Recruiting for ALF expands across NSW centers
Col Somerville announces a statewide plan to form Recruiting Committees in every town and hamlet to foster ALF enlistment. Each committee will nominate a recruiting officer, forward names and forms, and coordinate with Area Officers for preliminary medicals. Recruites stay home until orders and travel warrants to Sydney Moore Park are issued, with strict fitness and age rules and eventual unit posting.
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Returned Soldiers’ Association
G. C. Somerville
Sydney
Aret
Apea
Burger Towns
Ayer
Central
Moore Park
Medical Board
Eastern Command
Wehom
Go.c
ALF
Somerville
Gloucester
Sister Writes of Arrival in Palestine Journey Memoir from Nurse Mary Shepherd
An Australian nurse Sister Mary Shepherd of Gloucester describes travel from Egypt to Palestine in a letter to a Sydney friend. She recalls dusty trains, Bedouin camps, palm groves, camel trains, and war cemetery visits, noting changes from desert to green orchards and the quiet life amid wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Palestine
Alice
Mary Shepherd
Gloucester
N.sw
Royal North Shore Hospital
Renwick Hospital
Sydney
B.C
Shepherd
Sun
Road safety plea urges courtesy by all road users
The Road Safety Council asks all drivers and pedestrians to show care this month. It cites recent accidents involving a soldier’s child and a soldier’s mother as examples of inattention and lack of thought for others. The appeal argues accidents rise in war time and stresses driving with courtesy to prevent harm to families of servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Safety Council
ALF
The Country Paper Ideals and Community Bond
A reflective piece on the rural newspaper role in village life. It praises the post office, railway, and local shops as anchors of daily living, notes how readers imagine distant towns, and argues country papers unite readers with national affairs while preserving local identity and pride.
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Mags Vale
Dnl
I Nile
Luteary
Humgrab Pan
Fuat Sapte
Ool
Jedy
Aress
Wren
Jona
Talib Miisine
Aveeney
Loss of limb not bar to Class II army service
The Minister for the Army explained that men with disabilities like losing a limb may enter Class II, split into TIA and ITB, serving in base units as batmen, orderlies, clerks, or storemen. Such personnel can relieve fighting unit members and still contribute to military tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Brigadier Street
Raids on England Reach Across Broad Areas
German planes raided England last night with anti-aircraft fire in a south western town and a raider machine-gunned a beach near a main coast road. Searchlights and guns engaged the aerial threat as bullets fell in streets. Friday night raids hit the North Midlands, Yorkshire, Kent, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Northumberland, Durham, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire.
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London
England
North Midlands
Yorkshire
Kent
Essex
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Northumberland
Durham
Hertfordshire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nazi Leaders Younger Than Allies Say British And French Lead
A wartime briefing compares ages of political and military leaders. It lists Britain’s Churchill and Attlee, France’s Reynaud and Petain, Germany’s Hitler and Raeder, plus other senior figures by role with ages ranging from the upper forties to mid eighties.
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Germany
Britain
France
Churchill
Reynaud
Hitler
C. R. Attlee
Marshal Petain
Goering
Lord Halifax
Daladier
von Ribbentrop
Dudley Pound
Darian
Raeder
Weygand
Lord Gort
Girards
Ke'tal
Air Force
Oviit Ivewall
Vulllemin
Erhardt Mulch
Fragmentary press item hints at cooperation and party links
A partial, unclear clipping mentions cooperation and party figures in a foreign country context. The legible parts reference a newspaper and a delegation, with scarce precise details about actions, dates, or participants.
French Raid Berlin London June 5
French administration reports a squadron of Havail planes bombed factories in Berlin, returning to base that night. A ministry statement says navy bombers attacked military objectives in northwest Germany, with no details on casualties or damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Huhurha
Berle
Suday
Salut
Mheiy
imeWer Yesteriay
Germany
Belbara Red Cross Minutes From First Meeting
The Belbara Red Cross held its first meeting with attendees including Mesdames J Ko Holmes Potts Les Ve Pall D dB Lynch F Mylaws The Rum 4% Passton Mathinwon N Easton Pyeenanes The minutes were read and passed on a motion by Afr PL Mortis and Mrs i stain Apequnts Were panset Top payment on the analing of Mrs B Lynch Seconded by Mrs McRae The vote included deeded on the notion of Mire 1 Doneh and Sve Lesliy at Ft br sent to headquarters A proposal was made to hold another meeting later during the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jin Oak
W. Pauls
Mesdames
Ko Holmes
Potts Les Ve
Pall
D Db Lynch
F Mylaws
Passton
Mathinwon
N Easton Pyeenanes
Toad Bnd
Istain
Panset
B. Lynch
McRae
IL Vita
Lesliy
Ft Br
Inter
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W. Bates
Tyrell Street
Grahame
Denison Street
CING
L. B. Monro
Market Street
T. Howard
Taree
Dungog
Service Department
Ss. J. Bennett
PHONE
E. Patmore
Northern Woolgrowers
Newcastle
Pitt, Son & Badgery
Reet
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Meaal
Winchcombe House
Bridge St
Bydmey
Flemington
THE
Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company
Advocate
Gloucester Advocate
Barrington ST
Recruiting
D. H. J. Hill
Returned Soldiers’ League
McDonald
F E.O.A
F.sm.c
Webster, Jack & McDonald
Sister
Pri
Bennett's Radio and Garage Services
Golden Gate Cafe
Kendall's Buildings
Undice
E. Young
Corbett
Jas. Fleming
Gloucester & District
Frank Foley
Road Safety Coun
New South Wales
the Country Paper
Ard von Fiferwn Ae
Berlin
Paris
Belbara Red Cross
Alfred
Garden of Roses Cafe
Jack Moutzouris
Gloucester Yy
Snes
Tom Hicks
Queen Street
Lear Baieain
Crystal Olas
Levin
Dancy
WEY
Coote
Chevrolets
SONY
BUCK
LA Salle
Chevrolet
Pontiac
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