Enrolment for Home Defence Service Notices
Australia wide enrolment drive targets unmarried men born 1 July 1906 to 30 June 1921 to register for Home Defence service. Exemptions include non British subjects, six months Australian residence, already in or called to service, or Those already registered earlier this year. Registration closes 30 June 1941 with post notices detailing area officers and medical examinations timelines.
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Australia
Ilo
Australi
Commonwealth
Dirner
Inter
Iearviage
Commercial Homebush Stock Sales Report Summary
Sydney market notes from Thursday Winchcombe Carson ul report 1695 cattle yarded with dealers to 47 pounds for steers to 42, halfers to 4, calves to 8, and cows to 84 pence per hundred pounds. Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd report 1698 cattle yarded, mostly medium weight with a small share good or prime, values firm. H A Abbott Gloucester with 25 steers to 127 pounds average 11 19 2, Walter Bowman Singleton 5 steers to 19 16, average 41 35, 5 cows 12 10, average 7 0 7.
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Homebush
Sydney
Winchcombe
Carson Ul
Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd
H. A. Abbott
Gloucester
Walter Bowman
Singleton
Household Hints and Wartime Remark on Tobruk
Household tips describe preserving lettuce beans and curtains using air tight tins starching curtains and mould removal with lemon salts and ammonia. A wartime note from Tobruk quotes an Australian officer praising six weeks defence against Italian and German forces and a promise the stand could be prolonged.
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Kerry
Tobruk
Egypt
News- Chronicle
Escape in Barrel Leads Free French to Britain
Wartime dispatches describe Gestapo nets rounding Paris districts as Free French supporters risk capture. A barrel hidden leader was smuggled to unoccupied France and escaped to Britain. Reports note Free French rallies worldwide and bold acts by French air and naval officers joining de Gaulle.
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Gestapo
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Britain
England
Fone Naval
Thde-China
Saigon Flying Club
Frop
APL
Answers
London
Struggle in Crete escalates as German reinforcements land
War report states Grete fighting intensifies with German reinforcements in the Canea area forcing Allied withdrawal to new lines. British guerilla-trained reinforcements arrive in Crete while Suda Bay and Candia reportedly fall under German control. RAF raids on Malemi aerodrome rise in tempo as Yugoslav and Greek ships reinforce the British. Anzacs bear heavy losses in the Canon sector. a New Zealand officer recalls old style ground fighting with new equipment.
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Grete
Gevier Device Aims To Guide AA Fire On Planes
British scientists with Canadian and US help unveil Gevier a new device for night and day air attacks to give anti-aircraft guns eyes by using numerous ground radios to detect enemy planes and direct fire with precision thirteen Canadian universities join the effort urging skilled personnel to implement the system.
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United States
Powe
Britain
British
Air Ministry
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F. M. Smith
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Agg
Beleadeery Log
Bent Street
Shhute Gell
Air Raiders
See Street & Parish Pty. Ltd
Now
Henderson
Clem Walsh
King ST. Gloucester
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