Canteen Orders Soldiers’ Appreciation
At the monthly meeting on Tuesday night of the Queanbeyan and Yarrowlumla Shire Patriotic and War Fund Committee, further letters of thanks…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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Returned Soldier’ Badges
While members of the A.I.F. returned from this war, who remain in the Military Forces and in uniform, are not permitted to wear the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed in Action Sapper Frank Reid
News has been received that Sapper. Francis S. Reid, of Bungendore, has been killed in action during tre fighting in Malaya…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Anzac Area
While dangers in the Pacific area have appreciably increased in the past week, political developments abroad have markedly clarified the situation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Japanese Steadied
RANGOON.—A communique issued in Rangoon to-day states that the situation on the Salween front appears to have been stabilised. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Soldiers Appreciate Parcels From Patriotic Committee
Some time, ago the Braidwood Patriotic Committee forwarded a sum of money to Sydney for the purpose of providing comforts for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Status for V.D.C. Members Must Enlist
Under regulations issued yesterday, all members of the Volunteer Defence Corps are required to enlist. This is to ensure that they will have full status…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News From All Sources
U.S. Gifts for A.C.F. and Red Cross. Cabled advice has been received io Australia that the Anzac War Relief Pond, New York, which comprises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Further Withdrawal in Libya
LONDON.— A military commentator in London said that British forces had left Derna, in Libya. The right flank appeared to have gone back 50…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoners of War Fund Red Cross Contributions
The following amounts have been forwarded to Headquarters for the Prisoners of War Fund: Sutton Group of Wellwishers, per Mrs. Chas. E. Bead,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentry Shoots Three Wounded Inquiry Follows
The Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde and the General Officer Commanding Eastern Command, Lieutenant-General Wynter, yesterday discussed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Navy Formed American in Command WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (A.A.P.)
The combined Australian, New Zealand, and American fleets in the Australia-New Zealand area will be commanded by an American, Vice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Cross Society News of Prisoners of War
Information has been received by the Red Cross of the location of Stalag XVIIIa and XVIIId. Both camps are apparently near the same town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War [Our Special Cable Service] General Button Optimistic
RANGOON.— It is revealed that during a recent visit to Burma the Commander-to-Chief in the Southwest Pacific, General Wavell, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prisoners of War Not Idle
German and Italian prisoners of war in internment camps in Australia were not kept in idleness, Bald the Deputy Prime Minister and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Japanese Landings in Celebes
BATAVIA.—There have been further official reports of Japanese landings on the south-west arm of the Celebes: Destructions ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women War Welders New Process Helps Them
Managers of Britain's war factories are discovering that the women now coming into their works from shops, offices, the professions and private life,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →If Singapore Falls Witt ProIong Pacific War
Military authorities, according to a Washington message to the Associated Press, say that if Singapore falls, the Allies must eventually fall back to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dogs of War Britain's Are Better Than Germany's
The first and only establishment of its kind in Great Britain, at an Army School near London, is now training dogs lent by their owners for service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News From All Sources Fouth A.I.F. Home in Jerusalem
Quartered in a wing of the Orthodox Greek School, in Old Jerusalem, a new A.C.F. hostel has recently been opened. Speaking at the formal…
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