Greek War Relief Fund Public Meeting at Wingham Collections to Be Made
A meeting convened by the deputy mayor of Wingham (Alderman H.W.Rouse) was held in the Memorial Town Hall on Tuesday night. January 21…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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War News. Japanese Threat. Must Dominate Pacific. Matsuoka's Speech. London, Jan. 26 (A,A.P.)
Asserting that Japan must dominate the Western Pacific, "not for the sake of Japan, but for the sake of humanity," the Japanese Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Hitler Lost War in June." Lord Halifax Tells U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (A.A.P.)
Stepping ashore from the yacht in which President Roosevelt had met him in the middle of Chesapeak Bay, Lord Halifax, British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Volunteers Who Enlist. Statement by the Premier
The Premier, Mr. Mair, slated recently that the organisation set up by the Government during last year for the purpose of assisting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →128 Recruits. Enlisted at Grafton. Air Force Train Record
Despite the fact that the R.A.A.F. recruiting depot was in operation in Grafton last year for three months, the Air Force recruiting train, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers Wanted
A Returned Soldiers Battalion is being formed in the Territory from Sydney to Tamworth, north-west, and to Kempsey, north. It is aimed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War
LONDON: HITLER, SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION OF THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ACCESSION TO POWER…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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 →Latest War News. London, 30141
Hitler, speaking on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of his accession to power, declared: "At sea this spring the submarine war will start…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News in Brief. Albanian Front
Athens Radio announces that the Greeks have repulsed two big Italian counter-attacks in the central sector of the Albanian front…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Department of Information. Summary of Last Week's War News
The capture of Tobruk is of greater military importance than the capture of Bardia because it clears the way for a British drive to Benghazi, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers Wanted. For 8th. Garrison Battalion (Part Time)
A Returned Soldiers' Battalion is being formed in the territory from Sydney to Tamworth, north-west, and to Kempsey, north. It is aimed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers' Camp at Newcastle
At the conclusion of the business of the annual meeting of the Taree sub-branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. at Rhodes' Cafe on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Receive Comforts. Local Men Express Appreciation
Following are extracts from letters received by the Wingham Women's Auxiliary from local A.I.F. men now Abroad:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Honoring a Soldier. Function at Mount George
Driver C. T. Thane was tendered a public send-off in the Mount George Hall on Friday night, 24th. January, 1941, after spending bis final…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Passing of a Pioneer Soldier and Settler
Nabiac, and the Wallamba and Manning districts, lost a remarkable personality by death on December 30th, 1940, when Mr. Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Farewelled
Three soldiers have been recipients of farewell gifts from the local Winthe- War and Comfort organisations during the past fortnight. Each has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Willawarrin. Soldiers Honoured
On Saturday night last Ptes. Harry Dowling and Lloyd Cavanagh were tendered a complimentary social in the local hall, when approximately 300…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Gunner's Heroism on Ship
Although wounded by bullets from a Nazi plane, and badly burned, an 18-year-old gunner on a New Zealand freighter refused to leave his post…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pictorial
AIRCRAFT CARRIER H.M.S. EAGLE, in the Mediterranean.— Dept. of Information. AN EMPIRE'S YOUTH IS HERE.—Student officers of the R.A.F. learn to use rifle end bayonet at their training schools in Britain. Youth from every part of the far-flung British Empire is to found among them.— Department of Information…
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