War Facts in Brief
From D-Day to VE-Day 2. 483,000 American troops, 3,007,000 tons of supplies and 423,000 vehicles were shipped from British ports in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
495 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 15 of 25
War News Riots in Japan. Guam
Three more Japanese cities were severely damaged as a result of very heavy superfortress raids on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£62 Million for Wool Lowest Revenue in War Years Equalisation Payment Increased
The equalisation payment of 12} per cent., to be distributed to owners of participating wool on July 31 is the largest made since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Battye Boys' Experiences. As Prisoners of War. "The Only Good Germans Are Dead Ones
In an interview with Bill stud Fred Battye, who returned to Grenfell last week from prison camps in Greece, Italy and Germany, we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cpl. Stewart Maher Killed in Action
Mrs. L. A. Maher, of Queen Street, received the sad news from the Minister for the Army on Saturday that her husband, Cpl. Alec…
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Extending British and American attacks in Tokio area into the second day American carrier planes struck at Japanese combatant ships…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vic. Soldiers Reject Political Proposals SYDNEY
A message from Melbourne states: The annual conference of the Victorian Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League rejected an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legacy Day Local Sale of Buttons To-morrow Urgent Appeal for War Orphans
Legacy War Orphan Button Day Appeal will be held locally to-morrow. Badges are available at £10, £5, £1, 2-, 1- and 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Released Soldiers Not Subject to Manpower
The Commonwealth Government would in no circumstances give manpower directions to men released from the services…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Facts in Brief
Australia's aircraft industry is employing 35,000 men and women manufacturing modern aircraft and overhauling engines for the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News Jap. Ships Sunk and Crippled. 30 Planes Destroyed. Guam
Admiral Nimitz revealed that in last Thursday's combined carrier plane strike the Tokio area, a destroyer, cable layer ship, three small cable ships, and seven torpedo boats were sunk; the battleship Nagato's superstructure was heavily damaged; 30 planes on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Superphosphate Supplies for Returned Soldiers
The District Agricultural Instructor, Mr. J. G. Ballantyne, has been advised that supplies of superphosphate are available to discharged servicemen who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Naked -- Statistically War Victims Need Clothes
"Statistically naked" is a phrase now being used in official and private circles concerned with the problem of clothing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News 5000 Ton Raids and 5000 Planes to Hit Japan. Manila
General Kenny announced that American Air Forces are about ready to hit Japan with 5000 ton raids, and that in the very near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cargell1g0 Soldier Reported Missing
A Lake Cargelligo correspondent writes:—"The many Mends of NX92699 Private E. G. ("Eddie") Girdien will regret to learn that he is reported missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirty Million Naked War Victims
"Statistically naked" is a phrase now being used-in official and private circles concerned with the problem of clothing the destitute peoples of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Church in the Street "Footnotes to War"
History stands at the cross-roads. The events and decisions of these years will set the world on a course that it will not be able to retrace; this is one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Water in Biscuit Tins for Soldiers
Troops on Borneo were fighting where both wood and water were scarce, when Y.M.C.A. welfare officer, S. Hemmings, of Adelaide, staggered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News GUAM
The invasion of Japan will be made by the most overwhelming forces ever concentrated, declared Rear Admiral Ramsay in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Facts in Brief
Total casualties for the three Canadian armed services to May, 1945, were 102,875. This figure includes 37,000 dead, 3700 missing…
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