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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

New Enlistments

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 8

The enlistment has opened for a Jewish Company of 400 Lightermen and stevedores or service in the Middle East…

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Zionist Federation of Australia and New Zealand Reports Collecting Books for Soldiers

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 8

From the middle of October to the first week in December, 8000 Hebrew books and periodicals have been collected for Jewish soldiers serving with the…

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Enlistment Information Needed

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

Chaplain Rabbi L. A. Falk would appreciate it if parents would kindly forward to him information regarding their sons (or other relatives) who have joined…

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Soldiers' Request Not Granted

The Broadcaster · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 4
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In enclosing a cheque to Holroyd Council for electric light used at the Soldiers' Hall in Military Road, Merrylands, the local sub-branch of the R.S…

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Baden-powell's Death. Soldier and Scout. Brilliant Career

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 9

Lord Baden-powell, whose death is reported in the cables, was famous not only as the founder of the Boy Scout movement, but also as a resourceful…

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Pen Friends for Soldiers Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 13

From hundreds of New Zealand girls who applied to open a correspondence with 11 lonely soldiers in England, the National Patriotic Fund…

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Two Proud Wives Of Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 13

"Mrs. Mackay and I are the proudest women in Australia," said Lady Blarney, wife of the G.O.C. of the A.I.F…

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Alleged Attack in Home Two Soldiers Charged

Liverpool News · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 1
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Neighbours who heard screams rushed to the house of Mrs. Nora Langton, a middle-aged woman, in Gordon Road Chipping Norton, on Saturday night, and…

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Soldier Recovers on Xmas Day

Liverpool News · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

On Christmas Day, Private Frederick Thorogood, of Melbourne, who had been invalided home deaf and dumb from Gallipoli, was attacked by a tiger snake…

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Unlicensed Vehicle. Soldier Fined

Liverpool News · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 4
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Before Mr. Bliss, P.M., at Liverpool Police Court on Monday. Frederick L. Dunn was charged with having operated an unlicensed public vehicle. He pleaded…

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China Missionaries and Their Nationality Most of Them Come from Countries at War. Figures Which Show Their Work Is in No Sense Political

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 15

The Catholicity of Catholic missioners is forcefully brought out by a comparative table prepared recently by a China missioner showing the nationalities…

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Anzac Buffet

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 7

Mrs. Sam Jones, honorary organiser of the Anzac Buffet, has announced that £1000 has been presented to the Lord Mayor (Alderman S. Crick) as…

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Anzac Buffet and Sir John Monash Hut

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 10

Will all members of the Jewish Detachment of the Anzac Buffet kindly note that the next day to be in attendance is Tuesday, January 21st, from 9…

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Bulletin of War News

The St George Call · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

Russia and Germany.—German and Russian interests are essentially in conflict, but reports of tension between the two countries are regarded with reserve…

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Czechs Wage Passive War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--A vast system of passive resistance against Nazi domination is developing throughout Czechoslovakia, the head of the Czech…

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Expenditure on War Canberra

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 4

The Commonwealth has spent £63,993,000 internally on defence and war in the first six months of 1940-41. Of this amount £54,946,000 came from…

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Palestine Industry Strengthens War Effort

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 5

Sir Harold MacMichael attended the opening of the Permanent Industrial Exhibition in Tel Aviv, sponsored by the Manufacturers Association. The…

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