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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
3,182 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 160
CAIRO March 2—Within one week, in the last great battle of El Alamein, two men of the 2/48th battalion won the Victoria Cross. Sergeant Bill Kibby, VC, and Private Percy Gratwick, VC, lie. under die sand in soldiers’ graves…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting was held on Monday night last, and well attended for the purpose of arranging a "welcome home" to four or perhaps five returned soldiers from our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA Thursday—Many remarkable examples of courage and endurance by Australian soldiers including militiamen,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RAYMOND TERRACE Friday —Rather an interesting souvenir of the war has been [?] back by Private La[?] Winterbine of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →W./O2. Frank Kelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kelman, of Merriwa, is now receiving a warm welcome from his many friends, and his wife (nee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of the finest war savings groups in Maitland is that, formed by Mrs. Gertrude Squires, of Bourke Street Unfortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A report by the War Damage Commission which was tabled in the House of Representatives on Wednesday showed that war damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the request of Cessnock War Finance Committee, Cessnock Municipal Council has agreed to act as guarantor to the Postal Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Addressing a Methodist Public Questions Conference at the Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, Bishop W. G. Hilliard warned only a colossal task…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Private Johnny Nauer, the American soldier, who composed the best selling war song, “The Aussies and the Yanks Are Here,”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON March 4.—The Earl of Harewood was re–elected Graild master at the Quarterly Communication of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Men in high places now realised there was an outside chance the Pacific war could the finished in 1943. Brigadier-General Chennault told the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MUSWELLBROOK Friday. — A.Bdr. H. A. Horney, son of Mr. H. A. Horney, of Muswellbrook, is a prisoner of war to Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It has been said that in the last analysis a nation lias only two teal assets the people and the land There has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Encouraging results in the war against U-boats were announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday by the First Lord of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The King has beccme a parttime worker in a war factory, says the London "Daily Mail." He stands at a bench from 8 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RON RANDALL'S first stage work was done at the Minerva Theatre in Sydney, where he appeared in "Quiet Wedding", "Love on the Dole"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kurri Kurri Sub-branch of Returned Soldiers' League Accepted a challenge issued through Headquarters of the League by Tamworth Sub-branch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ladies of the Red Cross yesterday received 1½ hours' notice that sick soldiers would be passing through the town in the afternoon. Despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"This is one of the meanest types of thefts which any man can lower himself to commit. It is worse than robbing the…
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