War News
It was authoritatively stated in Cairo on Tuesday night that the British forces in Syria were within 10 miles of Damascus…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
573 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 29
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…
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"Those who to-day live in the belief that Australia will never know the sound of battle on her shores are due for a rude awakening if they do…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News at Home and Abroad Canadian Shipbuilding
Seventeen major and 75 smaller shipyards are working on a 130,000,000 dollar (£A36,000,000) shipbuilding programme, under which 226 ships have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Hess's Object in Landing in Scotland
LONDON (A.A.P.).—"Hess believed he could remain in Scotland for two days to discuss peace proposals with certain groups, after which he would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Washington, Thursday (A.A.P.)
The State Department announced a preliminary report from the American Consul at Pernambuco, stated that the United States ship Robin Moor was…
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The regular despatch of a parcel of food and clothing each week to all members of the Australian forces captured by the enemy, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Labour Determined to Defeat Nazi Regime
LONDON (A.A.P.).— The Minister for Labour (Mr. Bevin), speaking at Derby, declared that Labour was the most determined of all to defeat the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Central Thrust in Syria From IAN S. FITCHETT (Assistant Official War Correspondent) JERUSALEM
Australian forces fighting due north to the Jordan Valley on Tuesday captured Fort Khain and advanced to the outskirts of Merjayoun after 36 hours…
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A major, battle, in which tanks predominate, is in progress between Imperial troops and German and Italian troops around Fort Capuzzo in the…
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NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—The Columbia Broadcasting System reports that it heard Turkish radio statements to the effect that Germany had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unlimited War Effort Mr. Menzies’s Broadcast
The national broadcast which the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, gave on Tuesday was, in his own words “the [?] of an unlimited war effort.”…
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Following the rejection by General Dentz of the British ultimatum,, Allied troops, heavily supported by bombers, are reported to be smashing their way…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rugby League Fiasco Forfeit Angers Soldiers
Almost 400 soldiers from the A.S.C. camp at the Goulburn Showground paraded four miles through the town to Rugby League Park on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Democracy at War
In these days when there is so much loose talk about democracy it is stimulating to see democracy actually at work. That was what we…
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Recognition of the riches and the commercial possibilities of Australia is growing apace in Great Britain. Capital from the Motherland and from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Damascus Falls
LONDON (A.A.P.).— it was revealed that continued pressure from British, Free French and Indian troops resulted in Vichy forces yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War News at Home and Abroad War Supplies in Sooth Africa
The latest example of the diversity of war supplies activity in the Union of South Africa will be the manufacture of bayonets and scabbards. A…
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LONDON (A.A.P.).— Hitler's allegations that Britain and Russia have been surreptitiously negotiating against innocent Germany is described…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Supplies in South Africa
The latest example of the diversity of war supplies activity in the Union of South Africa will be the manufacture of bayonets and scabbards…
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