War News
Large numbers of Jap ships, including merchantmen, transports and war vessels, are concentrated at Rabaul, it was officially revealed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1943
1,397 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 70
War Talk
Russian news through London Friday last says that twenty-two Axis divisions, about 300,000 men, are now encircled outside Stalingrad, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inquest Into Soldiers' Deaths. Taree, Monday, January 4. (Before Mr. G. W. Brown, Coroner)
An Inquest was opened at Taree Court House on Monday, concerning the deaths of Clarence George Hogan and Leo. James Litherland. who died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Letter
Mr. and Mrs. H. McCaffrey, of Mitchell's Island, have received the following letter from their son. Pte. D. McCaffrey, who is in the Middle East,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed in Action. Pte. Jack Taylor
Official word was received on Tuesday of last week of the death in action in New Guinea of Pte. Jack Taylor, son of Mrs. and the late Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Chest Competitions
Two competitions conducted by the Gloucester War Chest Fund for the Supper Cloth, donated by Miss J. Frost, of Tigrah, realised £24 and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News in Brief. Big Gains in Caucasus Thrill Russia
A special communique issued in Moscow on Tuesday night announced the capture of Nalchik, Prokhladnaya, and two other towns in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquest into Soldiers' Deaths. Taree, Monday, January 4. (Before Mr. G. W. Brown, Coroner)
An inquest was opened at Tare'e Court House on Monday, concerning the deaths of Clarence George Hogan and Leo James Latherland, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed in Action Sergt. William Burns Walmsley
No one who know William Burns Walmsley, and has been acquainted with his noble character, could help but be saddened when it became known last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Fighting Forces. Taree Soldier Wounded
Mr and Mrs. A. J. Foster, of Taree, have received several letters from their soldier son, Sergt. Ray Foster, who is starting on his fourth year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World War Iii
An American leader said a day or two ago that, faced with inevitable defeat in World War II., the present cataclysm, the Axis leaders, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Russian Offensive Continues
London, Wednesday: All Russia is elated at the news of the latest Red Army successes, say agency messages from Moscow. "Pravda," in an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans Fleeing in Disorder Towards Rostov. Arms, Stores, Wounded Abandoned. London
German armies in the Lower Don and Northern Caucasus are in full scale retreat towards their base at Rostov…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoners of War in the Far East
The Australian Red Cross has received information through the international Red Cross in Geneva that, with the permission of the authorities,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. [?]S to Repay Loot. [?]Int Declaration by United Nations
The determination of the United Nations to restore to the rightful owners loot seized by the Axis in occu[?] countries, was emphasised by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on the Farming Front Meet the Walkers of South Devon
Meet the Walkers, a farming family in the South of England, and find out how life has changed for them, as it has changed for country families in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enlistments for Raaf and Waaf
We are given to understand from the Hon. Secretary of the RAAF Pre-Selection Committee (Mr. A. W. Billingham) that the Mobile Unit visiting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forster Soldier's Death
There was much genuine sympathy and poignant regret expressed by residents of Forster on Wednesday when word was released that Private Roy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Chest Fund
The Secretary of the Ladies' Auxiliary reports a very successful street stall, held on 31st December, which realised £9/2/5, and expresses the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Damage Insurance Defaulters Sought
Defaulters in regard to war damage insurance are being sought by the authorities. Prosecutions will doubtless follow for those who ignore…
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