Japan and War Prisoners Geneva Code Accepted
Cabled Information has been received in Melbourne from Geneva that Japan has agreed to ratify the Geneva Convention International Prisoner of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,843 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 143
War Damage Insurance Scheme to Be Widened
The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) has announced that there would be a widening of the scope of the war damage insurance scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.s.w. Will Not Use War Prisoners
The State Government does not intend to use war prisoners or internees as labour battalions to ease the manpower shortage in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's Manpower War Cabinet Decides on Regimentation Melbourne
The complete regimentation of manpower was decided upon by the War Cabinet on Monday. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May Sky-rocket War expenditure £250 Million Canberra
Commonwealth war [?] for 1941-42 may [?] 250,000,000, com[?] with the [?] [?]00,000 [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patriotic Fund Wants Names Of Men Serving In War Areas
If you know a member of the fighting forces (Navy,. Air. Force, A.I.F., Militia, or Nursing Staff) from this district who is serving in a war area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How Henty Can Help the War Effort Australia's Civilian Army
FROM FIELD, FACTORY AND OFFICE HAVE COME THE MEN OF AUSTRALIA'S FIGHTING SERVICES WHO ARE NOW FIGHTING IN ADVANCED POSITIONS THE BATTLE FOR AUSTRALIA. In the homes they have left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News Artillery Effective Further Raids on Fortress Singapore--
A communique issued on Wednesday night says fighting continued throughout Tuesday in the Bakri Bukit Payong area in north west Johore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Henty V.D.C. 'At War' Test Mobilisation Conducted on Sunday Last
A TEST MOBILISATION OF THE VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS THROUGHOUT VICTORIA AND SOUTHERN RIVERINA WAS CONDUCTED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING. The V.D.C. are being trained to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Militiamen Now Soldiers in the Field Melbourne
In view of the direct threat to Australia, members of the Australian militia forces, many of whom were already in battle stations, are now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enlistment of Aliens
The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said recently that there was no bar to the enlistment of friendly aliens, either in the Australian Militia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers' Annual Meeting
Owing to the absence of the secretary, Mr. H. W. Strong, the annual meeting of the Corowa sub-branch of the Returned soldiers' Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lost Soldiers Found Darwin
The two soldiers who had been missing from Darwin for three days are reported to have been found. They were 90 hours without food in “death…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers deceive And Appreciate Parcels
Mrs. R. J. Nisbet writes to us from “Tholobin,” Deniliquin: “I wish to inform, you I have, recently had letters from my two sons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Religion and the War
In support of our armed forces, the United Churches of Albury and Wodonga will hold an inspirational service in Albury Town Hall next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women And War Work MELBOURNE
The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) to-day advocated that the services women who .were now engaged on char[?]e work [?]ould be [?]ted to more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italians Treat War Prisoners Cruelly Cairo January 23
Captain Oliver Ly[?]eton, Minister of State, representing the War Cabinet in the Middle East, on his return from a visit to the Libyan battlefield, declared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Soldiers Remanded
On Thursday afternoon several soldiers entered one of Albury’s leading business houses. Two remained inspecting a camera and when they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Imperial War Cabinet Likely. London, Jan. 25
The “Sunday Times” diplomatic correspondent foreshadows an Invitation by Mr. Church to Australia. New Zealand. South Africa and Canada to enter an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In London Spotlight Support for Representation in War Cabinet LONDON, January 24
Mr. Curtin's demand for Australian representation In the War Cabinet will command considerable sympathy in the House of…
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