German Butchery Wounded Soldiers Murdered in Greece
Members of the Adolf Hitler Guard, crack German regiment recruited from the most fanatical Nazi youths, cold-bloodedly murdered Australian…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
573 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 29
The War Enemy Convoy Attacked
LONDON (A.A.P.).— A highly successful attack on an enemy convoy off the North African coast was made by R.A.F. bombers on Tuesday. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales War Effort
Formation last week of the War Effort Co-ordination- Committee is an indication of the Governments determination to ensure the maximum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We Most Have War Machines
The weapons of war—planes, tanks, guns and ammunition—are of vital importance. Britain must have supplies of war materials, America is taking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News London, Wednesday (A.A.P.)
The Vichy Government is reported have decided to defend Syria and [?] handed against any British attack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gifts for War Prisoners In Greece and Crete
The chairman of the New South Wales division of the Red Cross Society, M. Wilfrid E. Johnson, said yesterday that it would cost the Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and Abroad American Plane Production
United States aerial production for April is estimated at considerably more than 1600 machines, or twice the number produced at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Voluntary Enlistment a Privilege Major-general Lloyd Speaks Less Casualties—swifter Victory
We are fighting for Democracy against tyranny. The basis of the democratic system is the voice of the majority. The very act of voting on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last War Losses Heavier
Commenting on Australian losses in Crete and Greece, Dr. C, E. W. Bean, Australian Official War Historian and Official War Correspondent in the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales War Effort
Formation last week of the War Effort Co-ordination Committee is an indication of the Government's determination to ensure the maximum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Big Battle Looming in Syria
LONDON (A.A.P.)—. Allied forces swept across the Syrian frontier in the starlight at 2 a.m. to-day, with fighters roaring overhead for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Savings Drive for £25,000,000
Several suggestions for increasing sales of War Savings Certificates have been made to the war savings organisation since the Federal Treasurer, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News London, Sunday (A.A.P.)
Free Erench forces under General Catroux and imperial troops under Lieutenant General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, crossed the frontier into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News London, Monday (A.A.P.)
Penetration into Syria is continuing, with British planes bombing the main airfields behind the French lines, but details of the fighting are very scanty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Cross Society How the Bed Cross Locates Prisoners of War
All who have relatives overseas with the fighting forces will be interested to know how the Red Gross discovers and maintains the men who are taken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What Scouts Are Doing Overseas Manned First-Aid Post Since First Day of War
For Sheer “Stickability” and team work in Scout war service the palm must surely be handed to the 1st Balderton Troop, Notts. There are but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Million Moles Help Britain's War effort £100,000 Collection of Furs for Canada
Furs valued at £100,000 from many parte of the British Empire—including moleskins from England and Scotland —are on their way to Canada to help…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cleaning Up the Dagos Braidwood Soldier's Letter
Writing under date 1/4/41, Pte. Jim Gowen, in a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Irwin, of Braidwood, tells ol interesting experiences In Greece, where…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.I.F. RECRUITING Duty of Employers Encourage Eligible Men to Enlist
The Director-General of Recruiting, Major-General Lloyd, said last night that if any family or firm was holding back an eligible man who wanted to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Drink Milk” P.M.’s Advice to Young Soldier
Before Mr. R. G.. Cookson, P.M., at Dubbo Police Court, Stanley Robert Sinclair, 21, A.I.F. private, pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of gin, the…
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