Militia Enlistments on R.a.a.f
Army headquarters have announced that 1,585 members of the Militia Forces have enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force. In addition 87…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
603 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 21 of 31
War in the Air
Radio stations in Germany, northern France, and Holland were silent on Tuesday night, when British bombers made one of their most extensive raids…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News at Home and Abroad Militia Enlistments in R.a.a.f
Army Headquarters have announced that 1,585 members of the Militia Forces have enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force. In addition, 87…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Nothing for Invader
LONDON.—The Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, said if the invader should succeed in gaining a temporary foothold in Britain he would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundaroo’s War Effort Taking Total £130
An afternoon and evening fair held at Gundaroo last Saturday was most successful, the takings amounting to £130, and the Lord Mayor’s Patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and Abroad Care Op Soldiers Leaving Firing Line
The 7th Divison A.I.F. during the last six weeks has been raising a fund to be used, for emergencies abroad. Hundreds of small [?] have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War German Claim
LONDON.—The German High Command claims that "sea forces have sunk the Turakina in Australian waters."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unemployment and the War Effort Where Are the Starving Children?
At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council the following letter was read from the Shire of Willimbong (Leeton):—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Soldier Killed in Car Accident
LONDON.— Private Eric. Schiele, aged 23, of the A.I.F., died in a West London hospital after being knocked i down by a motor car last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will the War Ruin Britain ?
Two things about which most experts agree are: That this war is the most expensive ever fought and that we Shall all be ruined at the end of it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Air Raids on England
LONDON.—It is officially announced that at least 24 German 'planes were shot down to-day. Air-raid sirens were sounded in London at 9 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Australian War Industries
It is stated in Canberra that economic experts are making plans for Australian war industries to absorb another 100,000 employees by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Winning the War Vi. Money to Waste—or Use!
What is money? It is the habittal means of exchanging goods and services, and of providing for further production. It works on three main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War and Its Causes Stirring Address by Archbishop Duhig
Catholics need scarcely assure their King, their Governments or their fellow citizens of their whole-hearted co-operation and their loyalty and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News at Home and Abroad Travelling School of Mechanisation for Troops
The A.I.F. is to have a new unit—the First Australian Mobile School of Mechanisation—which is believed to be the first of its kind in the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →12-Year-old "Soldier" Three Weeks in Front Line
Of all the stories told by men of the Flanders forces who came back from Dunkirk, that of 12-year-old frontline "soldier" Leon Schulz is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Air War
The war in the air is now at its most intense pitch since the battle for Britain began, but the peak has yet to come and German pressure is growing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany’s War Losses
It is authoritatively stated in Berlin that, during the first year of the war, the German Army lost 39,000 killed, 143,000 wounded, and 24,000 missing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News at Home and Abroad Colonial Empire's War Effort
The Colonial Empire has contributed nearly £10,000,444 to the British war effort. Malaya's share has been extremely good and now amounts to over £3,000,000. This does not take…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Damage by Bombers
LONDON. —The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, in a message to the bomber command, revealed that nearly a thousand dwellings and shops…
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