War Facts in Brief
Total Australian war casualties to end of the fifth year of war were 83,601. This figure included 16,961 killed, 6102 missing, 33,566…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
622 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 25 of 32
War Loan Committee Meeting To-day
The West Wyalong War Loan Committee will meet today (Monday) at 4.30, p.m. to make arrangements for local organsing in connection with…
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The determination of France to continue the war against Japan was expressed in a statement recently by the Provisional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will the Tractor Go in Post-war Period?
Far-seeing men among English tractor manufacturers regard the present methods and implements as uneconomic and wasteful. Who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Purchase of U.S. Aircraft for Post-war Services Sir E Fisk's Protest (By Wire) Sydney
Sir Ernest Fish, Chairman of Amalgamated Wireless Limited, protested today against the decision to spend large sums of money in purchasing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anxious Time For New Guinea Soldier
The scene was a forward area on the New Guinea battlefield. The thick jungle was dotted with one man "doovers," flights of bombers and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Civic Minded Says Active Association Necessary
Pte. Keith ("Mick") Emmett, of West Wyalong, veteran member of a famous AIF infantry battalion, which fought in the Middle East and New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Linkup at Last with Airborne Troops By Soldiers and Paratroops (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternnoon
British land forces have at last linked up with the Airborne forces which have been isolated at Arnhem. Polish paratroops have also been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Glider Division Fights On Red Gains Continue
Although British and American glider troops have been flown in to reinforce the air division in the Arnhem sector of Holland, the…
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From a pre-war nucleus of fifteen ships, Canada's navy has grown to third place in the United Nations' naval strength…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grenfell & District Patriotic & War Fund
A meeting of the committee of above was hold in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. Present: Aid. Livingstone (Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News 8000 Prisoners from Fall of Calais More Blows Against Japanese LONDON
The Canadian troops who completed the capture of Calais have so far counted 5000 prisoners, while another 3000 is expected. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News LONDON
American troops have pushed right throuhg the Siegfried Line to the north of Aachen, and fanned out north and south from Ubach, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Columnist Appeals for War Loan Support
The following is an extract from Walter Winchell's column in the New York Mirror. "I have always spoken bluntly --…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Gung Ho" at Tivoli Thrilling War Drama of Pacific
Heroism is most ably recorded in Universal's thrilling film, "Gung H!" the Walter Wanger production that depicts the first offensive action of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Loan Rally Next Saturday Sir Walter Marks to Speak
A big war loan rally will be held in the C.W.A. Hall on Saturday next, 7th instant, at 8 p.m. The prinicpal speaker will be Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Soldier Dreams Pathetic Scene in Military Hospital
There was no doubt that the young soldier had the "wog", (malaria) badly. He rolled, tossed, and muttered in the incoherent manner known only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier and Partner Win Mixed Foursome Event Big Field Compete in Closing Dav Gathering
Cpl. Ben Sharrock, who has been abroad with the AIF for the past 12 months, showed that he hes not lost any of his golfing form, by winning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' League May Erect Club House
A MEETING of the Returned Soldiers' League was held at the A.T.C. Rooms on Saturday night, Mr. A. K. Macintosh (vice-president) taking the chair. There was an attendance of about 40 members, and a large amount of business transacted…
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The American First Army launched a new assault east from Aachen at dawn on Sunday in a north-westerly direction to link up with the troops who breached the Siegfried Line between Mark-stein and Geilenkirchen.—A.A.P…
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