Soldier Injured Jumped From Train Injuries to Tongue and Face
When returning on leave to his wife at Boorowa on the Melbourne express on Saturday morning, Sergeant Charles Dick. of the A.I.F., and until his enlistment…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
4,144 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 208
Knitting for Soldiers Socks and Stockings Needed Melbourne
Australian women should continue to knit both socks and stockings for the Australian troops, said the Australian Comforts Fund Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jump From Train Soldiers Elude Guards
Passengers on the Melbourne Express received a shock on Tuesday morning when two soldiers returning to Sydney under escort eluded their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Derna’s Fall Action Vividly Described Valiant Part Played by Australians Fierce Italian Resistance the (From the Official War Correspondent Sgt. [?]an Fitchett.)
The capture of Derna on Thursday was the culmination of nearly a week’s hard fighting. The A.I.F. were assisted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded in Tobruk Battle Pte. Duncan Clark Widely Known
YESTERDAY information was received in Leeton that Pte. Duncan Leslie Clark had been wounded in action, presumably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga War Effort Christmas Parcels Appreciated by Soldiers "A Link with Home"
Mr. John Purcell, of Messrs. Purcell and Berrigan, Wagga, has received the following letter from VX21951, Pte. L.L. Morton, B Section, 2/2 Army Field…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Girl's War Work
Among the Australian women who are doing their share of war work in England is Miss Kathleen Prendergast, daughter of Mrs. M. P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on Two Fronts in Africa
Italy now has a war on two fronts in Africa against troops whose supplies and communications are assured and who are well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"War Will Last Until 1944" MELBOURNE
Because of the magnitude of the German empire and the powers of Germans for organisation, the war will probably last until 1944, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Censorship Empire Press Reviews Political Bias Alleged
The annual report of the Empire Press Union, which will be presented on February 11, deals largely with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE WAR—From Day to Day Italy's Defeat in Africa in Sight
British successes in Libya and East Africa have brought Italy within measurable distance of complete defeat, and, added to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in Australia Federal Control of Inland Traffic Possible in Emergency Sydney
In the event of a war in the Pacific there would be need for the Federal Government to take over inland traffic in the interests of uniformity, said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Forgan Smith Addresses Australian Workers Union Many Australians Do Not Realise What War Means
"To retain our country and protect our free institution, we must work like hell, fight like hell, and secure the people's peace. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News Summary "Battle of the Mountains" Coming in Libya Italians Swept Ever Backwards London. Monday. A.A.P.
"After the battle of the desert comes the battle of the mountains," says a British United Press correspondent with the Imperial Army of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Knitting for Soldiers
Australian women should continue to knit both socks and stockings for the Australian troops, said the Australian Comforts Fund Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repatriation of Soldiers Cabinet Consideration of Plans
"The disembarkation of more soldiers invalided from the Middle Eastern theatres of war remind us that we must now meet our responsibilities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Who Enlist Looking After Their Properties Voluntary Labour
"As a result of the setting up of the Soldiers' Farms Protection Committee, it is hoped that the dependants and properties of those leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Comforts to be Sent to Tumut Soldiers on Active Service by Auxiliary of Tumut Patriotic Fund
At a meeting of the Auxiliary of the Tumut Branch of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Letters Delayed Complaints From Leeton Leeton
Complaints have been received by a member of the Willimbong Shire Patriotic Committee that soldiers from Leeton serving overseas have to go…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£1 Each to Blind Soldiers
The ordeal through which Britain is passing has not prevented the St. Dun stan Institute for blinded soldiers, sailors and airmen of the British…
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