu, has resigned his command "for health…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →List of War Savings Groups
The following groups have already been formed, and others are in course of formation:— Group 1, Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Review of Week's War Events. the Libyan Campaign
With the fall of Bardia and the penetration of the Italian defences at Tobruk, the battle of the Western Desert is entering its final…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Day by Day. the Capture of Bardia. (Official Correspondent's Story.)
Writing within the lines at Bardia on Sunday, after the Australian Divisional Headquarters had received the signal that finally action in the battle…
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