A Soldier Father and His Two Sons
LIEUT J. EDWARDS, AIF (Albury) FTE WALTER EDWARDS, AIF (Albury)…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 109
“European War Will Be Decided On Eastern Front”; Nazis Pessimistic Red Army Sweeps on After Taking Kirovgrad “Nazi Bug-Dnieper Front Collapsing Like House Of Cards” LONDON. January 9
“The Soviet attacks have now assumed die character of a general offensive, which German military circles view as an all-ont effort to smash the German Eastern Front,” says the German Newagency.” “The present battles are the decisive round and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Redlands War Effort League
At the last monthly meeting of the above a disbursement of £30 wan made to the Salvation Army. Red Shield fund. Further donations to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News the Russian Front Kirovgrad Captured
LONDON, Sunday: The capture by Red Army of Kirovgrad, German defence bastion and former Russian rail and industrial centre, boasting a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News Big Russian Victory Kirovograd Captured Polish Border Again Crossed London, Mon.--AAP
Not pausing to rest on their laurels Gen. Koniev's forces which burst into Kirovograd have fanned out from the break…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Fined £10
On a charge of having in his custody tools, some of which he said were part of his army equipment and some picked up on an army scrap…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Souvenir Warning To Soldiers Disease Danger Stressed CANBERRA
[?] the most dangerous of [?] out [?] fighting men could send to [?] as they might harbor wood pests, grass seeds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Workers on Strike SYDNEY
Between 400 and 500 employes of a Mascot manufacturing Arm engaged in war work went on strike today as a protest against the transference of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Release of Soldiers Speeded Up SYDNEY
The Army was now discharging men for rural and other industries faster than was at first contemplated, said the Army Minister (Mr Forde) today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Garrison Guard Soldier Fined
Sydney Diamond Mercer, aged 46, a member of the Garrison Guard, yesterday pleaded not guilty in the Albury Police Court to a charge of having in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Big Fires Raging In Hilly Country Near Beechworth And Chiltern Vast Area of Pasture and Bush Destroyed Soldiers Doing a Grand Job Fighting Flames
Two great bush fires are still raging in heavily-wooded, hilly country near Beechworth and Chiltern. Country has been burnt on three sides of Beechworth, and although the fire has been quelled to the south and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers in Unique Ceremony SYDNEY
At a special ceremony to be held tomorrow six enlisted men in the American Army—a Canadian, an Austrian, a Dutchman, a German, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Jumps From Train; Decapitated GOULBURN
Sgt Walter Thomas had his application for release from the army to work on his fathers farm at Shell Harbour approved two days after he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News of the Soldiers LIEUT. M. McCAUGHEY Killed in Action
It is with deep regret that we record the news received last week that Lieut. Michael McCaughey was killed in action in New Guinea on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greetings from War Prisoners
A senior A.I.F. officer who is interned in Switzerland after escaping, from a camp in Italy has sent a cable message to Army H.Q…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“MacArthur Like Wounded Lion” Enigma of Presidency Moves New York, Jan. 12
The “World Telegram” correspondent, Raymond Clapper, in a despatch from Australia says that a number of newspaper correspondents regard General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Died Without Knowing of the War LONDON, June 11
A woman, aged 100 living near Doncaster. England, died yesterday without ever knowing there was a war on, When the war broke out her finally decided lo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Win War First” Make Decisions Afterwards —Mr. Hughes CANBERRA
Post-war control of the Marshall and Caroline Islands carried with [?] full responsibility for their secure defence and nothing less would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Fined 11/10/ at Albury
A soldier, Robert Richard Spe[?] aged 25, was fitted £7 10/ in default 15 days’ hard labor, in Albury court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Action
It is announced that Lieutenant Michael McCaughey has been killed in action in New Guinea. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel…
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