Despatches from ALF recount Palestine reconnaissance training
From Tun G. Fitchett ALF officers and Army Service Corps units carried out long range trips across southern Palestine. The five trucks and a wheeler tested map reading and route recognition while noting wells water supplies and terrain for potential mechanised action near Beersheba. The journey confronted khamsin winds heat and dust as the party traced old railway embankments toward the war cemetery at Beersheba and observed Bedouin camps along desert tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
ALF
Army Service Corps
A.S.C
al Falluja
Beersheba
Khamsin
Beer Sheba
Sidges
Desert trek ends at camp after heat fatigue
The travelers climbed from the gorge onto the plains with stops at wells, met a thorn belt of trees, and fed the billies in the shade. They reached camp near 4:30 exhausted by the heat and planned to rest in the morning while sunburnt men hurried to showers and canteens.
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Plana
Tandi
Italians in Australia during wartime legal status changes
The article reports that naturalised Italians lose civil rights in wartime Australia and cannot sue for debts until after the war. British subjects may sue, enemy interned subjects can appoint an agent to run their business, and remittance to Italy is halted. The Trading with the Enemy Act applies to Italian firms, with government control and possible wind ups. Controllers manage assets, debts, and distributions from a government trust fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Italy
High Court
Letters to the ALF from Gloucester Post Master note
Mr Carthew announces that some letters for Commonwealth Forces may be undeliverable and returned to Australia. To speed redelivery, senders should write “From” with initials surname and full postal address on the back of envelopes unless a return request is printed on the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthew
Gloucester
ALF
My Mother Pushes War Work Despite Age
A correspondent notes a mother too old to join women’s groups yet determined to contribute to the war effort. The piece captures household expectations and individual resolve in wartime.
Australian Red Cross stores aid praised by Lord Somers
The Australian Red Cross Society received from Hugh MacLean a Lord Somers letter of appreciation for aid to British authorities during store buildup. April 1940 saw 600 cases worth about £5,000 sent to support Second A L forces in Palestine, with vast lists of medical supplies and comforts.
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Australian Red Cross Society
Middle East
Hugh MacLean
Lord Somers
Victoria
British Red Cross Society
Red Cross
A.L
Second
A L
ALF
Palestine
Sydney
Bishop's Residence
Australian Society For the Relief
N.S.W
Australia
Lang Gowrie
Central Executive of
London
A. G. Brown
Troops Clothing Assured for Winter Wear in Australia
Soldiers in Australia will not lack winter underclothes as about 15,000 wool and wool cotton garments enter army stores weekly. Production pace matches enlistments and will rise, with 23,000 underpants and 25,000 singlets in wool, wool cotton, and cotton in store. In addition 144,000 jackets and 105,000 work trousers are stocked. Deliveries run 10,000 per week while output increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Ip Army
Police Car Workshop in Haifa Celebrates First Anniversary
An unusual Near East development sees Haifa establish a police car repair shop. It features a modern workshop valued at £10,000, a vehicle reserve and a training school for titters and inspectors. The 120 Arab and Jewish mechanics oversee a payroll of £11,000 yearly as the depot fleet grows from 60 to 400 cars, including urban patrol, wireless repair, and desert patrol units with searchlights and extra fuel and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Near East
Haifa
Palestine
Recruiting Committees Established Across Western Command
Col. G C Somerville announces the formation of recruiting committees in towns and hamlets to foster enlistment. Each committee to nominate a recruiter and forward forms to Sydney and local officers. Area Officers will coordinate medical exams and paperwork with provisions for preliminary testing and home-based start, with a June visit to Gloucester for recruit enrollment.
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Returned Soldiers’ Association
Steamb-Ranchea
Rifle Clubs
G. C. Somerville
Sydney
Aves
Moore Park
Medical Board
Western Command
G.O.0
Eastern Command
Col
Somerville
Gloucester
McDonald to Visit Gloucester Opticians Event
McDonald of Webster Jack and McDonald in Sydney to consult at the Commercial Hotel Gloucester on Saturday August 17 from 9 am to 6 pm. Attendees may seek expertise in ophthalmic care and optics during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
London
Webster, Jack & McDonald
Sydney
Commercial Hotel
Gloucester
Abyssinian Exiled Leader Emerges in Bath Hotel Scene
London reports Hai Sellagsh, former ruler of Abyssinia, has left obscurity and stays at a Bath hotel. He receives steady visitors as tensions mount over Abyssinia’s status amid Italian actions. Ras Halli, allied with Italy, is noted, while the emperor’s plans remain secret.
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London
Abyssinia
Hai Sellagsh
Bath
Palestine
Fiturar Birvy
Emperor Menville
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