Armed forces
Found in 982 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943
(Untitled), 01 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1942 - 28 Feb 1942
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1942 - 30 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942
(Untitled), 01 May 1942 - 31 May 1942
(Untitled), 02 Sep 1942 - 30 Sep 1942
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942 - 30 Nov 1942
(Untitled), 01 Dec 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
(Untitled), 31 Dec 1941
Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, to WSC on modifications to the Empire Air Training Scheme; asks about strength of force in South Western Pacific.
(Untitled), 31 Dec 1941
Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in- Chief, Middle East, to WSC on subjects including a tank encounter to the south of Agedabia [Ajdabiyah, Libya], the accuracy of RAF bombing and the movement of enemy ships from Ras el Aali.
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1942
Telegrams from General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander- in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC on subjects including: activity in Agedabia [Ajdabiyah, Libya]; RAF bombing of Ras Aali; prisoner-of-war figures; fighter planes over Agedabia; news from Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [Commander of 8th Army] on the Allied capture of Bardia, and release of British prisoners-of-war.
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1942
Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] with figures for army and air reinforcement of Malaya [later Malaysia].
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1942
Telegram from WSC to the Government of New Zealand [and Peter Fraser, Prime Minister] with figures for air reinforcement of New Zealand.
(Untitled), 24 Jan 1942
Telegram from Commanders in Chief (Middle East) to WSC giving details of German and Allied army strengths at the beginning of "Crusader" [codename for British North African operation], including details of losses on both sides and reasons for Allied success.
(Untitled), 27 Jan 1942
Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC pressing for the allotment of additional aircraft and giving details of operational strength, adding that Australia is left almost defenceless against its enemies.
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1942
Telegram from Field-Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission to Washington, United States] to WSC, informing him that the Combined Chiefs of Staff have considered the telegram of 23 January from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC and are to draft a telegram to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] regarding the importance of air power in Australia.
(Untitled), 30 Jan 1942
Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] informing him of the danger of the withdrawal of the fighter squadrons of the American Volunteer Group from Rangoon [Burma, later Myanmar] by Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek [Chinese nationalist leader] prior to the arrival of Hurricanes.
(Untitled), 30 Jan 1942
Telegram from the Government of New Zealand to WSC requesting fighter aircraft to meet the likely Japanese attack from 1 division, 2 aircraft carriers and other naval units and to protect the main ports of Auckland and Wellington; provision is being made for a network of RDF [radar] air warning stations, the development of an air observer corps, and of new aerodromes with runways suitable for heavy United States bombers.
(Untitled), 01 Feb 1942
(Untitled), 02 Feb 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] asking him to explain his decision to order Hurricanes from Singapore to Palembang [Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia].
(Untitled), 04 Feb 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] regarding the fighter defence of Singapore: feels it is a disadvantage that the fighter force should have to waste time flying between Sumatra [Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia] and Singapore; hopes to send 90 more Hurricanes before the end of February.