Newspaper Cuttings from"The Army News (Darwin)"
(Downloaded from the Australian National Archives and in no particular date order)

·  Author of "Cobbers" to Pay Visit

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Friday 25 February 1944 p 3 Article

... Author of "Cobbers" to Pay Visit Dr. Thomas Wood will soon visit Australia to tell the story of Britain's contribution toward winning the war. Dr. Wood will travel privately, but with the approval ... to ,be absent from Britain for a year. (Dr. Wood is a doctor of music.. He is best known in ... 114 words

·  Was Sydney Sapper Cobber's Club Founder?

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Wednesday 10 May 1944 p 1 Article

... Was Sydney Sapper Cobbers' Club Founder? SYDNEY, Tuesday.-Dr. Thomas Wood was not the founder of Cobbers' Club in England. said Miss M. Fay, of Strathfield, Syd iney, lsst night. •Miss Fay claimed ... the other better. "My brother. wrote to Dr. Wood and ,asked him if he would like to be the first ... 113 words

·  Origins of Waltzing Matilda

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Thursday 13 April 1944 p 4 Article

... Origins of Waltzing Matilda CANBERRA, Wednesday,.-Dr. Thomas Wood, English musician and writer of "Cobbers" has forwarded to the Government a. mass of evidence he collected on the origins of the song, "Waltz Ing Matilda." One authority/hei found says that the tune came from an old soldier's song ... 103 words

·  DR. WOOD LEAVES AUSTRALIA

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Tuesday 16 January 1945 p 4 Article

... DR. WOOD LEAVES AUSTRALIA.-. PERTH. Sunday.-The. complacency which he had noticed ,on his earlier ? visit 14, years ago had now gone, said Dr. Thomas Wood,' noted ?ens-" lish- author,- composer, ... unchanged' was Australiani hospita!ity and kindliness to those they likeid. j• Dr. Wood visited all States" ... 132 words

·  Famous Old English Home Defies Flying Bomb

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Wednesday 26 July 1944 p 3 Article

... from a flying bomb which' exploded 200 yards from it is: graphically 'related by Mrs. Thom'as Wood in a letter to her husband, Dr. Thomas Wood, now visiting Australia. tralia. Mrs. Wood, who was alone, ... awakened from sleep. Dr. Wood is author of the' popular book, "Cobbers." The 'bomb 'came over on June 16 ... 470 words

·  ORIGINS OF WALZING MATILDA

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Sunday 16 April 1944 p 4 Article

... ORIGINS OF WALZING MATILDA Suggestions by Dr. Thomas Wood, author of "Cobbers" and well known ... all her life. Dr. Wood had told the story more or less correctly in his book "Cobbers." The Director ... Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide, Dr. E. Harold Davies. On the question of authorship of ... 402 words

·  RIFLE BRIGADE THAT SAVED BRITAIN FROM INVASION.

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Thursday 1 June 1944 p 4 Article

... world by Germany and Japan. The story of this epic feat of British arms was told by Dr. Thomas Wood, ... got the British Expeditionary Force of 10 divi sions out of Dunkirk," Dr. Wood maid. "Dunkirk was the ... wilder nightmare than men could ever imagine," Dr. Woods said. "It was full of wounded, sent there by ... 391 words

·  Man-sized Job Needed For Australian Troops

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Thursday 9 November 1944 p 4 Article

... Man-sized Job Needed For Australian Troops MELBOURNE.-'.Give Australian fighting men a man-sized job in :the Pacific and don't leave them to fret in idleness," is the counsel' of Dr. Thomas Wood, ... impressions. After his visit to New Guinea. Dr. Wood, on medical advice, sought a respite in the ... 364 words

·  NEWS FROM HERE AND ABROAD

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Thursday 27 April 1944 p 4 Article

... Canberra yesterday, Dr. Thomas Wood, author of "Cobbers," refer red to the bombing of' Germany and the ... Dr. Lynch, to Aus tralia to investigate the manufact ure' and production possibilities of ... 580 words

·  ITEMS OF INTEREST

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Wednesday 12 April 1944 p 4 Article

... A.-Dr. Thomas Wood who recently arrived in Australia and who is author of the best, seller, "Cobbers," ... 461 words

·  Future Bastion of Civilisation

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Monday 22 May 1944 p 1 Article

