Grafton Soldier In Borneo
Pte. F. C. Gill, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Gill, of Villiers street, Grafton, writes most interestingly of his life in Borneo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
525 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 27
Several Returned Men Are Unemployed
Reporting to a special meeting of the Urbenville Chamber of Commerce at which the necessity for providing facilities for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American War Department Criticised By Hawaii Commander
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—Major-General Walter Short, who was relieved of his command at Hawaii after the Pearl Harbour attack, considered the War Department and Naval authorities at Hawaii responsible for his failure to take advance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap War Criminals March to Trial at Morotai
The first four Japanese war criminals to bs arraigned for trial at Morotai being marched to the place of trial which was a converted hut. Captain Tokio Iwasa was the first tried on charges of ordering the execution of an Australian airman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grafton R.A.A.F. Man's Experiences In War
F/Lt. A. A. Young, who, before his enlistment in the R.A.A.F., was managing secretary of the "Daily Examiner" for more than nine years, yesterday told of his war experiences in an interview. After joining the R.A.A.F.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Killed By Explosions By Expl
LONDON, Thursday.—Twelve soldiers are feared killed and many injured when the waggons of captured German ammunition exploded at Marlborough railway siding in Wiltshire. The ammunition was being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home To Two Grafton Boys
Sapper Samuel Payne, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Payne, of Cambridge street, South Grafton, and Pte. Ossie Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Willis, of Villiers street, Grafton, were welcomed home a-t the Grafton Town Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Soldier's Serious Complaint
Serious allegations that troops were being badly fed and that they were extremely discontented and unsettled are made in & letter, dated December 15, from Pte. J. F. Spertcer, serving with the 4th Australian infantry Battalion at Wewak, to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home At Alumny Creek
A large and representative gathering of Alumny Creek. Great Mir low and surrounding districts was presided over by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denied Rumors of War Between Russia and Turkey
LONDON, Tues.—The Soviet news agency, quoted by Reuter denied rumours which the French newspaper, "Paris Matin," was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest By Soldiers In Manila
MANILA, Tues.—Twelve thousand protesting soldiers packed the shell-battered ruins of the Philippines Hall of Congress last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grafton Soldier Billeted In Sarawak Palace
In a letter to his mother, Mrs. R. C. Jarvis, of Turf street. Grafton, Private Colin Jarvis, of "Force Headquarters,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Soldiers' Wives Left Waiting
AUCKLAND, Wed.—There have been 1022 marriages between New Zealand girls and American servicemen recorded in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Loan Meeting
Mr. H. M. Storey, Deputy Director of War Loans in New South Wales, will visit Grafton at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Try Jap War Makers
WASHINGTON, Thurs.—The organisation of the trial of Japanese war makers over which General Mac Arthur has had extensive power conferred on him by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demonstrations By U.S. Soldiers
YOKOHAMA, Thurs.—After a provost marshal had reported that he had broken up hothead demonstrations by soldiers, protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land For Soldiers Within Two Months
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) denied reports that it would be 1947 before soldiers could be settled on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost of War
BASLE, Fri.—According to a statement published by the Bank of International Settlement, the war cost £170,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Criminals Escape From Custody
MOROTAI, Fri.—Four Jap war criminals, including one scheduled to have faced a murder charge to-day, before Australia's military…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Reward For Part In War
LONDON, Fri.—Mr. Boothby, M.P., speaking at Aberdeen, suggested the incorporation of the British zone in Germany within the British Empire, and restoring a King to the throne of Hanover…
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