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Holden Cobbers' Club News

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The Cobbers' Club was formed to support and send comforts to Holden employees who joined the Armed Forces.

As published in the March, 1944 issue of Pointers:"Comforts for Cobbers" Club was registerd in July 1940, as a Patriotic Fund, with the folowing objectives: To send comforts to former employees of the Company serving in the Forces, and where found necessary after proper investigation, to provide relief to their dependents; and finally, to render some assistance towards the rehabilitation of the man himself." There were 565 "Cobbers" on the roll call.

Each month, they were sent food, particuarly fruit cake, personal items (shaving soap and razors, toothbrush and paste, etc) plus a copy of Pointers Magazine and the Cobbers' Club News.  From the many letters published from the troops, these were all greatly appreciated.

It seems that the troops were well supplied, as A.C.1. Robert Hutchenson wrote from Darwin: "The only thing that is a bit unnecessary for me here was the shaving soap. I have 5 sticks now, so should pretty much see out the war in that line"!

The News was produced on one foolscap page, printed on both sides, which was folded in the middle to make a four page leaflet.  They were issued nominally every week, but sometimes fortnightly.

Some of the scans are longitudinal, so you will need to rotate them in your pdf reader to view them. 

 

Year	Month	Date	Issue		Year	Month	Date	Issue		Year	Month	Date	Issue
1943	Apr	09	96		1944	Jan	07	135		1945	Jan	05	186
	Jun	25	107				21	137
							28	138
						Feb	04	139			Feb	09	190
	Jul	16	110				11	140
		23	111				18	141
											Mar	02	193
						Mar	04	143				09	194
	Aug	13	114				17	145				16	195
		20	115				24	146				29	197
		27	116				31	147			Apr	05	198
						Apr	14	149
	Sep	10	118				21	150
		17	119			May	19	154				20	200
		24	120				26	155				27	201
	Oct	01	121								May	04	202
		08	122									11	203
		15	123			Jun	16	158				18	204
		29	124				23	159				25	205
	Nov	05	125								Jun	01	206
		12	126			Jul	07	161				08	207
		19	127				14	162
		24	128				21	163
	Dec	03	129				28	164
		10	130			Aug	04	165			Jul	13	212
		17	131				11	166
		24	132				18	167				27	214
		31	133-134				25	168			Aug	03	215
						Sep	01	169				10	216
							22	172				24	217
							29	173				31	218
						Oct	20	176			Sep	07	219
							27	177				21	221
						Nov	03	178				28	222
							10	179			Oct	05	223
							17	180
						Dec	01	182