Welcome Home Dinner at Greenbushes Hall
Greenbushes hosts a Welcome Home function at the Town Hall with red white and blue decor flags from several nations and a meal featuring coffee soft drinks and Craven A cigarettes. Soldiers Welfare Committee chairman W G Allen presided as to King and Fallen Comrades toasts were followed by remarks urging postwar RS L support and local care for returned servicemen. The event raised £598 17 8 since 1940 with expenditures listed and funds directed to RS L services and local parcels.
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Greenbushes Town Hall
W. G. Allen
Soldiers' Welfare Committee
Mr. Allen
Perth
Greenbushes
R.S.L
Friends greet Mr. Bob Buchanan home after operation
A large Homecoming event in Greenbushes welcomed Mr. Bob Buchanan back from surgery. Local families and visitors from Perth and nearby towns joined the Easter gathering. The Soldiers Welfare Committee thanked volunteers, noted two casualties Len Wilkinson and Tom Green, and praised the Red Cross Nurse Miss Thomson for her work.
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Red Cross
Mr. Allen
Miss Neville
Soldiers Welfare Committee Thanks Greenbushes Citizens
The Soldiers Welfare Committee expresses gratitude to Greenbushes residents for six years of welfare work supporting local boys and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Robinson
Adolf
Greenbushes
Robinson
Soldiers' Welfare Committee
Greenbushes Soldiers Dinner Recalls War Support
J Brown led thanks for a Soldiers Welfare Committee dinner and canteen orders. Citizens’ help through war loans and local support were praised as returning men were urged to strengthen the RSL. Remarks by Jock and Mrs Thomson noted gratitude and homecoming hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Brown
R.8.l
Soldiers' Welfare Committee
Greenbushes
Mr. Brown
Jock
Welcome Home Ball Brings Townsfolk to Gala Evening
A Welcome Home Ball hosted by a local committee drew relatives and friends from nearby towns. The Bridgetown orchestra provided music while the Machin Sisters earned applause for hillbilly numbers. Mr. W. G. Allen served as master of ceremonies and the committee included Mesdames Feazey Roby and others with Miss J. Neville as treasurer.
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Bridgetown
Machin Sisters
Mesdames Feazey
Roby
C. Perks
Shipley
Tullock
J. Neville
W. G. Allen
Mesdames Millman
Russell
Allen
Prosser
Carroll
M. Doherty
Mesare
L. Williams
N. Jones
Bridgetown Bomber Photo Hung for War Loans Praise
A photograph of the bomber named Bridgetown, honored for the town's war loans support, was received and hung in the Road Board room after being photographed.
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Bridgetown
Road Board
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Len Wilkinson
Tom Green
Mr. Thomson
Australia
R.S.1
G. Thomson
Thomas
No Man's Land
Soldiers’ Welfare Committee
Sal
Vation Army
Bob. Buchanan
H. Robinson
Mrs. Florance
W. Yates
G. Robinson
Mr. A. Robinson
Mrs
Mery Yates
Mrs. R. Yates
Metropolis
James Brothers
Nancy Loney
Mrs. W. G. Allen
A. B. Jones
Bill
Bert
Fiancee
Norma
Mary Doherty
Jack
England
Ron Angus
Mr. Angus
Mr. Gilders
Mrs. Jarvis
Mrs. R. Bignell
The
Bank of New South Wales
Rev
Mrs. Lawson
Doug Morrison
E. G. Guest
P.O
W. L. Thomas
M. Yates
Jessie Thomson
Boe
C. L. Thomas
National Library of Australia
Joe Waddington
Steere ST
Joe's
Mr. W. G. Allen
Bunbury
Crenshaw’s
Manchester House
R. Hancock & Sons
Spencer Street
Nla.gov
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