Soldier Entertained Presentation Made on Behalf of Patriotic Fund
Private Jack Reynolds was the guest of honour at a function arranged by the Gilgandra Digers and held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Soldiers From Camp Appreciate Dubbo A.I.F. Men Entertained at Railway Institute
About 60 members of the A.I.P. in camp at Dubbo wore entertained at the Railway Institute by the social club of the Institute. Some 200…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wellington District News. Cumnock Large Crowd Bids Farewell to Soldiers More Presentations Made
On Monday afternoon last a public farewell was given to Lieut. P. Reynolds, Signaller C. Leary, Driver T. Aitkinson, and Pte. Badgery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Entertained by Members of Swimming Club
The members of the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club have responded to the call of the nation in the present grave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Farewelled at Purlewaugh
The Purlewaugh Hall was crowded to its utmost on Tuesday night, the occasion being a send-off. to Lance Corporal Ken Sanson and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Farewelled Presentations to Local Men
There was only a fair attendance at the Mechanics’ Institute on Monday, when a send-off and presentation was given…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Comforts for Soldiers
Mr. N. York, secretary of the sub-committee of the Lord Mayor’s Fund, informs us that all members of the forces enlisting at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Girls Make Camoufl age Nets In Their Leisure Hours Dishonesty Hampers War Effort—problem of Unpaid Workers School Uniform is No Repression—Discipline Teaches Time and Place for Clothes
Business girls are giving up a night a week to make nets. These are like hammock nets only much larger. Painted green or brown, they are thrown over lorries or trenches as a camouflage. Seen from the sky, they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wounded in Action
In the Fifth Casualty List issued on Monday last, we notice the name of Private L. W. Blacker, No. NX 14321 (of Bourke) wounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daily Summary of the War
Monday.—No change on Tobruk front. German dive bombers attacked Malta and 16 were brought down. The Greeks further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prime Minister Speaks On Problem Of Overtime—War Need
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), in the course of a special statement defined the Government's policy in relation to the working of overtime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Senator Favors Outright British War Gift Loan Bill Alternative—Lindbergh Peace Views Washington
Senator E. D. Johnson introduced into the Senate a substitute British Aid Bill, authorising a straight-out gift of 2,000,000,000 dollars worth of war materails to Britain. Senator Taft introduced a measure authorising the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trangie Soldier on Abyssinian Mission Sergt E. Body Selected
Sergeant Ted Body, of Trangie, is one of five Australians attached to the special British military mission to Abyssinia, news of which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sick Soldier and Parcels In English Hospital
Life in the Army is one thing, and life in an Army hospital is another. Proof of this is contained in a snapshot of Private…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Review of War Happenings of the Week British Successes
The capture of Tobruk is of greater military importance than the capture of Bardia because it clears the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian War Effort Lauded in America New York
There were over 400 guests at the Australian Society's Australia Day dinner at the Biltmore Hotel. Major-General J. G. Harbord recalled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in Albania Italian Losses Greatest Since Invasion London
The intensity of local struggles on the Albanian front is reflected in a statement by the Greek Government spokesman that Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in Near East Halifax on Importance Reception to Invaders Washington
"We always thought the British Isles would he the decisive theatre, but it is impossible to overestimate the strategical importance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →92 Resolutions ANNUAL C.P. CONFERENCE Support for War Effort Sydney
Of the 92 resolutions on the agenda for the special Country Party conference in Sydney to-morrow and on Thursday, 16 deal with the war effort,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transport Capsizes Two Soldiers Hurt Accident at Dubbo Camp
When a military transport lorry overturned within the military camp grounds at Dubbo on Saturday afternoon, two private soldiers…
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