AGAIN BOMBED
FULL-SCALE ATTACK ON RABAUL MILITARY OBJECTIVES DAMAGED AERODROME AS TARGET (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 2 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 20. Mr A. S. Drakeford, the Australian Minister for Air, issued a communique to-night stating that a full-scale air attack was made by Japanese aircraft on Rabaul to-day. Etnemy bombers, presumably from an aircraft-carrier, came in waves commencing at midday and bombed an aerodrome. Installations and military objectives were damaged. There are no details yet of casualties. The Vichy News Agency, quoting the Saigon radio, says the Japanese are launching violent attacks on Java,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 85, 21 January 1942, Page 5
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