SYDNEY, Aug 20.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr Makin) said today that the reports received by the Navy Department indicated that the ...
Article : 206 wordsLONDON, Aug 20.—The following special announcement was Issued last night from Hitler's headquarters: "German coastal ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 544 wordsLONDON, Aug 20.—In a statement on yesterday's raid on Dieppe issued last night, Combined Operations Headquarters refute enemy claims that it was on invasion attempt which was frustrated. The official British statement continues: "Some tanks have been lost ...
Article : 496 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 20.—HMAS Canberra, 10,000-ton heavy cruiser and flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, has been lost in action in the Battle of the Solomons. It is the third and largest cruiser lost by the RAN and the seventh surface warship so for ...
Article : 519 wordsHMAS Canberra was the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy for many years and carried the flags of all the admirals of the Australian ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 578 wordsLONDON, Aug 20.—Moscow reports today say that the situation on the Don bend, south-east of Kletskaya, is graver than at any time during the 4 week's battle there. A little earlier the Moscow radio had stated that the Russians in a ...
Article : 1,227 wordsSYDNEY, Aug 20.—There were pathetic scenes this afternoon at a wharf at which relatives of the Canberra crew were waiting for the ...
Article : 158 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 20.—The "New York Times" says in an editorial that the latest Navy Department communique resolves all doubt that ...
Article : 337 wordsThe Moscow radio states that on Tuesday night the Red Air force attacked Danzig, Konigsberg and Tilsit. A number of fires broke out ...
Article : 50 wordsMen of the Allied commando, their faces bregrimed and smeared with the sweat of battle, marched singing through the streets of a southern ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,600 wordsSYDNEY, Aug 20.—The survivors of the Canberra, more than 600 of them, arrived at an Australian port. Almost all of them were dressed in ...
Article : 1,586 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 19.—The "Herald Tribune" correspondent at Moscow says that Mr Churchill immediately before leaving had a ...
Article : 168 wordsThe commanding officer of HMAS Canberra, Captain Frank Edmund Getting, who died of wounds received during the action, was born ...
Article : 452 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 20.—American Flying Fortresses of General MacArthur's command attacked Japanese warships off the ...
Article : 274 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 20.—The American Press has unanimously interpreted the Dieppe raid as a dress rehearsal for a second front. The ...
Article : 166 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 19.—The Navy Department announced in a communique this afternoon the sinking of another Japanese warship in ...
Article : 134 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 19.—How French people are keeping thousands of Australian prisoners alive at Saigon is told by Relman Morin, ...
Article : 250 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 20.—Allied Headquarter announced today that Brisbane had a short air-raid alert this morning. ...
Article : 103 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 19.—The "New York Times" states that the German surface raider is believed to be the cruiser Prince Eugen. She has been ...
Article : 165 wordsThe 2 Australian cruisers lost previous to the sinking of the Canberra were the sister ships Sydney and Perth. The Sydney was lost in ...
Article : 106 wordsMOSCOW, Aug 20.—An article in the Red Army newspaper, "Red Star" by Col Tolchenov says: "During 8 months' military operations ...
Article : 53 wordsCANBERRA. Aug 20.—The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie). accompanied by Rear-Admiral G. C. Muir-head Gould, welcomed the survivors ...
Article : 33 wordsExcept where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 21 Aug 1942, Page 5
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