“Fags” Fund for Our Soldiers
The tobacco fund opened by Mr. Bob Preston with a generous donation of lib. tobacco is meeting with a ready response; a total of £10/19/10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,843 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 143
Deniliquin Soldier Discharged
Private George Campbell, one of Deniliquin's early A.I.F. volunteers, has received notification of his discharge from the military forces on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Work Must Not Cease Melbourne , Tuesday
The Prime Minister (Mr . chytin ) has detected final is order to maintain the [?]elengy of war produtions all government and private factories engaged in war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Victims’ Pensions. Regulations Now in Force
National Security Regulations have been gazetted to give effect to the commonwealth Government’s compensation proposals for civilians…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nurse Cavell’ of This War LONDON, Jan[?] 20
Mrs. [?] Roberta a Fra[?] woman. married to an Eaglish[?] is called the Se[?] Cavell” for her action in planning the escape of hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Hospitals War Cabinet Approves Details MELBOURNE
A vast expansion of hospital accommodation throughout the Commonwealth for service personnel was agreed upon by War Cabinet at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Prisoners Decision to Employ Made MELBOURNE
The Federal Government has adopted the principle of employing prisoners of war to relieve the acme tabor [?]nage particularly in the victorian fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Gable News Bombers And Fighters First Need in Pacific War New York. January 20
Dr. van Mook, Lieut.-Governor of the N.E.I., to-day admitted that Singapore was already lost as a naval base, but argued that if the Japanese could…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It Can Happen Here ! Wodonga Soldier Tells of Japanese Terror Bombing
In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. [?] Nevin, "“Coolamunt,” Wodonga. Pte. Frank Kevin writes: “This Is really the decent opporturnity I have had of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beechworth Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting Held
The annual meeting of the Beechworth sub-branch of the R.S.L. was presided ever by the vice-president (Mr. H. A. Zwar). in the unavoidable absence of the president…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War is Proving Worth of Wool
The war on the Russian front is providing wool with the best advertisement it has ever, received. The appeals throughout Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Victims' Pensions Regulations Now in Force
National Security Regulations have been gazetted to give effect to the Commonwealth Government's proposals for civilians…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Putting Them to Work Internees and War Prisoners MELBOURNE
The decision or the Federal Government to employ prisoners of war and internees on essential war work would be received with pleasure, not only by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Soldiers Missing at Darwin Darwin. [?]anesday
No sign has yet been found of two soldiers. a sergeant and private, who have been lost 30 miles from Darwin. Last Sunday they took their rifles to try and shoot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singapore Casualties 50 Killed 150 Wounded
In Tuesday morning's raid on Singapore it was official stated that 50 persons were killed and 150 wounded, Journalists, after seeing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans Told to Shoot Russian Wounded Moscow.-- A.a.p
A captured order of the day issued by the commander of the 29th Germany Army Corps said: Under present difficult fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News in Brief
"Give as Planes, tanks and artillery, and we will drive the Japanese from China is six months," said the Chinese Consul-General in Canada (Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Progress of the War
The news this week is mainly confined to the Far Eastern situation where the threat to Australia has been made more pronounced by the bombing of Rabaul, and a possible invasion of New Guinea. The Rabaul radio has been silent since 4…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Club and War Work
Members of the Albury Commercial Club have found occupation for leisure evenings at the club in a very helpful war work, the making of stretchers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New War Loan Canberra
It is expected that a £35,000,000 war loan will be launched on February 17th…
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