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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 23, 1942
Page
1
A mounted call seeks residents or near residents of Jamestown to supply omissions or corrections to a compiled enlistment list. The notice names numerous volunteers and relatives, asking natives or friends to help complete the roster for military service amid difficulties in accuracy.
Minutes show the Jamestown District Council meeting with present Crs Cronin Hall Swearse Catford Baynes Bennett Smart and officers Overseer of Works Bailey Clerk Kerin. Business covers caravan for camp, councillors reports on meetings and road repairs, payment for wet weather time, hospital board representation, war damage cooperation, tractor valuation dispute, fuel for bush fires, and tenders for gravelling on main road.
A fragmented rainfall ledger for Gladstone lists annual figures from late 19th to mid 20th century with numerous typos and missing values. The record shows varying totals by year such as 1896 11.68 and 1901 12.03 alongside inconsistent entries like 1938 104 and 1920 2001, reflecting damaged OCR text.
Gladstone district lists men offering service for the present conflict. Names include Allison, Appleton, Abell, Clesing, Botting, Bradock, Brown, Builder, Lath, Carpenter, Creber, Crawford, Cook, Duity, Duncan, Evans, Edwards, Flavel, Growden, Hillard, Hobbs, Hill, Kellock, Masters, Hogan, Houlimes, Hackworth, Halliday, Knapp, Lawrie, Leesue, Magner, Mighall, Maddigan, McAllister, Mann, Nelson, Osman, Pearce, Potter, South, Stewart, Stewart, Simmonds, Thomson, Waldeck, Williamson, and others. Some names noted as rejected.
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