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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

3,664 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 184

War Casualties

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 2

The fifth list of casualties at Dunlin contains the names of three Deniliquin men, wounded in action: Pte. J. Henderson, Lieut. R. H. McFarlane, and…

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Knocking Italians Out of War Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 1

The ultimate defeat of the Italians would require more than the reverse in Libya, but the reverses there would help towards that objective, said the…

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Money for War More Grist From the Mill SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 2

Sales of war savings certificates i[?] Australia now total £17.399.342. State figures are: N.S.W. £6.7[?]12. Victoria £4.701.7[?]7. Queensland £2.802.713…

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The War at Home and Abroad Enrolments for Military Service in Australia

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 3

All male inhabitants of Australia, who, on December 13, 1940, were unmarried or were widowers without children, and who were born between July,…

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Undermining War Effort Workers Must Be Educated MR. McCALL, M.H.R., Expresses His Views Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 4

In order to counteract “efforts of agitators to kill enthusiasm and undermine the effectiveness of the Australian war effort,” Mr. M[?]Call,…

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Living in Bag Humpies Due to Lack of Housing [?] Minister Says War Effort is Find[?] Need SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 4

Australia’s first task was to concentrate all its resources in skilled men in the war effort. Any departure from that would be a…

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Comforts for Soldiers Overseas

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 5

A soldier’s wife at Eskdale, Victoria, has written to the Mayor of Albury (Ald. D. G. Padman), stating that her husband has sent her a letter, in which…

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Work of Women’s War Committee London, January 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

The Women’s War Committee of the Royal Empire Society has distributed British women and children suffering as a result of the war, 15,000…

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Giving Out the War News—an Explanation Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

In giving information regarding the war, the Commonwealth Government had naturally to pay due regard to internal defence and to the security of…

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One War to End, Thai and Indo-china Tokio, Jan. 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

The Governments of Thai and lndo-China have accepted the Japanese Government’s proposal to mediate on the border war, it was announced to-day…

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An Appeal to [?] Australia Bruce Wants Intense War Production London, January 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

Broadcasting greetings from Australians in Britain an Australia Day, the Australian High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) referred to the…

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Wants U.S. Entry Into War Revolt Within Germany Expected New York, January 26

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 6

Major-General John F. Royan, testifying before the Foreign Affairs Committee, said be favored immediate United States entry into…

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Post-war Plans What of the Dominions? Attlee’s Statements Sur-prising London, January 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

Many Dominion representatives in London arr surprised at Major Att[?]c’s statement in the House of Commons on January 23 that the…

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Wodonga Returned Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

At the annual meeting of Wo[?] branch of the Returned Soldi[?] League. Mr. R S. Bens[?] [?]preside[?] presided. [?]ded in the large gath[?]…

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Overseas Comforts For Soldiers[?]

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

This week the women‘s auxiliary [?] the Albury sub-branch of the [?] turned Soldiers’ League will desp[?] overseas another 200 parcels to [?]…

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Lost An Eye in Fighting at Bardia Albury Soldier Tells His Mother

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

Pte. E. G. Abe, of the 2/7 Battalion, who was recently reported wounded in action, has informed his mother, who lives in Wilcox street,…

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Albury Soldiers Abroad

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

This photograph taken “'somewhere in Engand” shows Captain R. Vincent and Captain C. A. Molt, of Albury, wearing full battle dress…

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Bank Officer Killed in Action

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 1

THE friends of LIEUT.W. KEMP FIELD sincerely regret to hear that was killed in action at Bardia on January 11. His parents, Mr. and .Mrs…

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Post War Problems

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 1

England, confident of victory aware of the long and painful road to be traversed to reach it, is already thinking of her post-war…

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War Efforts Before Politics

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. J. E. McFaul) tendered a reception to the Minister for Lands (Hon. G. Yeo) at the Council Chambers on Saturday morning. Those…

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