Australians Leave Greece High Courage in ADVERSITY(From Kenneth Slessor, Official War Correspondent)
The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 3
Stumbling with utter weariness, their familiar faces grimy under grease and oil and five daysâ beards, the Australians poured back through…
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The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 2
In the last few weeks, the war has taken a very interesting turnâa turn very much for the better. At first glance the news from Greece would…
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The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 7
The Comforts Room was again the scene of a convivial gathering on Wednesday last, when Gunner Clarrie Sinclair and Pte. Len Hart were entertained…
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The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 5
A particularly large and enthusiastic gathering of citizens of Berry and district thronged the railway station on Friday night last (says the âRegisterâ)…
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The Bega District News · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2
A world-wide sensation has been caused by the dramatic arrival in Scotland [?]y air on Saturday night of Rudoll Hess, Hitler’s personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Loan. Further Subscriptions
The Bega District News · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 5
Alex Collins, Buckajo .. .. .. £100 Harold E. Reeve, Bega .. .. 500 Mr P. E. Smith, South Wolumla (free of interest) .. .. .. £100…
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The Bega District News · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 2
The Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) said that he would take the first opportunity to make a statement regarding the escape from Germany of…
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The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 12
There were two send-off functions at the local Comforts Room recently, first being held last week when Driver J. A. Ryan and Pte. Moon were…
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The Bega District News · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 2
German airborne and parachute troops, large numbers of whom wore New Zealand battle dress, yesterday began an attack in force on the island…
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The Bega District News · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 5
Lieutenant John L. Mair, son of the former Premier, Mr Mair, has been reported missing after military operations in Libya. It is presumed that…
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The Bega District News · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 2
The Germans are making desperate attempts to reinforce their troops in Crete by forces carried by sea, convoys of which have been intercepted…
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The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 May 1941 · page 2
The Australian Red Cross Searcher Unit is active in the Middle East, discovering the whereabouts of Australian war prisoners and seeing to their…
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The Bega District News · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2
The new “unsinkable” German battleship Bismarck (35,000 tons) has been sunk by the Royal Navy. Thus[?] battle cruiser Hood (42,100 tons),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Latest This Morning (By Telegraph from the Australian United Press Association, Sydney)
The Bega District News · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 2
Believed to have been the work of an incendiary, a fire destroyed almost five million dollars worth of foodstuffs consigned to Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Veterans’ Home and the War Veterans’ Art Union
The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 3
Wars do not really end when the armistice is proclaimed and the peace treaty ratified. The guns fall silent, the fronts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Stoner’s Address to Factory Managers Dairy Industry Will Over-come the Problems of War
The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 2
In the course of his Presidential address to the annual conference of, the N.S.W. Division of the Australian Institute of Dairy Factory Managers…
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The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 9
On Saturday evening last, at the Comforts Fund Rooms, Gunners Roy Brown and Artie Harper and Private Mervyn McKinnon were tendered a…
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The Bega District News · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 2
Although the position in Crate was exceptional, the campaign is regarded as a dress rehearsal for Hitler’s ultimate invasion of Britain. Senior…
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The Bega District News · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2
Alexandria had its first large scale air raid, of the war last night, it is officially announced from Cairo. It occurred while R. A. F. bombers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gifts for War Prisoners. Will Cost Red Cross £500,000 a Year
The Bega District News · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2
The chairman, of the New South Wales division if the Rod Cross Society Mr W. E. Johnson, said that it would cost the Red Cross Society…
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