The War on New Fronts In Eritrea And Italian Somaliland
The Italian conquest of Eritrea may be said to have begun in 1869, when the Rubattino Company purchased the territory of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 179
New Lambton Entertains 16 Soldiers
Sixteen men who have enlisted from New Lambton were entertained last night at a social in the New Lambton Scouts' Hall. The social was arranged by the New Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suburban and District Soldier Entertained at Toronto
The Toronto Send-off and Comforts Fund Committee entertained Private W. A. Young. of Carey Bay. A pocket wallet with £1 and parcels from the Comforts Fund were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steady Enlistments for A.I.F. Skilled Men Wanted
Recruiting for the A.I.F. was resumed yesterday. By midday there was a steady flow of applicants at the Newcastle West Drill Hall. The recruiting staff was also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fit Soldiers for Jobs on Return New Department for the Army
SYDNEY, Monday.—The establishment at an early date of a new department of the Army, Charged with the education and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Presentations to Soldiers at New Lambton
AT the New Lambton Scout Hall last night a presentation dance, arranged by the New Lambton Send-off Committee, was held in honor of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Place Returned Men in Jobs Repatriation Officers Ready
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Within a few days branch officers of the Repatriation Commission in various States would be ready to undertake the work of placing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-newcastle Man Wounded
Mrs. E. Flynn, of Cook's Hill, has received word that her husband, Warrant officer Ernest Flynn. has been wounded in action. Warrant-officer Flynn was one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Science At War With War Diseases
SIX of the diseases which in past great wars have taken more lives than bullets have appeared in Europe. Germany and Britain are "allies" against this form of blitz, which respects neither friend nor foe. It is a war within a war. Germ against German. Germs massing to invade Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Victims' Fund
Previously acknowledged £8678 15 0 Scott's Staff Patriotic Committee (further donation) 5 5 0 Newcastle District Bowling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Pictures Exhibition for Newcastle
As the result of an interview the Mayor of Newcastle (Aid. W. E. Young) had in Sydney yesterday with officials of the Department of Information, an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Churchill on War Aims London
A further request for a statement of Britain's war aims was made to the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) when the Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Full-scale War on Thai Border"
BANGKOK, Jan. 21. A.A.P.—The 'hostilities between Thailand and French Indo-China have taken the form of full-scale warfare, says a communique issued by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Official War Artist Melbourne
Mr. Ivor Hele, the 23-year-old Adelaide artist, who is now serving as a private with a South Australian infantry battalion in the Middle East…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Helping War Effort Hamilton Raises £165
During the past 12 months the Hamilton Send-Off and Welcome Home Committee raised £165 and spent £125 in presents for men who had enlisted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping War Effort Cessnock Help For Greeks
During the second week in February, Cessnock Council will call a public meeting for the purpose of organising funds to help Greek soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle War Workers Want Talk With Major Gorman
"IT SEEMS as if we might take a holiday," remarked one worker at the Newcastle War Fund Comforts Depot yesterday after reading Major Gorman's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unusual War Film Is Held by Censor Sydney
"The Long Voyage Home," described as the most unusual film of 1940, has been held up by the Commonwealth Censor (Mr. Cresswell O'Reilly). Made by the outstanding director…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War and Peace Aims Mr. Churchill's Reply to Question
LONDON. Jan. 21.—Asked in the House of Commons to-day if he were able to make any statement on war and peace aims, the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Women to Be Called Up for War Work London
Women as well as men will have to play their part in the compulsory industrial call-up upon which the War Cabinet has decided under its statutory powers. Many women who in normal times would not…
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