Enlistments in A.I.F. Labour Restrictions Not Serious
MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Exemptions for reserved occupations had not proved a serious impediment to enlistments, said the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Soldiers to Be Entertained at Merewether
Next Thursday night the Merewether Farewell and Welcome Home Committee will entertain 10 members of the fighting services. The men are Messrs. W. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gifts to Miller's Forest Soldiers
A presentation to Privates flop Smith and Edward Durham, of the A.I.F., was mode by the Millers' Forest Patriotic Committee. Each received a wristlet watch a scarf end…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rail Concession Home Defence Soldiers on Full-time
Soldiers in home defence units on full-time duty would be allowed free railway travel quarterly from the camp to their home town, the State Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australians in Malaya Celebrate Anzac Day
Men of the A.I.F in Malaya observed Anzac Day in the traditional manner. Picture above shown a line up of Australian soldiers near A.I.F Headquarters. Above right: Heads erect, the Australians swing along in the march past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Pensions Same Scale as in Last War
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Repatriation Commission to-day issued a summary showing that widows of men killed on active service received pensions ranging…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Did Their Best" Reply to Anzac March Criticism
It was one of the largest marches held in Newcastle, and we did the best we could with the facilities available. The sub-branch has been complimented by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returning to War
MELBOURNE. Friday.—When the next batch of the A.T.F. leaves for service abroad it will include a number of men who have already seen active service in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£10,000 Gift for War
CANBERRA, Friday.—A cheque for £10,000 as a free gift to the Federal Government to assist the war effort has been sent by Mr. William Mellrath,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Helping the War Effort Street Day
The Women's Auxiliary of the Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee held a street dav yesterday when stalls were conducted and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Funds Gift by Kearsley Children
Kearsley public school pupils are not half-hearted in thier war effort. While the majorly of other schools have their war savings certificate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Assurance Sufficient Coal for War Needs
Miners will produce sufficient coal to meet the requirements of industry for the duration of the war. stated the Central Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.Z. Ministers for Australia Discuss War Problems
CANBERRA, Friday.—The first meeting of the Australia-New Zealand consultative committee will be held in Australia within a fortnight. The New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal for War Industries Miners' Assurance to Control Board
The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation in Newcastle yesterday gave an assurance to the Chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S. Already In War. Says Mr. Roosevelt's Son
CAIRO, May 9. A.A.P.—Captain James Roosevelt, son of the United States President, has arrived at Cairo to act as an air observer in the Middle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Chief for Australia Cabinet Decides on New Post
CANBERRA. Friday.—The War Cabinet decided to-night to appoint a general officer commanding all military forces in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Office Flooded with Offers of Dogs London
The training school at Willems Barracks (Aldershot) has been inundated with letters in reply to n War Office appeal to dog…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Soldiers Injured Car Smash Near Murulla
Seven soldiers were injured, three seriously, when a car in which they were travelling home to Inverell on leave crashed through a fence and down a steep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers' Committee Seeks Support
The apathy of citizens and relatives of men of the A.I.F. was to be deplored, it was stated at a meeting of Newcastle and Cook's Hill Soldiers' Farewell and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hamburg and Bremen in Flames R.A.F. Launches Fiercest Attack of War Night Fighters Shoot Down 11 Raiders London, May 9. A.A.P.
Strong forces of Royal Air Force bombers last night, in what are officially described as the heaviest raids of the war, delivered smashing attacks against Hamburg and Bremen and other targets in Germany. A record number…
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