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  2. AIF LOSSES IN MALAYA TOTAL 1,187

    AIF casualties in Malaya were 1,187, Including 183 deaths. Announcing this on Saturday, Mr. Forde, Army Minister, said it was ...

    Article : 199 words
  3. GERMAN UNITS IN ACTION IN RUSSIA.

    Above: Lorge-colibre field gun in action. Note camouflaged jackets of the crew. Lower: Infantry attack across open ground against an objective already fired by artillery. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 31 words
  4. US INTEREST IN NEWS OF AUSTRALIA

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — The Government is fostering efforts which are being made to meet the increasing demand by Americans for ...

    Article : 192 words
  5. RAAF BOMBER IN THRILLING FIGHT

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—A thrilling battle between an RAAF Hudson bomber and a Japanese fighter over the Bismarck Archipelago is ...

    Article : 150 words
  6. ADVANCE ON SMOLENSK CONTINUES

    The Red Army's advance on Smolensk is continuing, despite fierce resistance, states a Soviet communique. It adds that the ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER'S ESCAPE IN MALAYA

    After having been posted missing for 27 days, 7 of which he spent as a prisoner of the Japanese, a 21year-old member of the AIF from Temora (NSW) has just returned to his unit. For sheer grit and ...

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  8. DAILY DIGEST

    Writing to the editor of the London News of the World (5/12/41), a woman asks: "Has Mr. Bevin (Minister of Labour) considered the ...

    Article : 501 words
  9. NEW PACIFIC COMMANDERS

    Vice-Admiral Herbert Fairfax Leary, of the U-S Navy, who has been appointed Commander of the Anzac Forces (see page 1), was born ...

    Article : 189 words
  10. ALLIED SUPPLY COUNCIL'S SCOPE

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Good progress is being made with the Federal Goverment's plans for establishing an Allied Supply Council in ...

    Article : 130 words
  11. AIR LEAGUE CEREMONY AT FRANKSTON

    FRANKSTON, Sunday. — More than 400 officers and cadets of the Australian Air League paraded at Frankston today on the occasion of ...

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  12. REMARKABLE FEAT BY HIGHLANDERS

    I spent most of yesterday with officers and men of the famous Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders' Regiment, which bore the brunt of ...

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  13. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFFS GROUP FORMED

    U-S War Department has announced the establishment of a combined Chiefs of Staff group," romposed of the highest U-S and ...

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  14. M P's PLEA FOR VIRILE LEADERS IN CABINET

    "To win the war we need fresh leaders and younger minds," declared Mr. E. L. Granville, MP, who served with the AIF in the last war. ...

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  15. YOUNG SOVIET HERO REFUSED TO BETRAY COMRADES

    The honour of "Hero of the Soviet Union" has been posthumously awarded to, Alexander Chekalin, 16year-old Tula schoolboy, who Joined ...

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  16. PRISONER ESCAPES

    After having served about 6 years of his sentence, Percy Parsons, alias Meyer, alias Swift, 37. an indeterminate prisoner, escaped from ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. 3 WOUNDED BY SENTRY

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — A shot fired by a sentry on a beach early on Saturday wounded 2 men, one very seriously, and a woman. Those ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. WORK OF RAAF PILOTS IN MIDDLE EAST

    Evidence of the increasingly important part to be played by Australian airmen in the Middle East grows daily. Two RAF squadrons ...

    Article : 244 words
  19. UNSUCCESSFUL ENEMY ATTACKS ON CONVOYS

    An Admiralty communique states that 3 unsuccessful attacks have been made recently by enemy aircraft on our convoys. ...

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  20. COMMON CAUSE IN N E I

    Six Indonesian civilians were killed and l8 were wounded when private cars were machinegunned by Japan[?] planes outside Macassar, in ...

    Article : 249 words
  21. STEEL WORKS STRIKE SETTLED

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — Action taken by Mr. Curtin, Prime Minister, resulted in a resumption of work at the Australian Iron and Steel Ltd, ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. WA MINES MAY RESUME THIS WEEK

    KALGOORLIE, Sunday. — The management of the Kalgoorlie Power Corporation and of those mines of Kolgoorlie and Boulder dependent ...

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  23. TANKER SINKS IN SEA OF BLAZING OIL

    The U-S tanker India Arrow (8,327 tons) sank in a sea of blazing oil after she had been torpedoed off New Jersey about 7pm in clear ...

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  24. N E I TAKES LESSON FROM BRITISH FAILURE IN MALAYA

    Realising that a Japanese blow at the heart of NEI cannot long be delayed, the Dutch are grimly preparing to make a stand that will decide ...

    Article : 219 words
  25. BOARD INQUIRING INTO CANTEEN PURCHASES

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — An inquiry board appointed to investigate allegations concerning purchase of supplies for military canteens held a ...

    Article : 196 words
  26. TOMMY-GUN ATTACK ON BELFAST WARDER

    Thomas Walker, aged 38, warder in a Belfast prison, while cycling from his home to the prison was fatally wounded by men who used a ...

    Article : 67 words
  27. GEN. MACARTHUR'S DEFENCES HEAVILY BOMBARDED

    Latest communique from the Philippines statis:—"Concealed heavy enemy batteries south-east of Manila Bay bombarded our harbour defences ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. BOY FATALLY SHOT

    When Ormond William Flentjar, 19, soldier, of Albert st., West Brunswick, was demonstrating with a revolver at his home on Saturday ...

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  29. OBITUARY

    SALE, Sunday—The death has occurred of Mr. Arthur Guy Holt former town clerk of Sale, He resigned in November 1940, and was ...

    Article : 147 words
  30. AUSTRALIA DAY RECEPTION IN CHUNGKING

    For the first time Australia Day was celebrated at Chungking, when on Saturday afternoon Sir Frederic Eggloston, Australian Minister, gave ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. NEI NAVAL PLANES SINK TRANSPORT

    Naval aircraft yesterday attacked [?] large enemy transport off the west coast of Borneo, and a direct hit was obtained with a heavy bomb. ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. NOTES ON THE CABLES EGYPT WILL BE A GREATER HELP TO US

    A crisis in Egypt has been averted, although for a while last week, when young king Farcuk dominated the situation, grave anxiety might well ...

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  33. JAPS CLAIM SUCCESS

    Tokio official Radio at Imperial headquarters has claimed that a Japanese submarine sank "a large enemy destroyer" in the Java Sea. ...

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  34. OPPOSED TO BARMAIDS

    The Churches of Christ Women's Conference executive has passsed the following resolution:—"That this executive appeals to the Premier to ...

    Article : 42 words
  35. RAAF IN ENGLAND WANTS "A 'CRACK' AT THE JAPS"

    Australian pilots and members of air crews and ground crews are daily sending signed petitions to RAAF headquarters in London asking to be ...

    Article : 120 words
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  38. FALLING BACK TO NEW LINE IN LIBYA

    Unhurriedly and in their own time British forces are retiring to their new line in Libya. Day and night endless lines of dust-covered vehicles ...

    Article : 360 words
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  41. FORMER US SERVICE CHIEFS SEEK RETIREMENT

    Col. Knox, Secretary for Navy, announced that Admiral H. Kimmel, formerly C-in-C, U-S Pacific Fleet, who was relieved of his command ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. "BIG-SCALE BATTLE FOR BURMA YET TO COME"

    The most important of the Allied forces in Burma have not yet been engaged, and the first big-scale battle is yet to come, says Daily Express ...

    Article : 170 words
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