Hamilton Soldiers
Hamilton Send-Off mid Welcome Home Committee will entertain 60 soldiers and their relatives at the Sedgwick Hall. Porcher mid King Streets,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 83 of 179
Opening of Anzac Club in Singapore
ANZAC CLUB OPENED IN SINGAPORE—Spacious, well-appointed clubrooms with ample facilities for recreation in a homely atmosphere have been provided for Anzacs on leave in Singapore. This picture was taken on the opening day. Wide verandahs and a pleasant out-look are among the attractive features of the club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →60 Wounded, Left to Die London, April 20
Sixty wounded German seamen were left to die by their comrades in the Erich Glese. one of seven large enemy discovers suck in the second…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Fund Comforts Depot
Members of C.U.S.A. staffed the Newcastle War Fund Comforts Depot yesterday. Donations were received as follows—Hexham-Ash Island War Auxiliary, three pairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Council Functions Possibility of Extension
CANBERRA, Monday.—The possibility of an enlargement of the functions of the Advisory War Council to invest it with the…
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To-night the Hamilton Send-off Committee will consider a proposal to make a special appeal so that wristlet watch bands can be forwarded to lads at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Mediation in China War Japanese Diplomats' Aims
CHUNGKING, June 2. A.A.P.—Japanese industrialists and diplomats are seeking United States mediation in the Sino-Japanese war, according to an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →League Game for War Funds North-East to Play Rest
A combined Rugby League team, composed of the Eastern Suburbs back division and the Northern Suburbs forwards, will pay the pick to other Newcastle clubs for patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crete Shows War Without Air Support Is Suicide Cairo
Whatever its ultimate significance, the tragedy of Crete would be a good deal blacker if we continued to ignore the practical lesson which it teaches. The brutal fact, proved brutally in two campaigns, is that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Saved by Puppy
CAIRO, June 2. A.A.P.—Carried ashore in a soldier's boot, while the soldier walked barefooted, a Cretan puppy landed at the African port with one of the last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Saw Wife and Two Children Killed Sydney
The story of how his wife and two infant daughters were killed in an accident was told at Parramatta Court to-day by Barnett Edward Tolley, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diggers From Crete Are Not Beaten Men Grim Stories Of Slaughter Told By Tired Soldiers ALEXANDRIA
I saw to-day the end of one of the most gallant chapters in British history when tired and bearded men—Australians, New Zealanders and Tommies—marched down the gangways of the warships in which they had been evacuated from Crete…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac, Crete: One Deathless Tradition of Human Courage
ALEXANDRIA, June 2.—Unbelievable scenes of enthusiasm, unparalleled for 26 years, were witnessed at a Middle East port, as shipload after shipload of Imperial troops passed through packed lines of shipping. They were the men who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electricians Demand War Loading
Newcastle branch of the Electrical Trades Union, at a meeting last night, threatened "drastic action" unless definite action is taken soon to extend to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Secret New Zealand Session on War
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—The war situation will be discussed at a secret session of Parliament next Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Helping War Effort Waratah Red Cross
At a meeting of the Waratah-Mayfield branch of the Red Cross Society yesterday, the secretary (Mrs. E. Price) thanked Miss E. Hopkins for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Savings Continued Support for Campaign
Continued good support for the War Savings Certificates and Stamps Campaign in Newcastle was reported to-day by the honorary secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian War Prisoners Want Food Parcels WASHINGTON
Pilot-Officer H. H. Taylor, of Western Australia, who is a prisoner of war in Germany, has written to Mr R. G. Casey, Australian Minister to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China War at End of Fourth Year Washington
Japan's venture, which will end its fourth year on July 7, has cost Japan more than 17,000,000,000 yen or a sum equal to the entire national income in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Free Tradesmen for War Work Mr. McKell Wants to Use Unemployed
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The report of the Federal Manpower Committee, which gave the estimated figure of 30,000 unemployed for New South Wales, indicated…
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