Broken Cafe Window Evidence Suspicious But Too Slender— P.M. Frees Soldier
Henry James Belcher (27), an A.I.F. soldier, was discharged by Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., at the Dubbo police court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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New War Loan
“I expect a record of 100,000 subscribers to the £35,000.000 war [?] which opens on February 17,” says the organiser, Mr. C. Banfield. “The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australians in Last War
“Dubbo” is informed that the total enlistments in Australia in the Great War numbered 416,800. Every one of these were volunteers. The grand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing Charge Ex-soldier Convicted This Morning
Ray Eric Vincent (18), an ex-soldier, who pleaded guilty last Friday morning to a charge of stealing property from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TRANGIE Young Soldier Killed In Action in Malaya
News has been received that Cpl. James Abraham Meeth (19) was killed in action in Malaya on January 21, while fighting with the A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enlistment of V.D.C. Men Explained Sydney
A military spokesman today made it clear that new regulations requiring members of the Volunteer Defence Corps to enlist does not mean…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded in Malaya
Mrs. Da[?] Smith, of Gilgandra, received word on Saturday that her brother, Private Cyril Bills, of Gulargambone, had been wound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 Per Cent. War Effort
Wearing an Air Force Reserve Badge, Mr. Jack Bartley returyied to Gilgandra on Tuesday a few days spent in Sydney. Jack,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Timber What the War Has Proved
Cut off from usual supplies, Victoria has had to rely more extensively on local timber for a variety of purposes for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1292 American Sailors Missing in War Washington
The Navy Spokesman told the Senate Naval Committee that 1292 officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps are missing or prisoners as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney's Lavish Garden Days End In War Conditions 1942 Infants Members Of New Generation
And so, farewell to Garden Days! The inspection at Admiralty House on Anniversary Day, in aid of the Benevolent Society, was probably the last of its kind for the duration. Four good and sufficient reasons have banished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Escape From Crete Dressed and Disguised As a Greek
"The Germans just walked into a cafe and hauled out all men between 16 and 65, put them against a wall, and mowed them down with machine guns. During three months 500 Greeks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Soldier Thugs Wanted for Murder Sydney
Detective-Superintendent Matthews, chief of the C.I.B., today appealed to the public for further assistance in tracing three soldiers who brutally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Remanded on Theft Charge
At the Dubbo police court yesterday, Eric Edward Shannon (22), A.I.F. private, who was arrested at Brocklehurst on Tuesday night, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local & General Enlistments at Mendooran
Recent enlistments in the A.I.F. at Mendooran are J. Carlisle, E. Monk and N. Hayden, all of whom are in camp at Dubbo. The latter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Annoyed Over Urban Appointment “No One Given a Chance”
Members of the Returned Soldiers’ League expressed their displeasure at a meeting on Friday night at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Making Up Pay Soldiers’ Request to Council to Relieve Hardship
The R.S.S.A.I.L.A. decided on Friday night to ask the Shire Council to make up the pay of Shire employees who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to Prisoners of War
References to drought conditions in certain areas in Australia, and to inadequate water supply in certain cities, should be eliminated from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Patriotic and War Fund Annual Meeting
The second annual meeting of the Dubbo and District Patriotic and War Fund will be held at the Council Chambers, Dubbo, on Monday, 9th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local And General Dubbo War Savings Certificates
Progress sales of War Savings Certificates in Dubbo for. the week ending Monday, 2nd February, totalled £337…
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