With sleek precision, troops of the Victorian contingent climbed from trains on to the wharf at Port Phillip, formed into single file, and, with slow tread, moved up the narrow gangways on to each troopship. Each man carried full marching equipment, including ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 57 wordsQUIETLY and smoothly, without fanfare of trumpets or display of banners, the second Victorian contingent of the Second A.I.F. embarked at Port Melbourne. The embarkation was spread over two days. ...
Article : 429 wordsWith the Victorian troops sailed a number of Australian nurses, whose trim grey uniforms made little islands of color in the sea of khaki along the decks of the troopships as they proceeded down Port Phillip to the open sea. The shouts of good-bye were taken up by huge crowds ashore, and sent hurtling back ten times stronger to the troopships. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsFor every mile of its Journey within aircraft range of the Australian coast, the second convoy of Australian troops was watched by squadrons of the ...
Article : 264 wordsSmooth running of the embarkation operations and the efficiency with which they were carried out earned high praise from General Sir Thomas Blarney (left). He is talking during the embarkation with Mojor-General I. G. MacKay, who is in command of one of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsTEN members of a crew of 20 attached to a small unit of the Australian Navy are keen golf enthusiasts, ...
Article : 170 wordsApplications for entry into the A.I.F. received at area offices in Sydney yesterday totalled 369. Of these. 169 were made by men who ...
Article : 129 wordsBernard Meredith, a militiaman, or Willis Street, Kingsford suffered a fracture of the right leg and abrasions yesterday when his motor-cycle and a car ...
Article : 48 wordsIt was without ceremony or fanfares that the second Victorian contingent of the A.I.F. sailed from Port Melbourne. Behind them lay months of arduous training, while before them stretched the horrors of war. As each ship filled, and mooring ropes were cast off, thick ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 73 wordsMartin Place was once more a gay bazaar, with lovely girls calling their wares, chocolate wheels spinning, and bands playing yesterday when the drive ...
Article : 115 words"I have just returned from Europe, and only wish I could afford more," stated Mr. A. R. Kippel in a letter which the Lord Mayors Patriotic and ...
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Advertising : 103 wordsCANBERRA, Friday. -- No fewer than 20,600 teeth have been extracted from members of the A.I.F. to the end of April, the ...
Article : 121 wordsHer husband owed the rent, paid some of the other domestic accounts,, and gave her from 3 to 5 a week. He used to get drunk on Friday nights and come ...
Article : 181 wordsHis wife's auntie glared at him and said "You should have married a black gin -- you have the face of a criminal." That evidence was given in the Divorce ...
Article : 136 wordsTwo ambulances will he provided for war use by the N.S.W. Division of the Red dross Society and its branches, it was announced yesterday by the ...
Article : 87 wordsAt the meeting of the principal board of the A.M.P. Society this week Sir Samuel Hordern, K.B.E., and Dr. George H. Abbott were re-elected ...
Article : 37 wordsFor having worn a naval uniform when not entitled to, John Flanagan, 49 cook, was fined £10 at Central Police Court yesterday. ...
Article : 61 wordsWriting is a Dangerous Professional is the contentious title of a lecture to be delivered by Frank H. Harris, author and Journalist, at the club rooms of the ...
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Daily News (Sydney, NSW : 1938 - 1940), Sat 18 May 1940, Page 7
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