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  • RECEPTION GROUP FOR 8th DIVISION [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Tuesday 21 August 1945, page 1
    News 131 words

    Former Eighth Division officers now serving in Australia and New Guinea, and nursing sisters who were evacuated from Malaya in 1942, ...
  • National Holiday For Return of 8th Division [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Friday 24 August 1945, page 1
    News 129 words

    Australian Governments agreed to consider the possibility of declaring a nation-wide holiday to welcome home the Eighth Division on its repatriation ...
  • 8th DIVISION Recruiting Rush ITALY STIMULATES ENGLISTMENTS SYDNEY, Thursday. [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Friday 14 June 1940, page 4
    News 387 words

    Recruits for the A.I.F. now in camp in Now South Wales total 16,557, which includes' the State's [?]ta of 11,000 for the 7th Divi[?] ...
  • SECOND A.I.F. Enlistments for 8th Division N.S.W. QUOTA OF 7,000 MELBOURNE, Monday. [ tagged as 8th Division Day Boy ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Tuesday 11 June 1940, page 2
    News 430 words

    The Minister for the Army (Mr. Street) stated to-day that more than 90,000 men may be under arms in the A.I.F. by the end of this year. He ...
  • ALL 8TH DIV RECORDS RECOVERED Were Hidden From Japs in Singapore LABUAN, BORNEO [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 26 September 1945, page 5
    News 198 words

    Complete records of the 8th Division have been recovered, and when they are sorted in Melbourne shortly by some of the division's officers ...
  • 8th DIVISION A.I.F. "Day Boys" to Enter Camp SYDNEY, Monday. [ tagged as 8th Division Day Boy ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Tuesday 23 July 1940, page 3
    News 254 words

    About 7,000 "day boys" of the 8th Division of the A.I.F. will be able to go into camps this week when these are vacated by the militiamen and ...
  • MR. CURTIN SAYS REMEMBER THE 8th DIVISION 2nd Anniversary of Fall of Singapore [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 16 February 1944, page 2
    News 300 words

    "Australians should keep their eyes fixed on victory, but without any [?] founded optimism about how soon victory will be achieved or at what ...
  • SECOND A.I.F. Militia Provides Most Officers MELBOURNE, Wednesday. [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 13 June 1940, page 3
    News 340 words

    A high tribute to the militia which, he said, had supplied nearly all officers required for the A.I.F. was paid to-day by Lieut.-General V. A. ...
  • AUSTRALIA DAY Troops March in Sydney SYDNEY, Friday. [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 5 October 1940, page 1
    News 115 words

    Army and Air Force men, who took part in the Australia Day march throughout the city to-day, were given a magnificent reception by ...
  • HOME FOR REPATRIATED WAR PRISONERS SYDNEY, Tuesday. [ tagged as 8th Division POW's Repatriated ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 29 August 1945, page 2
    News 80 words

    Plans for the establishment immediately in Sydney of a hostel for repatriated members of the Eighth Division are in the process of being ...
  • FALL OF SINGAPORE COMMEMORATED BY EIGHTH DIVISION SYDNEY, Sunday. [ tagged as 8th Division POW ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Monday 16 February 1948, page 2
    News 121 words

    Members of the Eighth Division, A.I.F. attended a special service commemorating the sixth anniversary of the fall of Singapore yesterday. ...
  • Ex-P.O.W's To Remember Fall Of Singapore [ tagged as 8th Division POW ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 15 February 1951, page 4
    News 101 words

    Prisoners of war of the Japanese, now living in Canberra will gather at the War Memorial this afternoon to pay homage to ...
  • PROMPT MEASURES TO RECOVER OUR P.'sO.W. [ tagged as 8th Division POW ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 18 August 1945, page 2
    News 345 words

    Australian prisoners of war in Japanese hands total about 17,500, of which about 8,000 are in Japan itself. In order to give the speediest ...
  • Jap. Woman Gives Evidence Against Cousens on Treason SYDNEY, Tuesday. [ tagged as 8th Division Bunka Camp Changi Japanese War Crimes Major Charles Cousens ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 21 August 1946, page 1
    News 1550 words

    The treason trial of Major Charles Hughes Cousens, formerly of the Eighth Division, opened in the Central Police Court to-day and was adjourned until to-morrow. The principal witness was Miss Foumi Saisho, a Japanese ...
  • WOMEN'S DIARY [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 3 July 1944, page 6
    News 87 words

    Today: AWNL Meetings: Canterbury, Presbyterian Hall, Canterbury rd, 8, Mr A. G. Adams; East Brighton, St Mark's Church hall, 2.30. ...
  • PROTEST AGAINST P O W MESSAGE SYSTEM Relatives Object To Waiting In Queues [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 25 August 1944, page 3
    News 398 words

