Local Anzac Celebrations Today Dawn Service At Memorial
Today is Anzac Day—the 32nd.—And citizens throughout Australia will gather in solemn remembrance of that fatal day in 1915, Local celebrations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
465 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 24
Monty Pays Tribute To Anzac
London, April 25—"We could not have won the battle of El Alamein without the aid of the Ninth Australian Division and the New Zealanders,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Impressive Celebration Of Anzac Day
Broken Hill ex-servicemen and citizens paid tribute to the fallen of World War 1 and 11, at the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the War Memorial yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Delay In War Crime Trials
RAB AUL.—The War Crimes Court is making slow progress and proceedings arc dragging tediously. It assembled nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →55,000 In Sydney Anzac Day March People Sleep On Post Office Steps
Sydney, April 23.—More than 55,000 ex-servicemen and women of two world wars took part in today's Anzac Day march, the greatest yet witnessed in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plight of Displaced People of 25 Nations; Victims of the War
I ONDON, April 25.-"There are still about 750,000 displaced people, of some 25 nationalities, in Western Germany, Austria, the Middle East-innocent victims of the war which ended nearly two years ago,'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Will Pay Fare To Australia Generous Offer To Australian War Bride
Detroit, April 27.—Mrs. Marie Wolverton has offered to pay the 600 dollars steamship fare to Australia for Mrs. Phyllis May Wood. Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Men To Discuss Memorial For World War II
MR. Austen Brown, president of the R.S.L. and the Returned Servicemen's Club, today directed the attention of all financial members of the league or club to the special general meeting advertised in this issue, to be held at the league and club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Truman's Policy Could Cause Civil War Says Henry Wallace In Washington
Washington, April 29.—President Truman's foreign policy offers the possibility of giving rise to civil war in France, declared former Vice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty-Five Wounded In Yugoslav Parade
Trieste, May 1.—Twenty-five were wounded when two hand grenades were thrown into the Yugoslav torchlight parade in the predominantly Italian part…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Casualties Among Canadian Servicewomen
Ottawa: Seventy-two women died while on active service with Canadian armed forces during the Second World War. Only one a nursing sister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Memorial For World War II. Diggers' Meeting
Mr. Austen Brown, President of the R.S.L. and the Returned Servicemen's Club, today directed the attention of all financial members of the League…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Killed In Jeep Smash
PARKES. — A soldier was killed and another injured when a jeep overturned 10 miles from Parkes last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal for Disabled Soldiers' Assn
An appeal for £25,000 has been launched for the building of a comfortable club rooms in Sydney for the thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers State Attitude to West. Oval Memorial
rPHERE was a splendid ga a therm g of returner servicemen.at the clubrooms yesterday morning to consider the proposed memorial at the Western Oval. There has been much controversy recently over this question, and yesterday the soldiers decided that they could find no fault with the proposal, but nevertheless they would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stalin Appeals to United States Co-operation To Prevent War
London, May 4.—An appeal for greater co-operation between the United States and Russia was made by Marshal Stalin to Mr. Harold Stassen, candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, in an interview in Moscow on April 9…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War In China
Nanking, May 5.—While the new Premier, General Chang Chug, was declaring that an American loan [?]ntial for the economic rehabilitation and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kesselring to Be Shot Shocking War Crimes
Venice, May 6.—Field Marshal Kesselring, the Nazi war loader, was found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death by shooting. The trial lasted nearly three months. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor's Post War Plans
SYDNEY.—"Labor has made a 'hash' of the reconversion of Australia from war to peace," said the Federal Country Party leader (Mr. Fadden) in a statement this week. "In many cases, conditions, almost two years after the war,are as bad or even…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price Control Should Prevail in Peace and War
Canberra, May 7.—In the House ot Representatives today Mr. James (Lab. N.S.W.) said: "While we may condemn brice control—It may not be…
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