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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250
"The splendid Imperial Army of the Nile has become the spearhead of Britain's regained military offensive strength," said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It was proved on Sunday, 12th. January, when “In Old Chicago” and “Passport Husband” plus Shorts was shown, that our film programmes are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The irruption of Junkers dive-bombers into Mediterranean waters threatens to raise the old "battleship-versus-bomber" controversy in a new form, for Germany is apparently trying to achieve in the narrow closed waters of the Inner Sea what she has been unable to do in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forty-four war drums of Haili Sellassie, the dispossessed Emperor of Abyssinia, on Tuesday night began thumping out a call to arms from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Armoured regiments have cut off Tobruk from the settlements farther west, and some units are operating a good distance beyond the Tobruk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The squadron of the R.A.A.F. attached to the Western Desert force believes that it will soon be equipped with Hurricanes, which it has long been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Army pay envelopes will be considerably lighter to-day, when all ranks from warrant-officer upward, will pay their first Federal tax…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEW YORK, December 27.--The 12,600 soldiers of the 44th Division quartered at Fort Dix for a year's training are assured adequate motion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Q: Does the Red Cross organisation make provision for the care of convalescents overseas? If not, is there any organisation which does?…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From the middle of October to the first week in December, 8,000 Hebrew books and periodicals have been collected for Jewish soldiers serving with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The enlistment has opened for a Jewish Company of 400 lightermen and stevedores for service in the Middle East…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A beautiful illlstration of the spirit which now prevans in many Nazi-occupied countries in Western Europe and of the [?] of the Nazi efforts to force…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Australian troops who form part of the tightening iron ring round Tobruk are fully maintaining the traditions of the first A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Commanders on the spot, as more information arrives from patrols and from aerial defences, continue to regard the defences of Italy's Libyan naval base at Tobruk with a good deal of respect. It is true that the outer ring of defended posts is somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sergeant and Mrs. T. G. Lovett, of South Lismore, were advised yesterday that their son, Corporal Cyril Lovett, had been killed in action in Libya. With two brothers,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"The War for World Power." by "Strategicus."—Faber and Faber. "Strateglcus" is the military commentatar of the "London Spectator." In…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BREN GUN-CARRIERS like those in the Bardia assault were used as platforms by speakers for the War Savings Certificate campaign in a lunch-hour drive in Martin Place yesterday. About £7,750,000 worth of certificates will have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the olden days before Florence Nightingale's courage broke down a convention, war was entirely a man's affair. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Savings drive will be continued at Bondi Beach to-morrow afternoon and evening, and at Manly and Coogee to-morrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government announcements about concern for our resources of man-power are preparing the public for considerably increased calls this year…
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