    Relatives of Australian prisoners of war in Japanese hands are seething with discontent and dissatisfaction at the failure of the Government to ...
  • SURVIVORS OF JAP TRANSPORT GREETED Moving Scenes At Town Hall Reception [ tagged as 8th Division POW Mail ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 6 December 1944, page 3
    News 875 words

    Twenty-two of the 86 war prisoners who were rescued after a Japanese transport, had been torpedoed in September were welcomed by a crowd that filled the Town Hall last night. ...
  • FREE — AFTER WEARY YEARS OF WAITING! Gripping Story of a Party of Indian Troops Rescued from the Japs [ tagged as 8th Division Chinese Hansa Bay Indian Troops Major Baboo Ram Punjabis Sikhs Wewak ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 9 September 1944Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine, page 2
    News ILLUSTRATED 1850 words

    AT first in a tiny trickle but now in a steady stream, hundreds of Allied prisoners, for long years slaves in ...
  • EX P.O.W. FOUND DEAD AT BRADDON HOME [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 10 December 1947, page 3
    News 106 words

    Gregor Kimpton McDonald, 28, of Farrer Street, Braddon, was found dead in a lavatory, attached to the bathroom at his parents' home. ...
  • POW's From Sumatra Well Cared For In Singapore [ tagged as 8th Division POW RAAF Nursing Service Red Cross Sandakan to Ranau ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 28 September 1945, page 11
    News ILLUSTRATED 219 words

    A HANDFUL OF CIGARETTES for each man was issued by Miss Mary Taylor, of the Red Cross, before POW's left Singapore by air for Australia. These pictures of prisoners from Sumatra were taken at Singapore by Norman Smith, staff photographer. AUSTRALIAN P O W'S, who have been flown from Sumatra to Singapore, are now being cared for, where ...
  • NEWS IN BRIEF A FATHER IN A HUNDRED [ tagged as 8th Division Lieut-General A E Percival ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 15 January 1949, page 1
    News 286 words

    CAPETOWN, Friday— Henry Potts, lOO-years-old native, living at Schoonberg in Cape Province, has become the father of a ...
  • BIG PARADES IN ALL CAPITALS [ tagged as 8th Division Anzac Day Hellship ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 26 April 1945, page 3
    News 216 words

    Throughout Australia, in capital cities and remote townships, Anzac Day was observed with greater fervour than ever before. ...
  • 9th DIVISION EXPECTED [ tagged as 7th Division 8th Division 9th Division ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 22 June 1940, page 5
    News 65 words

    BRISBANE, Friday.—Queensland military authorities expect an early announcement of the enlistment of a Ninth Division, A.I.F. ...
  • THREATENED AND BEATEN BY JAPS Toorak Airman's Story YOKOHAMA [ tagged as 2-22nd Division 8th Division Ashio POW Camp Ofuna POW Camp POW RAAF POW's ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 6 September 1945, page 16
    News 283 words

    The horrors of Rabaul in January, 1942, when 20,000 Japanese overwhelmed a single Australian battalion—the 2/22nd of the 8th ...
  • FOURTH BIRTHDAY OF SECOND AIF Message From Army Minister [ tagged as 6th Division 8th Division ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 15 September 1943, page 2
    News 437 words

    Today is the fourth birthday of the Second AIF. On behalf of the Government and people of Australia, Mr Forde, Army Minister, yesterday ...
  • AMBON SURVIVORS MEET FORMER CO [ tagged as 2-21st Battalion 8th Division Hainan POW Ambon ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 20 November 1945, page 5
    News 104 words

    Lieut-Colonel L. Roach, of Kew, original CO of the 2/21st Battalion, 8th Division, was given a rousing reception last night when the ...
  • THE LIFE OF MELBOURNE Vesta Junior's Mirror of Boxing Day WEDNESDAY NIGHT [ tagged as 8th Division Zentsuji Prison Camp ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 27 December 1945, page 6
    News 756 words

    How I wished, as I was greeted by a cool westerly on arrival in the city late this afternoon, that the change had come a few hours earlier, when ...
  • EIGHTH DIVISION LOSSES MAY BE HEAVY [ tagged as 8th Division ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Monday 15 October 1945, page 2
    News 76 words

    Fears that casualties sustained by A.I.F. unite in the Malayan campaign will prove to be heavier than originally expected, are expressed by ...
  • FOUR CANBERRA MEN RECOVERED [ tagged as 8th Division Changi POW's Return Zentsuji Prison Camp ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Friday 12 October 1945, page 2
    News 179 words

    The latest casualty list reported the following men as being recovered from prison camps in Siam: Pte. F. M. Gellatly, Spr. G. D. ...


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