Maitland Military Funeral for Soldier
Trooper R. N. Johnstone, 24, of Boomi, a member of the 24th Light Horse Regiment camped at Rutherford, who died in Maitland Hospital on Wednesday night,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 179
Wallsend Soldier's Decoration
Sergeant E. J. Johnston, one of the two Newcastle servicemen to the awarded a decoration for a part he played in the Libyan campaign, is the third son of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Returned Soldiers at Swansea
At a meeting of the Swansea Returned Soldiers' League it was decided to ask the State League to agitate for the rasing of soldiers' incomes to not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton-New Lambton Returned Soldiers
The Lambton-New Lambton subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to enter an emphatic protest against any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hungarian Premier and Wife Found Dead Were Worried by Crisis in Balkans Yugoslavs Told to Prepare for War LONDON, April 3. A.A.P.
The Hungarian Prime Minister (Count Teleki) and his wife are dead. The Hungarian Cabinet has resigned. The cause of the deaths has not been disclosed, but it is openly stated in Budapest that the Premier committed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Soldier Sends War Souvenirs From Libya Newcastle Man Sends Home War Souvenirs
A black shirt, a number of Italian coins, a fine tapestry, and a set of camels carved in polished wood are among the many souvenirs sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thailand Lost 99 Soldiers in War
BANGKOK, April 4. A.A.P.—The Thai Government announced that 99 Thailand soldiers were killed in the border conflict with French Indo-China from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Return of A.I.F. WOUNDED Parade in Cars Through Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Friday.—When the first Victorian members of the A.I.F. wounded in the Middle East campaign arrive back in Australia, the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Helping War Effort New Lambton Carnival
New Lambton Red Cross and Send-off Compined Committee held a carnival on the. New Lambton Sports Oval last night. Owing to rain the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italy Fears War With Yugoslavs (Dept. of Information—Official.)
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Possibilities of a clash between Yugoslavia and Italy are being widely discussed. Military commentators consider that an Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"U.s. in War in 90 DAYS" Martin Dies' Prediction
WASHINGTON, April 4. A.A.P.—The prediction that the United States would be at war with the Axis Powers within 90 days was made by Mr. Martin Dies,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Greater Share of War Contracts Sought for N.S.W. SYDNEY
"If Australia and the Empire are to win the war it will be necessary to divert more and more people from peacetime production to wartime industry, but just how this is to be done with a minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Loves An Absent Soldier
Dear Miss Dix,— I love a boy who went away with the A.I.F. a year ago and I didn't hear from him until lately, as he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Empire's New War Front
OFFICIAL release of the news that the A.I.F. is represented in a strong British Imperial force now established in Greece will bring pride and hope to Australians that Hitler's deliberate extension of the war to Yugoslavia and Greece will in the end prove…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping War Effort New Lambton Carnival
The New Lamoton Red Cross and Send-Off Committee continued its carnival in the New Lambton Sports Oval on Saturday night. Senior…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Civilian War Badges Two Types Available
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Two of the six types of civilian war badges are now available at district records offices. They are exemption badges to be issued to medically…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Palestine Gives Aid in War London
The Jewish colony in Palestine, numbering some 500.000 people, had thrown itself wholeheartedly into the struggle on the side of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doctors and War Newcastle Has Been Fortunate
"The war has so far caused no serious shortage of doctors in Newcastle," said the secretary of the Northern branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bet Evens on War to End in Year
LONDON, April 6. A.A.P.—The "Sunday Express" says a firm of bookmakers, operating in London and Glasgow, offers to bet £5000, or any part of it, at even money…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Wants More War Contracts "Skilled Men Leaving"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Heading a deputation representing 200 New South Wales manufacturers, Mr. C. A. Morgan, M.H.R., told the Assistant Federal Treasurer (Mr…
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