Bellbird Soldier in New Guinea "Slim" Wallace Going Strong
Back in New Guinea for a second period of service is Raymond Wallace, known to his army mates as "Slim.,"…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,498 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 125
1000 U.S. Soldiers Drowned. Troopship Lost. Washington
The War Department has announced the sinking of an Allied troopship in European waters with the loss of 1000 American soldiers. Approximately 1000…
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IT IS REPORTED FROM WASHINGTON THAT AN ALLIED TROOPSHIP HAS BEEN SUNK IN EUROPEAN WATERS, WITH THE LOSS OF 1000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS. About 1000 were rescued. The announcement says that a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Auxiliary of Soldiers’ League
The fourth annual meeting of the West Maitland sub-branch the Women’s Auxiliary of the Returned Soldiers’ League was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guilty of Mean Trick Housebreaker Used Soldier's Name
John Bruce Martin gave the name of a man with whom he had served in the A.I.P. as his own when arrested on a charge of housebreaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-War Dreams
BECAUSE the end of the war seems to be within measurable distance, although one can say whether it will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Council Work Will Continue
CANBERRA Sat.— The Council try Party decided yesterday not to follow the UAP in resigning from the Advisory War Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable War Effort by Children
SYDNEY Saturday. — Since their inception in the first week of the war the various war efforts of the children in the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →‘Long War’ Says Gen Blamey
WAGGA Saturday.—There was a long way to go before the war was won, the Commander of Allied Land Forces, General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steering Finns Out of The War
LONDON February 18.— The Stockholm correspondent of “The Times” says that some kind of contact between Russia and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader Post-war Dreams Blaze In Valve Factory
SYDNEY Sat.— Extensive damage was caused by a fire at Amalgamated wireless valve factory at Ashfield early this morning…
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CANBERRA Sat,—In the House of Representatives, the Minister for Repatriation, Mr. Frost, said that 11,700 soldiers in this war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Wives Lost at Sea
CANBERRA Saturday.— The Minister for Repatriation Mr. Fros, said in the House of Representatives that a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting
Ex-service men and women [?] for membership to the RSS[?] AILA are reminded that the silver anniversary annual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Graves
SYDNEY Monday.—The Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, has informed the RSL that names of units on war graves in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Decorations
LONDON. Feb. 20—The War Office announces that accredited war correspondents can qualify for the African Star and clasp,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War's Greatest Daylight Blow
As Leipzig burned under the weight of 2300 tons of bombs dropped by the R.A.F., over 2000 American planes yesterday, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pictures Form the World at War
Three soldiers of the Allied Fifth Army are silhouetted against the sky as they climb up a rocky path to the top of a ridge near Venafro, Italy, with supplies for front line troops engaged in pushing back the Germans. Allied troops, although handicapped by mud and terrain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advisory War Council Spender Will Retain Seat
Defying a decision by the Parliamentary U.A.P., Mr. P. C. Spender, former Federal Treasurer and Army Minister,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Plans for Post-war Work Report on Interview with Consultant
An outline of the proposals in connection with post-war improvement was submitted to last week's meeting of the Municipal…
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