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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1941

573 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 18 of 29

This Will Happen If We Lose the War

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

If we do not win this war all the things keeping an eligible man from joining the A.I.F. will no longer concern him. His personal interests his…

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Playing at War Caustic Criticism by Bombala Writer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

A writer under a nom-de-plume in the last issue of the Bombala "Times" deals it out hot and strong to local residents for their alleged apathy in…

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Artists Quit Easels To Give Textile Makers War-Time Designs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 3

A group of Britain’s better known artists are co-operating with Lancashire in producing dress designs which put new life into fabrics of cotton and…

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"Why Did'nt I Enlist?" Inescapable Memories

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 4

Sooner or later every man in Australia eligible for service in the A.I.P. who does not enlist must face up to the inescapable memory that he…

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Returned Soldiers' League Monthly Meeting

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Braidwood Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held in the Literary In-stitute on Saturday afternoon last…

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Six Sons Enlist

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

Mrs. C. Nugent, of 36 Electra Street, South Brisbane, has six of eight sons who have enlisted in defence of their country. the youngest is 19 years…

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Fracas on Train Soldier Hurt in Fight

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 4

Following a fracas on the Cooma Mail late on Tuesday night, a member of the A.I.F. had to be removed to the guard’s van and handcuffed before he…

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War Savings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 1

War Savings Certificate sales in June, amounting to £1,431,895, were the highest for 10 months, but they have been passed by sales this month, which…

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The War Another Reverse for Italian Navy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 7

LONDON (A.A.P).— Seventeen Italian tospedo- carrying vessels, which tried early yesterday to raid the Valetta naval base at Malta, were sunk,…

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War News London, Sunday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 2

The occuption of Indo-China by Japanese forces began on Saturday, when Japanese troopships and Warships arrived at Saigon and other…

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This Will Happen If We Lose the War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 5

If we do not win this war all the things keeping an eligible man from joining the A.I.F. will no longer concern him. His personal interests, his…

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Red Cross Society "University" Courses for Prisoners of War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 6

A report from the British Red Cross tells of the educational service and book section which provides British (including Australian) prisoners, of…

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Russian Ascendency War Stationary LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 1

The Germans are on the defensive on the Russian front, at least in the propaganda war, and reports from neutral sources say that militarily they are…

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Australian Red Cross N.s.w. Division “University” Courses for Prisoners of War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 4

A report from the British Red Cross tells of the educational services and book section which provides British (including Australian) prisoners of war…

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Every Man Available Fob the A.i.f. Should Enlist at Once

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 4

Any eligible man who does not want to go to the help of the A.I.F. overseas can find excuses, but the least valid of all excuses is the claim that…

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Indian Soldiers of Britain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 4

An Intelligence Officer of an Indian Rifle Regiment is seen scrutinising and mapping an enemy position in the Western Desert, Northern Africa…

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Hospitals Full of Wounded Enemy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 2

It is reported from Bucharest that over 300 military hospitals in the interior of Rumania contained 60,000 wounded men. These figures do not…

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Britain's War Aims

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 3

Lord Halifax, Britain's Ambassador to the United States, outlined, in his first public speech, a clear indication of Britain's after-the-war aims…

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War on the Soul

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 3

The most sinister product of Germany is not the Luftwaffe, but the Nazi warfare upon mankind's ideals The lands that have fallen have first…

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The War Quarrels in Hitler's Camp

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 2

LONDON (A.A.P.).—The "Telegraph's" Istanbul correspondent says that reliable neutral travellers from Germany say that hundreds of officers…

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