Australian Red Cross Society Help for Prisoners of War
One of the most interesting international activities of the Red Cross Society is the Prisoners of War Bureau. The Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,664 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 184
Progress of the War The Significance of Last Week
British successes in Libya arid East Africa have brought Italy within measurable distance of complete defeat in Africa, and, added to Greek…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News Invasion Ports Bombed LONDON--Feb. 2
Shortly before dawn to-day a small force of R.A.F. bombers attacked docks at Boulogne and Ostend, states an Air Ministry communique…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After the War Conference on Trades Unions Suggested MELBOURNE
When the emergency con[?]ittee of the A.C.T[?] meets to-morrow it will consider a recommendation from the Queensland Trades Union congress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government's Assurances Are Accepted Unions Rally Behind War Effort SYDNEY
Following assurances by the Government that anomalies in the weekly instalment tax plan would speedily be adjusted, major trade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shepherd's Crooks and Walking Sticks Old English Craft at Work in War Time
Over a remote 15-mile stretch of the Surrey-Sussex border they are now cutting the "small wood" for the world's best walking sticks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zone Of War Closer Than Australia Thinks Mr. Forgan Smith's Warning Note SYDNEY
Australia, whether it liked it [?] not. was within die danger zone [?] war declared the Premier of [?]eensland (Mr. Forgan Smith)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Albury Soldier to Fall Pie. A. G. Kendrick
Word has been received by his relatives that Pte. Alfred George Kendrick, of Albury, has been killed in action in the Western Desert…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers in Hospital Dick Macfarlane's Leg Injury
In a letter received from a soldier in hospital, in Alexandria, Mrs. Howe, of Wellington street, has been informed that Lieut. Dick Macfarlane,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To Soldiers
The following circular comes to us from the acting postmaster, Mr. M. Forrest:— "It will be appreciated that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded in Action
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pretty, Hoon, have been notified that their son, ple[?] Pretty, was wounded in action in [?] on January 21. Pte. Pretty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ambulance Planes for Wounded MELBOURNE
Ambulance planes to carry seriously wounded soldiers from the battle xone back to hospitals, which they left far behind in their quirk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former Footballer Wounded Pte. Len Hore on Casualty List
Word has been received by his parents that pte. Len Hore (VX20[?] of the 2/8th Battalion, formerly of Albury, has been wounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping the War Effort Sydney
Sales of war savings [?] now total £170[?] state totals are N.S.W [?] Queensland [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Cabinet Some Important Decisions Lady Blarney Must Return Forthwith MELBOURNE
At the conclusion of to-night’s session of the War Cabinet, the acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) announced that on the ground that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Heavyweight in the Ring” Air War Britain has Straight Left LONDON, February .3
“Germany is now revealing that the has not a clear field. “Another heavyweight is in the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Take Workers Into Confidence Mr. Beazley and the War Slackening Not Due to One Side Sydney
The Leader of the A.L.P. non-communist Party (Mr. Beasley, M.H.R.) said to-day that be agreed with the statement made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier on Stealing Charge
A soldier, Harold Ernest Holden [?] was remanded at Albury police[?] yesterday on a charge or stealing [?] will appear on February [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier and a Truck
Charged with having used a utility truck without the permission of the owner, Philip Howard, a soldier, William John Smith, aged 35, of Bonegilla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Fight But Women Win Wars
“Soldiers fight the battles, but the women win the war.” This was the opening remark of Mr. D. A. Thompson in his address at the…
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