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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 179

Anzac Revue in City Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 4

Members of the Women's Air Training Corps have volunteered to act us ushers at the Anzac Revue which is to be presented in the City Hall…

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Ambulance Sisters for Anzac Day Duty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

Ambulance sisters will be on route duty at the Anzac memorial parade on Friday. They will assemble at the intersection of Hunter and Perkin Streets at 9.45 a.m…

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Anzac Service Held At Tighe's Hill School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

A colorful Anzac Day service was conducted at the Tighe's Hill Public School. Hymns and patriotic songs were sung…

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War Victims' Fund Closed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 6

The Great Britain Civilian War Victims Relief Fund (Newcastle district appeal) was officially closed yesterday afternoon at the City Hall at a special meeting of…

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Travellers Plan War Effort

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 6

The newly-formed Commercial Travellers' Patriotic and War Fund aims to hold a procession in Newcastle later this year, along the lines of the University…

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War Loan Cheque for £10,000 Miners Assist War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

A cheque for £10,000 was signed this morning by the President (Mr. J. Kellock), and the Secretary (Mr. J. B. Simpson),…

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What People Think Prayer And War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 4

"Old Democrat" writes— The letter from "Young Democrat" calls for a reply. A sweeping statement is made that "prayer has not…

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War Council Meeting in Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

The War Council met again in Sydney to-day to overhaul the supply position—Australia's production of munitions and equipment for the…

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Rural Industry in War Labour's "Master Plan"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The vast field of rural industry had been left to develop haphazardly, in many ways inefficiently, and in accordance with no plans for the…

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Urges Immediate Participation of America in War New York

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

Immediate participation of the United States in the war is a matter of desperate urgency, says William Harlan Stoneman, a leading American foreign correspondent, in a dispatch to the New York "Post"…

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Rally to Launch Big Loan War Council Members to Attend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden), the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes), the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (Mr…

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Of Interest to Women Helping War Effort The Socks Issue

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 7

"Socks are needed and plenty of them," was the text of an appeal received in a letter from Private E. Best to his parents in Swan-street,…

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War in Greece (Continued from Page One) Conflicting Reports of Greek Action London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

"The main Greek army," says the B.B.C., "is holding firm. The Epirus army, which capitulated was fighting alone the Albanian…

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War Council Left Out Decision to Send A.I.F. to Greece Labour Criticism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Explanations by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) why the Advisory War Council was not consulted be…

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Two Singleton Soldiers Reported Missing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 11

SINGLETON, Wednesday.—Private Norman White, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. White, of Bishopgate-street, Singleton and Private Ray Andrews, of Mount…

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Cardiff Soldier Died on Parade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 6

When on parade in Sydney. Lance-corporal George Staples, son of Mr. and Mrs. Staples. of Veronica-street, Cardiff, collapsed and died. He was 27. A…

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Two Loves and One a Soldier Dear Dorothy Dix.—

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 4

I fell in love with a boy who joined the Army. He is the first boy ever to notice me, and I used to hear from him twice a week. After three…

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Preference for Newly Returned Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The policy of the Government would be to regard returned soldiers from the war for employment purposes on the same basis as returned…

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Anzac

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

We who survive salute the glorious dead, Lying secluded in that sacred soil, Beneath the rugged heights of Sari…

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Cessnock Anzac Celebration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 6

The Anzac Day celebration—to have begun with a dawn service in the Memorial Hall at 4.30 a.m. to-day—will be followed by a non-denominational service in the Regent…

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