Anzac Day on the Radio
In the "Calling Australia" session from the BBC, Colin Wills, the Australian broadcaster and journalist, will broadcast a talk…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 150
The Broken Bow of Anzac
ON ANZAC DAY we do not glorify war, but recollect with reverence that once common men were raised to the giant stature of gods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day Ceremonies at Cenotaph in Sydney
SYDNEY.—For the past 14 years Miss Jean Smyth, of Belfield, has placed a wreath which she has made herself on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day Lived Today in Spirit of People
At dawn to-day, at the soldiers' memorial outside the Post-office, nine men met for an Anzac service. They were all old soldiers of the last war. After a few minutes, their simple commemoration was over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day Messages Stand Resolute and Ready, says the King
His Majesty the King, in his Anzac Day message to the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) states: "At this solemn moment in the history of Australia the Queen and I are indeed proud to join with our people in the Commonwealth in commemoration of Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Hits the Bahamas
NEW YORK, Friday (OSR).—The Duke of Windsor is expected to visit Washington shortly, seeking United States aid to save the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evatt's War Appeal Ottawa, Friday (OSR)
—"There must be no more argument about strategy," said the Australian Minister for External Affairs (Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Neutral" Welsh Village Enters The War
LONDON, Friday (OSR): After remaining "neutral" more than two years and a half, a strongly nationalist village high in the Berderwin Mountains of Wales, has declared war against Germany…
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By "Valais."—Three Newcastle sportsmen who raced horses as "W. Godroy" have retired from the Turf for the duration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£3400 in Prizes for War Veterans' Art Union
Five hundred prizes of a total value of £3400 are offered in the war veterans' art union No. 4, now open to the public. Mr. Henry Moynihan,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War's Greatest Air Raids Rostock Is Given Hour of Hell with 1000lb BOMBS
LONDON, Friday (AAP): The most terrifying air assault of the war was carried out on Rostock, German Baltic port, early yesterday morning. What the Air Ministry describes as an overmastering concentration of dive-bombers, hurled down the greatest weight of heavy bombs ever crowded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Killed by Truck
SYDNEY, Friday.—Private Hiram John Rainsford, 42, of Little-road, Bankstown, was knocked down by a motor utility truck near his home…
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LONDON, April 24.—It was disclosed in London to-day that in some cases service men are being used to man the guns on merchant ships…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Shoot Four German Soldiers
LONDON, April 24.—German military police shot four German soldiers on the spot after a riot in a Brussels cinema which was showing a faked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stadium Available for Soldiers' Tournament
THE MANAGER of Newcastle Stadium (Mr. Harry Mack) said last night that the stadium would be available for Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wages of Girls in Factories Unsettling to Soldiers' Wives, Says M.H.R.
SYDNEY, Friday.—Referring to-night to the employment of women in munition factories in ever increasing numbers in place of men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Training Soldiers for Peace
MELBOURNE.—Soldiers anxious to learn more of peace-time jobs or to learn new work with an eye to the future as well as to fill in…
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LONDON, Friday (AAP).—Britain now has four regiments of soldiers who help to man ships of the merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Don't Want Exclusive Entertainment
SYDNEY.—Soldiers on leave do not want entertainment organised especially for them, but normal entertainment available to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soviet Soldiers in Winter Camouflage
Red Army tank men, enveloped in while winter camouflage clothes, running to a heavy Soviet tank to launch an attack from a Russian front line village. They would be invisible from a plane…
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