V.D.C. Training Plans Full Enlistment Optional
Liability to fall-time service was not entailed in enlistment in the Volunteer Defence Corps, said Mr. Forde, Minister for the Army…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
381 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 20
War-Work Shorts
Messrs. W. Briggs and Son, of Bowral, announce that they are prepared to undertake the erection of air-raid shelters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liberty War Loan
Many of the larger towns in the various States have adopted objectives, based on population and resources, for the £35,000,000 Liberty War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Work in Our District
Secretaries and others interested in any branch of War Work are invited to Tell The Mail all about their work. Publicity is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Carnival Lord Mayor's Win-the-war Fund and Aid to Russia To All Residents and Visitors
Friends,—The Bowral Sub-branch Committee of the above has very great pleasure and satisfaction in being able to say the appeal made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hall for Soldiers' Recreation
As already announced, the main room of St. Jude's Parish Hall is now available to soldiers for recreational purposes and the kindergarten room…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recreation Rooms for Soldiers Book Drive on
The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides are taking a hand in helping to equip any recreation rooms for soldiers that may ba provided in Bowral, with…
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Bowral women bowlers will hold another of their successful wok and card parties next Wednesday afternoon. A pleasant afternoon is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Working to Win War Work in Our District and Elsewhere
Every band of war-workers should detail a member to Tell The Mail what they are doing and how they are doing it. Such reports encourage and inspire others to help also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Too Critical Don't Say "There You Are" When You See a Girl in Uniform Talking to a Soldier
The Hotel Ranelagh is being prepared as barracks for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. F.-Lt. Stark is already in residence there and last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Rest Room Good Attendance
The recreation hall for soldiers, in the Parish Hall, Bowral, has been opened every evening during the past week with good attendance of…
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To overcome some of the difficulties which the situation in the Pacific has created, intensive personal canvassing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Cross Society War Emergency Stores
To assist the War Emergency Stores collection by the local Branch of the Australian Red Cross Society, the Women's Auxiliary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War-Work Shorts
A dance at Kangaroo Valley for the Red Cross realised over £13. Wingecarribee Shire has raised £471 for the New Sydney Fund with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Working to Win War Work in Our District and Elsewhere
Every band of war-workers should detail a member to Tell The Mail what they are doing and how they are doing it. Such reports encourage and inspire others to help also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrilling Escape Avoca Soldier Saved in Rowboat
Pte. Irvine Goodfellow, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Goodfellow, of Avoca, in a letter to his parents written two days after the evacuation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grateful Soldiers
When Rev. L. A. Pearce was in Sydney last Monday, taking the service at St. Andrew's Cathedral, as he was leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Still Goes On
The Japs are now about to make a very great attack on the island of Java, but they will find that it will not be so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adapting Australian Agriculture to the War the Problems Involved
For over two years Australia has been faced with the duty of organising her agricultural resources in order to make the most effective contribution…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War-Work Shorts
A picture depicting the work of the National Emergency Services will be shown at Stevenson's Theatre, Mittagong, on Saturday…
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