Australian Prisoners of War in Path of Russian Advance
Australian prisoners of war have been held, according to latest information, at three camps in Silesia, three in Poland, and one in East…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 115
Shortening the War Switzerland to Be Asked to Help
It is announced that President Roosevelt is sending Mr Lauchlin Curric, one of his own administrative assistants, to Switzerland "to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's War Against Japan 40,279 Army and Air Casualties
In the war against Japan, the Australian Army had suffered 36,009 casualties up to September 30, 1944, and the R.A.A.F., 4270,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Merchantmen At War Perilous Going In New 1st Army Attack
LONDON, January 28—“Operation of silence” might have been the code for the attack which General Hodge’s American first Army resumed on Sunday morning between the main highway running north from st Vith and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Save Wounded Man
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s. Planes Blast German War Plants
Even less fuel and other vital war materials will be available for Germany's hopeless defence against the Allied armies, as result of this bombing of the Ludwigshafen chemical and synthetic oil works by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the Eighth U.S. Army Air Force. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America at War U.S. Plane and Namesake
Film actress Shirley Temple, the former child star now 16 years' old, gives a pat to a C-54 U.S. Army transport plane that has been named for her. Known as the Skymaster, the C.-54 can carry 50 fully-equipped troops or 15 tons of cargo. In July, 1944, a C.-54…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Appointments Criticised. Post in War Organisation of Industry
Newcastle Federal Council of the A.L.P. objected to the method of appointing Mr. Lees, of Messrs. J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldier Brothers at Wedding Ceremony
Three brothers, who all enlisted together at the outbreak of war and served overseas, were together on Saturday at the marriage of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Thanks
"It is a gesture of this type which makes one realise at times, after reading reports in the papers. that, after all, there are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Wounded
SYDNEY Wed.—James Thomson, 21, married, of Turramurra, was taken to Hornsby Hospital last night suffering from a rifle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Moment In War’s Final Phase
LONDON, Jan. 30.—Marshal Zhukov’s advance into Germany has produced one of the big moments in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Philippines Campaign Strategic Part of the Pacific War
WASHINGTON.—The progress of our campaign to liberate the Philippines is in its decisive stages. To achieve our objective on Luzon will require much hard fighting, and we must expect the Japanese to make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Duke’s First Broadcast to Nation. High Praise of War Effort
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—“It is with high purpose and great confidence that my family and I come to live among you,” said the Duke of Gloucester in his first Australia-wide broadcast last night, seven hours after he had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Soldier Who Missed a Jap. (From Gordon Holland)
AITAPE: The soldier passed me [?] we ploughed through a sticky mu[?] on the jungle trail bor[?]ng a wide river in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquiries for Enlistment
Mr., O. W. Wikner, who is recruiting agent for Singleton, stated today that a number of inquiries had been received from young women in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Plane Lost in Dust Storm Aid of V.a.o.c. Enlisted
A Mitchell medium bomber, with a Dutch pilot and crew became lost while travelling from Melbourne to Adelaide in a heavy dust storm at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Reporter’s H Courage
“They will never forget this Digger.” writes the Christian Science Monitor's correspondent referring to John Brennan, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Africa’s War Casualties
CAPE TOWN Jan. 31.— The Prime Minister (Field-Marshal Smuts) stated in the House of Assembly that the total South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Crimes Problems Minister’s Statement
LONDON, Jan. 31—The British Government would do its almost to ensure that, crimes committed by German against…
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