Stroud Welcome Home
On Wednesday night, 25th June, the last of many welcome receptions to ex-servicemen was held at the School of Arts under the auspices of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
920 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 46
Lord Montgomery is "Fed Up" With War "War Talk Exaggerated"
"I am fed up with war and am sure your returned soldiers agree with me," said Field Marshal Lord Montgomery on his arrival…
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At Canberra on Wednesday, Field Marshal Montgomery said:— "The war was won by great national teams directed by the heads of State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£77,000 War Profit for Britain
AUCKLAND (N.Z.): A North Island man in the dairying industry has notified the Government that he…
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Speaking at Canberra, FieldMarshal Lord Montgomery said measures against atomic bombs will undoubtedly develop and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Soldiers Set New Record Tribute by Loans Director
"Australians' have often been acclaimed as the world's best soldiers but now they have achieved a new distinction and created what is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' League. Merriwa Branch
The monthly meeting of the above was held on Saturday afternoon last in the School of Arts. The following members were present: Messrs M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appeal for New Members Soldiers’ Auxiliary
SINGLETON, Friday.—A drive for new members of the Soldiers’ Auxiliary is to be made by the local organisation and each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Montgomery's Arrival Caused Traffic Jam More Than 100,000 Welcome a Great Soldier in Melbourne
Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery's arrival in Melbourne early last night caused the city's worst traffic jam for years. More than 100,000 people lining Swanston Street to welcome him blocked road traffic to and from the city for more than an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Children In Munich Play At War
MUNICH, Germany (Associated Press).—In the sandboxes, the fields and the bomb craters of Germany, the children are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A.t.s. Girls at Britain’s First Post-war “Territorial” Camp
Private Connie Persol[?] and Private [?] the first two girls of the Auxiliary Territorial Service to attend the first post-war camp of the Territorial Army (Britain’s part-time volunteer defence force)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lesson of Doomben for Visitors Local Horses Have Regained Pre-War Prestige
Interstate racehorse owners will pay grater represented to Queensland gallopers after their post-morten of the Doomben £10,000, for the visiting horses were outclassed; Attley in particular, failing after having every chance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Starving Japanese Soldiers Surrender in New Guinea
BLAK, Dutch New Guinea— (Association Press)—Nearly two years alter Japan’s surrender five Japanese soldiers recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North-west Japs Show Few Traces of War
TOKIO (Associated Press),— Emerging from the second winter of the occupation, the north western section of Honsha—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' League. Monthly Meeting: Friday Next
"Diggers" are reminded that the monthly meeting of the local branch J of the R.S.L. will be held in the clubroom at 8 o'clock on Friday next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Famous Soldier
THE visit of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery is an event of more than ordinary consequence. Naturally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: A Famous Soldier Polish and Rumanian Diplomats Deny Tass Agency Report France Has Had No Refusals To Paris Invitation
LONDON, July 9.—Emphasising that their decisions will not be known until to-day, the Polish and Rumanian diplomats have strongly denied a Tass news agency report that their Governments have rejected the Anglo-French invitation to attend the Marshall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Ophans' Day
An appeal is being launched in Singleton next Tuesday and Wednesday to aid War Orphans' Day, which is next Friday. The appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hysteria Would Cause Biggest Casualties In Atom Bomb War
Psychological casualties in an atomic war would far outnumber deaths from explosions, U.S. scientists state…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trusteeship of Soldiers’ Memorial
Morpeth Progress Association advised Maitland City Council works committee that it would be pleased to accept the…
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