Brothers Killed in Action
Two brothers, Cpl. Robert Ivers and L.-Cpl. Edward Ivers, have been reported killed in action in Malaya. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. E…
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 7 of 92
America Impressed Australia's War Production
Latest evidence of quickening United States interest in Australia is attested by a feature article describing Australian shipbuilding and munition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tokio Warns of Long War
In an official broadcast for home consumption, Tokio Radio declared: "People who think that our South Pacific victories will be followed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Japanese Land On Singapore Island
London: Japanese sources claim that the Japanese who landed on Singapore Island early on Monday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News in Brief. Japs. Land on Singapore Island
Latest news from Malaya report Japanese landing on the north and north-west of the island of Singapore. Confirming Japanese landing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific War Council First Meeting To-day Canberra
Comprising representatives of the British, Australian, New Zealand and Netherlands Governments, the Pacific War Council will hold its first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberdeen Soldier's Escape from Crete
Pte. W. H. Huggins, of Aberdeen, in a letter to his wife from abroad under date 7th December, gives a thrilling account of his escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darwin "Not So Bad," Says Soldier
Pte. Ralph Brown, for some time a popular member of Kempsey forestry Office Staff, after twice being refused admittance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Changes in V.D.C. Enlistment CANBERRA
The new conditions of enlistment in the re-organised Volunteer Defence Corps were announced to-day by the Minister for the Army, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wingham and District Patriotic Association. Two Soldiers Honored
A good crowd attended the function arranged by the Wingham and District Patriotic Association on Friday night, 6th February, 1942, to do honor to two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Soldier Found on Railway Sydney
A militiaman, James Hector Hart, 36 of Newcastle, was found unconscious on the railway line near Petersham this morning. Hart was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Action
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins, of Telegraph Point, received the sad news on January 27 that their son, Pte. Thomas Colin Collins, aged 21…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Talk
Though still the cynosure of all eyes south of it, Singapore in its latest communiques Saturday tells nothing beyond mentioning "intermittent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Insurance
Canberra news Thursday last said that five specific types of war damage insurance cover for Government and private property will be provided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Damage Insurance
All types of fixed and movable property will be covered by the Federal Government's war damage insurance scheme, details of which are now being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pacific War Council
Canberra: Comprising representatives of the British, Australian, New Zealand and Netherlands Governments, the Pacific War Council will hold its first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Japs Land at Singapore Singapore, Monday (A.A.P.)
Tokio official radio, according to messages picked up in America, reported that Japanese troops crossed the Straits of Johore early this morning and landed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Action
Word has reached members of his family in Armidale of the death of Corporal John Madden, killed in action overseas. Corporal Madden was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Commander Sydney
Vice-Admiral H. F. Leahy, commander of the Allied Naval Forces in Anzac waters, is in Australia. Vice-Admiral Leahy, who is of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A People's War
The most revered memento of the war of 1914-18 is the monument to the Unknown Soldier, remarks "The Shire and Municipal Record."…
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