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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1942

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War Agricultural Committees Other Committees are Auxiliaries

Delegate Argus · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 4

Any confusion which exists as to the functions and standing of the various rural manpower Committees which have been set up…

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Biggest Daylight R.a.f. Raid Since War Began

Delegate Argus · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 4

A young Australian pilot who took part in the biggest Royal Air Force offensive since the war began, describes how he shot down a German Messerschmitt fighter aircraft: "It just hiew to bits" he tells his friend, who had…

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Sick Boy Sends Government £1 to "Help Win the War"

Delegate Argus · Thursday 15 October 1942 · page 4

Victim of a spinal disease which has confined him to bed in the Children's Hospital, Sherbrooke Victoria, for the past two years,…

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Australian Universities and Prisoners of War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 29 October 1942 · page 4

Arrangements have been completed by the Society for Australian Prisoners of War in camps in Germany and Italy who pass…

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Welcome Home

Delegate Argus · Thursday 12 November 1942 · page 3

A Welcome Home arranged by the Delegate Younger Set was tendered to Trooper Clive McKay, recently returned from overseas,…

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Soldiers Relax by Fishing

Delegate Argus · Thursday 12 November 1942 · page 4

Australian soldiers at a North Queensland battle station are finding fishing a welcome relaxation from war duties. This is…

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Mumbulla Shire on Post-War Reconstruction

Delegate Argus · Thursday 19 November 1942 · page 3

At the Council meeting held on Monday last, Councillor Handcock moved, and Councillor Sullivan seconded, that as part of the…

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Wool and the War Weight of Bales

Delegate Argus · Thursday 19 November 1942 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The presence of Allied armies in North Africa opens the way for some recovery in wool…

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Welcome Home to Captain F. Cairns

Delegate Argus · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last at the Diggers' Hail the Delegate Younger Set tendered a welcome home to Captain F. Cairns, son…

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Thought War Was Over

Delegate Argus · Thursday 3 December 1942 · page 4

A clandestine paper published in France cheers up its readers with an occasional joke. One was about a very small…

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Soldier Entertained

Delegate Argus · Thursday 17 December 1942 · page 3

On Monday, 7th December, a pleasant evening was spent at Delegate River when many friends of Pte. J. Pedrotti, of the A.I.F.,…

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