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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1942
Page
1
A compiled roster of men residing in or near Jamestown who have enlisted for military service is being prepared. Families and friends are urged to supply corrections or missing names to complete the long list of volunteers from the locality.
Jamestown hosts the 68th Annual Belalie Agricultural Society Show with strong local turnout and good exhibits despite labour shortages and transport limits. Gate takings reached £320 while livestock displays suffered from restrictions. Hon. A. P. Blesing and service personnel attended.
A fragmented rainfall history for Gladstone lists yearly measurements and erratic entries from 1893 through 1942. Several years show decimal values, while others contain corrupted month names and missing figures, indicating a damaged data page with incomplete weather records.
A Gladstone district honour roll lists numerous men who offered service for King and Country in the current conflict. The toward list includes Allison, Appleton, Abell, Blesing, Botting, Bradock, Brown, Cottle, Crawford, Cook, Duncan, Growden, Knapp, Lawrie, Leesue, Magner, Nelson, Osman, Pearce, Page, Smith, Stewart, and many others, followed by a separate note: Volunteers Rejected with several names.
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