Without loss, R.A.F. heavy bombers attacked enemy communications and enemy aerodromes in Belgium and Holland throughout ...
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Article : 229 wordsCaught in the thick of the blitzkrieg in Holland, Miss A. L. Stanton, of Borup Brook (Western Australia), arrived in London after a terrifying ordeal of bombs ...
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Article : 88 wordsThe Admiralty announces the loss of the destroyer Wessex (1,100 tons) as a result of damage by enemy air attacks. Six ratings were killed and 15 wounded. ...
Article : 48 wordsCaptain A. J. Power, in command of H.M.S. Ark Royal since 1038, has been appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Staff to direct air operations. In addition to ...
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Article : 76 wordsRecording that Private R. A. Dahl, Army No. VX2082, had died from illness on May 15, Victoria's second A.I.F. oversea casualty list ...
Article : 99 wordsM. Mandel, Interior Minister, has dismissed the police chiefs of Lille and Valenciennes, and the police commissaries of five other towns for incompetence. The ...
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Article : 91 wordsA foreign broadcast stated that "German planes, submarines, speedboats, and mineboats, and destroyers" were incessantly patrolling the Straits between ...
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Article : 50 wordsThousands of young men throughout the country are now wearing new lapel badges, which denote wearers as R.A.A.F. reservists. ...
Article : 50 wordsYielding to Federal Government wishes to speed up production of war materials, engineers in munitions and aircraft factories in ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 28 May 1940, Page 3
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