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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
609 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 31
A Broken Hill man, who is given the credit for saving the life of another member of his unit by knocking the sword out of a Japanese soldier's hands just as he raised it to attack a slit trench, now has the sword in his possession as a memento…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA.—When the war will, legally end and the National Security Act expire is still obscure. Recently the Commonwealth formally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Growth of a special yeast high in protein and the B Vitamins is being undertaken in the West Indies with the expectation that the highly concentrated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An announcement from the office of the Britain's Minister of defence has revealed that during the war a team of highly qualified British scientists carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, February 13.—Hungry Britons are beginning to ask themselves, "Who won the war?" While Britain is suffering new ration cuts,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOROTAI, February 14.—Thirty-six Japanese were found guilty and 57 acquitted of charges of having ill-treated Australian and Dutch prisoners of war at Tantoei camp, Ambon, by the War Crimes Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA.—A long list of awards for war services in the South-West Pacific area in the period Ocober 1, 1944, to March 31, 1945,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rome, February 17—Five hundred Carabineiri mustered in Central Rome on the night of February 16 (Saturday) in expectation of the arrival from Naples of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, February 17.—As theatregoers frantically milled their nay out of range, an ex-serviceman shot his Wife and a soldier In Martin Place…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollongong, February 18.—A man claiming priority to a flat as a returned soldier was beaten for possession by a magistrate, it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NARRABRI.—Addressing the Namoi Shire Repatriation Committee yesterday the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) revealed that he will not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY.—Allegations that the death of two Japanese prisoners of war in the Cowra internment camp was the result of a gang war between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WASHINGTON, February 21.—America has finally secured British agreement to the elimination of Zaibatsu (Japan's industrial monopoly) as a controlling force in Japanese economic life…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The task of elimination the last vestiges of German air power has taken the R.A.P. into Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Norway as well as all over the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MIAMI BEACH, February 23.—Mr. Churchill is unlikely to publish a history of the war while he is alive. In that way he would have a freer band…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nuremburg, February 24.—All 21 Nazi war leaden were in the dock together at the International Tribunal yesterday for the first time this year. They heard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, February 23.—A Sydney factory is offering bonuses to employes who bring new girls to work there. The bonuses, paid for new girls who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, February 25.—Including 310 ex-servicemen, 1,681 men sought enlistment in the Australian Army in N.S.W. during last week. With the exception of 14, all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →QUORN—A man battled his way nearly 40 miles on foot through rain and flooded creeks to reach home in time for the official welcome back of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many of the men and women who were associated with the Oxide Street Church in pre-war days have returned to civil life. The members of the…
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