Late War News Soviet and Middle East
The Rome Radio declares that Russia has massed 800,000 men on the frontier of Afghanistan, and that Britain and Prance are organising an…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
4,041 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 203
First War Relic in Melbourne a German Lifeboat
A German lifeboat, the first souvenir of the war to reach Australia, lies on the deck of a British freighter now in port. The boat is from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hard Time After War A.l.p. Replies to Mr Spender
"Those of us who remember the last war must believe that the net results of this war will be the impoverishment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pictures and Players New Trend Peaceful Themes At Hollywood Sequel to War
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Far East Huge Graveyard Toll of fie War("Mercury" Service)" Chungking. January 2
According to the Chinese army spokesman, Japanâs Jesses in ,the 2½ years of the war are 1,464,400 men of whom 585,860 were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan's Losses in War Chinese Army Spokesman's Figures. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) CHUNGKING
According to the Chinese Army spokesman, Japan's losses for the two and a half years of the war total 1,464,400 men, of whom 585,861 were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sewing for Soldiers to Begin To-morrow
Thanks to the efforts of the West Maitland Branch of the R.S.S.LL.A., three ladies will to-morrow morning commence a voluntary work of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers’ Hostel Church Army Willing To Build NEWCASTLE
Captain J. S. Cowland, Officer in Charge of the Church Army at Newcastle, said that provided the people of Newcastle assisted in the initial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dragged Clear of Train Constable Saves Soldier
Early on Monday morning Constable William C. Plummer saved Sergeant John Honey, of Ingleburn camp, from being run down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Obstacles of Mannerheim Line Huge Boulders Cape Between The Lakes Filled Deep Cutting in Hills (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Department of Information)
The Finnish fortification on the Karellan Litmus, known as the Mannerheim Line, Consists chiefly of lines of anti-tank obstacles filling gaps between the big lakes, which…
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Considerable [?] the visit to [?] crews of the [?] which [?] the German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans Chat Over GALLIPOLl DAYS
Memories of the Gallipoli campaign and of the last war generally recalled at the Returned Soldiers’ Club Rooms last evening, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freedom of Press in War-time (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, January 3
The importance of maintaining a free Press in war-time was strongly emphasised by Mr. J. A. Spender, the veteran Liberal journalist, in a speech in London. Recalling that, during the American Civil War, Abraham…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Cross Comforts for Soldiers Fund Totals £22,121
The New South Wales division of the Australian Red Cross Society proposes to provide [?]000 articles, valued at £1727, for the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ray Robinson Enlists Sydney
Ray Robinson, the dashing Gordon batsman who was a member of the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team on the southern tour this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attitude of Spain Towards The Allies Better Now Railway Communication with France Germany’s Oil Needs (Daily War Commentary Issued By the Department of Information)
The resumption of full railway communication between France and Spain, which had been interrupted since 1936, is a further sign of the improvement of Spanish relations with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British War Aims
MUCH has been [?] of the [?] of a [?] statement of British war [?] of the [?] settlement [?] the war [?] by the A[?] a [?] issue. It is no doubt, wise for [?] that success will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in Brief
Practically the whole of the Western Front is under a blanket of snow, and very little activity has been reported, except for some patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late War News Germany To Aid Russia
The Military Correspondent of the "Yorkshire Post," who is consistently well informed of developments in the Russo-Finnish conflict expects that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Australia Replies to Germany
Australia is telling the world in no uncertain voice that facing Nazi Germany, there is a united Empire, and more than that, within that united Empire, there is a united Australia. One of the peculiarities of the British psychology is that…
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