Notice on manpower call up withdraws orderman from runs
Owing to the Man Power call up we are losing all our male staff and are reluctantly compelled to withdraw our orderman from the runs after 16 October 1942.
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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
4
Owing to the Man Power call up we are losing all our male staff and are reluctantly compelled to withdraw our orderman from the runs after 16 October 1942.
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