Local Wounded in Islands
Mr. and Mrs. S. Aziz have received word that their son Abdul Aziz was wounded in action in the islands on May 20…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
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Soldiers Accused Of Pilfering
Sydney, May 23.—Soldiers working on wha[?] been continued to barra[?] following [?] of [?]. The trouble most when charges were [?]…
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London, May 27.—All German war plants which cannot be removed as reparations or cannot be converted to the production of essential civilian goods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beaverbrook On Pacific War
London, May 27.—Expressing regret that the Coalition Government had not remained until the end of the Japanese war, the Lord Privy Seal, Lord…
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LONDON, May 27. â The war's most ragtag captives were transported across the Bay of Bengal to prisoners-of-war cages…
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NEW YORK, May 27.—In less than six years the present war has cost the world the staggering total of $730,000 million (three dollars are roughly equivalent to £1 sterling)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rich Decorations in Jap Hideout (Front Harry Potter. "Barrier Miner" War Correspondent.)
MANILA.—Japanese who like to hole-up in caves like rats, do not always live a rat-like existence. Rich blue hangings decorated one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Medieval Methods Against Japs (From Harry Potter, "The Barrier Miner" War Correspondent)
MANILA.—American troops in Luzon are using medieval methods against the Japs. They are literally roasting the Japs…
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BRISBANE.—Forty stitches were inserted in a wound, extending from the stomach to the hip, suffered by an Australian soldier who was…
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ATHENS, May 29.—Greece will formally declare war on Japan tomorrow, says the newspaper "Estia." A Greek voluntary corps is being…
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London, May 28.—SHAEF reports that Mr. Justice Robert Jackson, Chief of the United States Council for war Crimes commission, at a press conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Break Barracks To Air Grievances Investigation Now Proceeding
Sydney, May 28.—Early this evening a body of soldiers numbering about one hundred serving various terms broke cut of military detention barracks at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Tuesday. May 29. 1945. Strings to Soldiers' Preference
THE Federal Government's Soldiers Rehabilitation Bill bears all the marks of the compromise it represents between that section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Churchill Tells Of War Casualties
LONDON, May 29.—Mr. Churchill stated in the House of Commons yesterday that the total casualties in the armed forces of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Housing Shortage Post-War Plans And Priority
Canberra, May 29.— A White Paper to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow will [?] that the housing program calling for the construction of [?] homes…
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LONDON," May SO.—Mr. Churchill informed the House of Commons yesterday that Sir Davis Maxwell Fyfe, Attorney-General, had been appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Soldier Tells About Tarakan Graphic Landing Story
AN interesting description of the island of Tarakan, its oil fields and the conditions under which our troops there have to live and fight is given in a letter from Private Frank Bertram to his brother, Mr. Les. Bertram, hairdresser,…
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The war in the Pacific is proceeding with heavy blows being struck at the Japanese The Americans have smashed the man resistance on Okinawa. but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy On Murder Charge Mortally Wounded Man's Courage
Sydney, May 31.—When Dennis James Lyons 16) was charged with murdering John Canell[?] known as Case, proprietor of the Mayfair Cafe in Orange…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Expenditure Estimate
Washington, May 31.—If all the money spent on this war since 1939 was distributed evenly among all people in the world every man woman and child…
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