Returns Home To Enlist
Gerald Patrick Windsor 19-year-old son of a Brisbane doctor, who had been missing since Christmas Day, was found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250
33,000 Books for Soldiers
Through the Daily Telegraph appeal, 33,000 books have been provided for troops in camps, on transports, and on ships of the Royal Australian Navy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Casula. Soldier Jack De Meyrick Farewelled
When it became known that Mr. Jack de Meyrlck, of the 2nd A.I.F., son of Col. de Meyrick, would be home for a couple of hours on Wednesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Killed in Car Smash Militiaman Critically Injured
Staff Sergeant-Major Eric Alphonsus Dooney, 32, of the Second A.I.F., was fatally injured, and Thomas Innes, 32, a militiaman, of Robert Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farewell to Soldiers
A farewell to several men and officers of the 2nd A.I.F. took place in the Nevada Clubrooms, City, on Wednesday of last week. The tables were decorated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.i.f. Men Farewelled Guildford Citizens' Tribute to Soldiers
Guildford citizens responded in true Australian spirit to the call when the newly-formed Guildford Citizens' Patriotic Association decided to hold a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Killed in Car Smash. Militiaman Critically Injured
Staff Sergeant-Major Eric Alphonsus Coorey. 32. of the Second A.I.F., was fatally injured, and Thomas Innes, 32, a militiaman, of Robert Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Departing Soldier PTE A. Pitketiily Honored
A send-off and presentation was given at the Granville Town Hall, on Thursday, December 21. to Pie. A. Pitkethly, of Merrylands. as a gesture to show the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Dead Aid Wounded LONDON
Soviet surgeons have found new methods for treating wounds in the Russo-Finnish war, according to the Moscow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Savings for War
By inaugurating a system of national savings certificates on similar lines to that which has proved, so successful in Great Britain, the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Subscribed War Cars
Twenty-five years ago--less than six months after the Great War began--ambulances were being bought by public…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Red Cross War Appeal
The superintendent of the New South Wales division of the Australian Red Cross Society Mr. H. L. Pitt, has asked all branches in this State to arrange for a local collection on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Gives Us New Industry
Hurricane lamps, which were formerly imported, are now being made in Australia, illustrating the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Farmers and the War
FOR the year that is before them the farmers of Australia might well take as their inspiration the declaration of the British Minister for Agriculture (Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith), "there must…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nazi Strategy. “Based on Sea War.”
“Germany has not launched a large scale attack by land or air because she is not confident that she will succeed by these means,” declared the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Palestine Role In The Present War
“Palestine and the Middle East” (Tel Aviv) stresses the important part that can be played by Palestine in the event of hostilities extending to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War and Marine Risk "Missing" Ships Cases
Discussions are understood to be taking place between Scandinavian and British interests concerning the relative positions of war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Finance. War Costs £16,629,000
Mounting defence expenditure is reflected in Federal accounts issued yesterday by an excess of £304,000 in outgoings over revenue for the six months…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Promising Outlet Links with with Last War
Another promising outlet is the use of orange peel as a raw material for the manufacture of acetone, a substance of greatest importance in…
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