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Southern Highlands · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1943

163 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 9

"Our Soldier Pal."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 2

One often hears of forgotten Savings Bank Balances-overlooked in many instances-not because the depositors were rich but because they were…

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Prisoners of War Letters to Jap Prisoners Must Be Typed Miss Stanton Will Do It

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

We have received from Miss Kathleen Stanton, of 214 Bong Bong street, Bowral, the following letter making a kindly offer to relatives of…

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Soldiers Entertained

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

Bowral Rotary Club entertained nineteen soldiers on leave from the fighting fronts on Tuesday. The President…

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Honors for Local Soldiers

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

Sgt. Keith ("Bluey") Carey, of Bowral, who has been awarded the D.C.M. for valor in the Owen Stanley Ranges of New…

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Dance for Soldiers

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

On Tuesday next, Bowral Scottish Association will give a dance to welcome home soldiers on leave from, the fighting lines. The Scotties have…

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When France Goes to War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 1

Compared with conditions in France, the life of a British mayor is a little abort of celestial, for it is on the French mayor that the…

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Woke Up at Last and Did the Public Respond! Official Welcome to Returned Men

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

The enthusiasm with which the people of Bowral have welcomed home soldiers coming on leave from the fighting lines has at length…

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Buy War Bonds

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 4

What do you do with your cash, brother? And sister, this means you, too. Are yon turning your cash into War…

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Soldiers Welcomed

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 3

Burrawang School of Arts was packed with an enthusiastic audience to give a welcome home to Ptes. Jack Chapman,…

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A Soldier's Tribute

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 1

Writing to "his mother, Mrs. C. R. Pinney, of Burradoo, Sgt. P. Pinney pays a comrade's tribute to the late Sgt. Ron…

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Scotties Welcome Soldiers Bagpipes and A' and A'

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

Local soldiers home on leave have been welcomed at scores of parties, small and large during the past week or so, but outside their own…

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Soldiers Welcomed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 2

Burrawang School of Arts was packed with an enthusiastic audience to give a welcome home to Ptes. Jack Chapman, Joe Sullivan…

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War-Work Shorts

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 2

Bowral W.V.S. will bold a Games Afternoon on 9th April, to aid their candidate in the Ugly Han Competition. For particulars, please turn to…

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Urgent Appeal for War Orphans

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3

The task of the Sydney Legacy Club it to care for the widows and orphans of soldiers, sailors and airmen who have made the supreme sacrifice…

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Harbours and Rivers Great Post-war Plan Envisaged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 3

I am at present considering a great postwar plan for the development of the harbours and coastal rivers of the State submitted by my esteemed…

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Post-War Plans

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

Leaders, capable of providing for the changes which must come when the world conflict is over, are as urgently required as our warchiefs…

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War Bonds are Negotiable

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

There is a generally-held and entirely wrong view on the part of small investors in Australia that potting money into Government bonds…

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Post-War Planning. Water Supplies for Country

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

Commenting on a recent article in Moss Vale "Scrutineer," bearing the title "Impudent Propaganda," by an anonymous…

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Welcome Home to Soldiers Badly Organised

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

Bowral Welcome Home Committee hurriedly arranged a Welcome Home to returning members of the fighting ing forces for Wednesday evening…

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War-Work Shorts

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

A dance in mid of the Australian Comforts Fond will be held in Burrawang School of Arts on Wednesday next, under auspices of the local…

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