The War A.I.F. Chief Safe London, Thursday (A.A.P.)
Major-General Gordon Bennett, Commander of the Australian forest in Malaya, has dramatically escaped from the Japanese, says the B.B.C. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
1,830 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 12 of 92
Soldier's Memorial. At Telegraph Point
On Sunday last a memorial was made of Thomas Colin Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Collins, of Telegraph Point, who was killed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Letter
In a letter in which he wishes to be remembered to friends at Wauchope and Port Macquarie, and mentioned he hoped some of them heard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Indonesian Soldiers' Courage
Official reports from the N.E.I. already show that in preliminary fighting in the outer provinces Indonesian troops are fully equal to the demands…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Applications for Enlistment
Mr. J. H. Lyne, recruiting officer at Taree, has supplied us with the following applications for enlistment:— R.A.A.F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Fighting in Java
Bandoeng: It is officially announced that the Allied counter-stroke is developing satisfactorily, but the situation in some parts of Java is obviously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News in Brief. Port Moresby Raid
An attack on Port Moresby, capital of Papua, by 16 Japanese bombers and fighters on Saturday afternoon was reported in a communique issued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Utter Ruthlessness." Soldier's Appeal in Parliament
In the Legislative Assembly last week, Major Mitchell (Ind., Oxley) spiritedly criticised the House for indulging what he described as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News Of Our Soldiers
Aircraftman Neville Weekes (son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Weekes, of William Street, Wingham), underwent an operation for appendicitis, in Concord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Talk
News through London Wednesday last says that a special Moscow communique that day announced a smashing Russian victory 140 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ward War
At the Congress of National Unity for an Allied Victory, convened by the New South Wales Aid Russia Committee in Sydney Town Hall Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Town Topics. War Loan
Kempsey's War Loan total now stands at £39,300. The Taree total is given at £43,480, but this includes one contribution of £10,000 from Peters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Japanese Land on Java
Japanese troops landed at three points on the north coast of Java on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning, and are now being fiercely resisted by Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Banks and War Effort
The general manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Sir Alfred Davidson, said that 52 per cent, of the normal male staff of the bank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Council and Evacuation
The War Council decision that mass evacuation of civilians should be strongly discouraged is to be commended, for it would mean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News in Brief
The Japanese have made a new landing at Semarang, 60 miles west of Rembang, one of the landing points of their first thrust. No…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Situation Serious in Java
Bandoeng: The Japanese are within ten miles of Batavia, and have gained an aerodrome 25 miles from Bandoeng. The Sourabaya naval base is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-time Broadcast Rural Problems Discussed
The Rural Bank announces that, in keeping with conditions now prevailing, a new series of broadcasts has been prepared in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Show Abandoned War and Petrol Shortage
There will not be the usual annual exhibition of the C.N.C.N. Agricultural Association, Kempsey, this year. Ths decision was regretfully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Insurance Scheme. Cover for War Damage in Australia
The National Security Act, Australia's greatest insurance scheme, covering all war damage, came into force on Tuesday. The regulations were…
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