The War, Day by Day Death of General Squires
Every Australian under arms will feel a sense of loss at the death of the Chief of the General Staff (Lieutenant-General E. Ker Squires, C.B…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
3,171 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 159
Sidelights of the War Propaganda in Balkans Germany Endeavouring to Create Trouble
Many of the reports of troop movements by Russia and Turkey in the Caucasus have been traced to German propaganda, which is active in south…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.i.f. Expansion. 90,000 Troops to Be Raised Australia's War Programme
Mr. Menzies in a national broadcast on Wednesday night, made a momentous announcement concerning Australia's war programme for the next two years. Mr. Menzies made a most impressive speech…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reports of Peace Moves in Russo-finnish War Gathering Force London, March 7
Reports of peace moves in the Russo-Finnish war are again being widely circulated. A message from Stockholm mentions the belief that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatality Near Rutherglen A.i.f. Soldier Killed Two Others Injured
Maurice Beaumont, of Bayswater, Sydney, a member of the Second A.I.F. was killed outright when a single-seater motor can which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rest Rooms for Diggers Soldier Asks Why None in ALBURY(To the Editor)
Sir,— The residents of Albury are proud of their town and rightly so. I wonder, however, if I am doing the right thing in pointing 3 out to its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers’ Welfare Wakool League Formed
At a public meeting, convened by the Wakool Progress Association, which was held-in-the Wakool Hall on Saturday, day it was decided to form the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Giant Liner Taken to America for Safety To Tie Up Until War is Over Queen Elizabeth at New York London, March 6
The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth, of 83,000 tons, has completed an uneventful malden voyage across the Atlantic. There was not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sugar and Its Importance in War Time
Without sugar wars would be a still more difficult business to conduct. Clever as Germany's scientists may be in producing synthetic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“America Will Keep Out of War” London, March 8
“The desire to keep out of the war is now stronger than ever in America,” said the American Ambassador (Mr. Joseph Kennedy) to-day. “The people…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australians in Egypt :: Britain’s War Minister in France
Top Left : Australian soldiers making the acquaintance of Egyptians after landing in Egypt. Top Right : The British Secretary of State for War (Mr. Oliver Stanley)—(left) and Lord Gort chatting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Occupy Racecourses In N.S.W. and S.A. SYDNEY
Military camps have been established at four racecourses in this State, at Warwick Farm. Monangle, Rosebery, and Kensington in recent months…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Was Accidentally Shot Hobart
That Private Tasiman Kite, aged 18, of the Sixth Garrison Battalion, was [?] accidentally on Sunday night at the [?] fort was the finding of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pigeons Help in Winning the War
A pigeon used by the French military authorities to carry messages from the front. The information is attached to the bird’s leg in a small light metal container…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Finance Problem Now Hitting N.Z. Wellington (N.z)
Far greater scarifies by the people could be expected in the very near future, said the Finance Minister (Mr. Nash) to-night, discussing New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Prisoners of War; Seamen Landed in England. London, March 9
Over 100 German seamen from ships captured or scuttled were landed today at a northern port for internment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allies Buy More War Planes From America New York. March 9
Two thousand eight hundred pursuit planes and 3200 bombers are sought within 12 months by the Allied Purchasing Commission, declares the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British War Loan Success Already Assured £300 Million Sought London, March 9
Wide interest has been aroused by the forthcoming three per cent, war loan, the list for which opens on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hitler Speaks of War Dead Appeal to the Almighty Asks For His Blessing Says the Germans Are Invincible Berlin, March 10
Herr Hitler, in a speech at the Heroes’ Memorial Day ceremony today, said the commemoration was dedicated not only to the dead of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ploughshares of War
Ploughing and harvesting by night is no new feature in the life of the Australian farmers when there is much work to be done and little time to do it…
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