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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

2,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 109

Soldier to Pay £68/9/6 Alleged Assault Near Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 2

“I have taken Into consideration the fact that for the past two years you have been on active service, but there is no justification for your…

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Big Improvement in Australan and American Soldiers Digger At His Top; Battle Experience Helps Yanks

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 6

Since returning from New, Guine[?] recently, I have often been asked : “What do you think of Australian and American soldiers ?” As…

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“War for Freedom Lost on Home Front” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 2

The president of the Catholic Chemists’ Guild (Mr G. R. Bohun) said at the national conference of University Catholic Federation of Australia last…

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Wants Prosperous Japan And Germany Mr. Menzies on Post-War Ideals CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 2

The real pacification of the world and the real restoration of world prosperity would require, among other things, that we should work…

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Soldier Killed by Train Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 3

The mutilated body of Barry Arthur Bruce, aged 39, a single returned soldier of this war, was found on the railway line about 200 yards on the Sydney side of…

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R.s.s.a.i.l.a. Welcome Home

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

On Friday evening the Hay Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. held an informal welcome home function to Ptc. Jack Smith of McGowan…

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Private Tom Hall Wounded In Action

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 1

Official information was received last night that Pte. T. J. Hall, A.I.F., has been wounded in action and is seriously ill in New Guinea…

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War News

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

"The Riverine Grazier" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press which provides the overseas news in this issue…

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Holds Vital Position Switzerland in the War

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

[?] a federated Republic of central Europe lying south of Germany, with Austria and the principality of…

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Jap War Crimes Australia to Investigate CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

The Minister for [?] Affairs (Dr [?] today that the Commonwealth Government had appointed a [?] of inquiry under…

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The Red Cross Prisoner of War Appeal Successful Carnival

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

The Red Cross Prisoner of War Appeal Committee held a successful carnival at Alma Beach yesterday in aid of the Red Cross Prisoner of War Fund. The attendance was adversely affected somewhat by the hot weather, but the shady bank of the river…

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Latest War News U.S. Bombers Attack Brunswick London, Monday.--AAP

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

The Allied air offensive switched to Brunswick yesterday when a large formation of U.S. heavy bombers with fighter escort…

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Beer Seekers in Disgraceful Scenes Soldier and Civilian Fined SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

Disgraceful scenes in Camden’s streets on Sunday caused by visitors who come to the township from Sydney suburbs to secure beer…

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We Must Build That Soldiers’ Hall

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

Nothing that Albury has ,done for the men who made the town famous by the volume of their enlistments is sufficient compensation for the…

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Land for Ex-soldiers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) states that the first certificates entitling soldiers of this war to this war to apply for land in N.S.W. were issued last week…

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China, Prize in Pacific War Basis of Japanese-U.S.A. Struggle (Condensed from “Basis for Peace in the Far East,” by Nathaniel Peffer, in the “Readers’ Digest.”)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

The immediate cause of the war in the Pacific, was the insistence of the United States that Japan abandon its attempt to conquer…

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Inquiry Into Japanese War Crimes CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) made it clear today that appointment of Chief Justice of Queensland (Sir William Webb) to inquire into Japanese war crimes against…

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They Think End of War Near ? CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

A special committee is setting continuously in Melbourne working out plans for the eventual demobilisation of the army after the war. Announcing this today, the…

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Two Soldiers Fined for Theft

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

Two soldiers, Roy Phillip Meares, aged 24, and Edward Day, aged 20. pleaded guilty in Albury police court to a charge of having on or about…

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Post-War Development Albury Town Clerk’s Comments

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 5

Regional Boundaries Committee, Premier’s [?] and [?]…

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