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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 18, 1942
Page
1
A relief list from Jamestown area records volunteers for military service in 259 ALF and RAAF. The notice asks relatives to supply omitted names or correct initials as compiled names prove incomplete. Numerous names follow, with many volunteers and several rejections listed.
A wartime warning stresses that attentive listeners can overhear sensitive troop movements through modern listening devices. The emphasis is on avoiding gossip about military plans, as careless remarks could endanger lives.
Miss L Budge shares Ruth Cockerton of Harrow England wartime observations from Harrow and Oxford Circus travel. She notes crowded transport, empty advertisement boards, blackout constraints, air raid shelters, shift work crowds, scarce comforts, and family meals, promising a continuation next week.
Gladstone district lists numerous men offering to serve King and country in the present conflict. The roll includes W Allison, R Holmes, M Appleton, W Hackworth, D Abell, R Hughes, N Blesing, K Hocking, L Botting, E Jolly, D Bradock, J Knapp, A Brown, T Leesue, D Bath, W Cottle, H Creber, R Crawford, J Duffy, D Duncan, P Evans, R Edwards, D Flavel, H Glastonbury, E Garner, O Growden, N Growden, L Levett, H Hobbs, C Holme, C Harris, E Osman, J Leesue, F Magner, J Mighall, M Maddigan, W J Potter, J Page, J Smith, R Wilkin, H Wood, F Wilmshur, Cockburn Williamson, E Pascoe, A Osman, M Pearce, R Stewart and others.
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