... Future Bastion of Civilisation SYDNEY, Sunday.—Speaking at the Lyceum Hall today, Dr. Thomas ... the British Army not escaped from Dunkirk, said Dr. Wood, the Germans would have invaded Eng land. The ... Dr. Wood concluded, but the future is the important thing and we must think ahead. ... 137 words

·  What is Happening in Your Home State Canberra

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Friday 12 May 1944 p 2 Article

... PRAISE for Australian for ces abroad was given by Dr. Thomas Wood, author of "Cobbers," ... men abroad." Dr. Wood said he hAd seen all three forces overseas and Aus tralia was well represented ... whose body was found in Centennial Park, on February. 10, Dr. E. E. Percy, Government medical officer, ... 2952 words

·  What is Happening in Your Home State Canberra

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Thursday 26 October 1944 p 2 Article

... loyalty of the Force to the Chief, Commissionet, Mr. Duncan,:' and the State 'Parliament. DR. THOMAS ... 'lish' children.: Dr. Wood said' to see the toys was one of the happiest -of 'his' ex 'perieces, 'They 'were beautifully made nd ' people had put theli ' hearts Into I them.' Dr. Wood was in Darwin ... 3650 words

·         Text last corrected on 10 April 2011 by anonymous

·  What is Happening in Your Home State Victoria

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Saturday 15 April 1944 p 2 Article

... and Eng-. lslh author, Dr. Thomas Wood. CHAOTIC RUNNING T I M E S under which trains and trolley ... making a track for carting wood. .The body was found by a son and neighbour. MR. AND MRS. D. P. SIMPSON ... Ag ricultire, Dr. S. L. Maokirudoe, on Thursday. Since the` Spring, little rain" has fallen in the ... 3526 words

·  What is Happening in Your Home State

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Friday 14 April 1944 p 2 Article

... Minister, Mr. Tonkin and Dr. Thomas Wood, author of "Cobbers'' and -former professor of music at Oxford ... ADELAIDE and Suburban Wood Merchants Association, Mr. H. L. Coates, said yesterday that ample ... regarding the transfer of the Launceston Pow er scheme to the Commission. The arbitrator is Dr. E. G. ... 3109 words

·  What is Happening in Your Home State Queensland

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Monday 4 September 1944 p 2 Article

... of John Masefield, Eric Linklater, Leonard IBrockington, Gllbert Murray, nominated -by Dr. Thomas Wood. Mr. Lee said tHe rost pleasant voices he had heard were of the Ctiy Health Officer, Dr. Dale, ... the British Medical, As'soctatibn, Dr. L. P. Winterbotham, yesterday. THREE PERSONS. WERE INJURED ... 3572 words

·         Text last corrected on 30 December 2010 by Colleenann

·  What is Happening in Your Home State Canberra

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Tuesday 11 April 1944 p 2 Article

... electric wires. Mangano -became entangled in the wires, which snapped. DR. THOMAS WOOD, distinguish ed ... retain butter fat, the president of the Queensland branch of the British Medical Association, Dr. L: ... 2977 words

·  Egypt Saved by Churchill's Imagination

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Tuesday 19 December 1944 p 3 Article

... 'Dr.. Thomas Wlood told members of Rotary last week. Dr. Wood, Englishn: musician and, auth or :of ... people, the great leader -told the truth, and told the wurpt, said Dr. Wood. To be great any ... Speak ing' Union on the "Battle for B3ritain and : the Battle for Europe," Dr. Wood gave some ... 191 words

·  What Is Happening In Your Home State

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Thursday 16 March 1944 p 2 Article

... there is no guarantee that all house holders will find it easy to get suffi cient wood into their backyards for next winter. It was stated officially that greatly increased stocks of fire wood were ... headquarters, to the position. STRUCK BY A TRAIN, William Thomas, of Fawkner Street, . South YarIru, ... 637 words

·  WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR HOME STATE TASMANIA

Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941-1946) Saturday 4 March 1944 p 2 Article

... OUSTOMS.-Mr. Thomas D. Carroll, sub Collector of Customs at Newcastle, has been ap pointed collector of ... Clarence Raymond Wood, 38, was sentenced to four years' jail, his son, Clarence Francis Wood, 106, to two years; Eugene Thomas Pluis to three years. George Arthur Carter, tailor's pres ser, said that ... 1878 words