Soldier Died While Prisoner
SCONE, Saturday.âOfficial advice has been received during the past few days of the death of Gunner Victor Gregory Carter in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 115
Science and War
THE story of the debt owed by the Allied Air Forces to the inventions of British scientists cannot yet be fully…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finns at War with Germany
LONDON March 4—It was officially announced in Helsinki that the Finnish Government had formally declared war on Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extra War Work English Women Show Strain
More and more women are asking for release from war work, according to officials of the British Ministry of Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post-war Water Conservation Hunter in "A" Priority Schemes
Outlining plans for postwar water conservation and irrigation schemes, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said the Glenbawn,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prisoners in Good Heart Batch Liberated by Red Army
Five hundred British Empire war prisoners, who have arrived in Odessa, are "in good heart, and bubbling over with excitement at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of Sir Harry Chauvel Famous in World War No. 1
General Sir Harry Chauvel, famous A.I.F. Cavalry Commander in the last war, died in Melbourne last night. He was 80…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Science and War Russians Reach The Baltic Ready to Resume Drive on Berlin Australian Associated Press
LONDON, March 4.—Smashing through German defences east of Stargerd, Marshal Zhukov’s troops advanced 63 miles in a lightning drive to reach the Baltic Sea, near Kolberg…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Work on London Docks
LONDON March 4—Over 1000 soldiers worked last night on London docks, where strikers now total 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sport & Sportsmen ("By the Scouts.") Honour Roll. Fighting Sportsmen
A trio of young sportsmen grace the headlines of the week, but on this occasion their activities have been in other fields than on the actual sporting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotels and Anzac Day
Branches of the R.S.L. are up in arms at the decision of the federal Government to have hotels closed throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Facts in Brief
Since the war in the Pacifice began Royal Australian Air Force squadrons in the South-West Pacific area have been flown more than 400,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoners of War Camp
LONDON March 6—White Seventh Army troops were clearing Forbach of the enemy, they overran a war prisoner’s camp two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fancy Fair for War Memorial Ward
The Fancy Fair, which is being conducted at the rear of the United Service Hotel, is attracting good, support from the people of Cessnock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extra War Work English Women Show Strain
More and more women are asking for release from war work, according to officials of the British Ministry of Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post-war Water Conservation Hunter in "A" Priority Schemes
Outlining plans for postwar water conservation and irrigation schemes, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said the Glenbawn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Prisoners in Good Heart Batch Liberated by Red Army
Five hundred British Empire war prisoners, who have arrived in Odessa, are "in good heart, and bubbling over with excitement at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Sir Harry Chauvel Famous in World War No. 1
General Sir Harry Chauvel, famous A.I.P. Cavalry Commander in the last war died in Melbourne on Sunday night. He was aged 80…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Seriously Ill
Mr. and Mrs. William Beggs raceived word on Saturday night that their soldier son William, was seriously ill somewhere up North in an operational…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Housing Shortage In Maitland Soldiers’ Dependents live In One Room
An accelerated home building programme in the Commonwealth, and m particular in Maitland district, is urgently required to house the people. Conditions that exist in Maitland are deplorable, the acute shortage of accommodation…
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