Fatal Truck Accident Soldier Killed—Others Injured
Returning from Victoria to Hay, a truck containing military personnel, overturned about a mile south of Booroorban, about 8.30 on Saturday…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,460 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 73
Land for Soldier Settlement
The following letter has been received by the Shire Council, from the Under Secretary, Department of…
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Nothing discredited the Government more than the story of its lands administration, declared the leader of the Country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Killed Accident Near Booroorban
On Saturday night an Army truck ran into a culvert near Booroorban and overturned. Corporal Wickens, of the P.O.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home
Berrigan people rolled up in force on Thursday evening last to accord a hearty welcome home to a number of local lads just returned from service,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protest on Exclusion from Anzac Day March MELBOURNE
The Victorian State Council of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women tonight carried a motion that letters be sent to the Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More English War Brides Arrive SYDNEY
Forty-two English war brides arrived in Sydney today by train from Melbourne. They came to Australia on the liner Empire Abercorn,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two More Jap War Criminals Hanged SINGAPORE
The first Japanese war criminals in South-East Asia—Cpl Hamada Sgt Yamamoto—were hanged today for killing six civilians in Malaya…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leaders of the Returned Soldiers’ League
The NSW. secretary of the RSL., Mr J. R. Lewis (left), with the president (Mr J. C. Neagle), prior to his departure for Melbourne to take up the position of general secretary…
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Numbers of Albury Council service certificates are awaiting delivery to returned servicemen from previous welcome home socials. These will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Living War Memorial" Still Further Deferred
At last Saturday's Shire Council meeting it was decided, to defer the calling of a public meeting to consider the local War Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor Holbrook War Memorial
Sir,—Resentment toward the Holbrook Shire Council’s proposal that the District War Memorial should take the form of a swimming pool is inconsistent. It has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Before War Came Goering’s Contacts with Lord Halifax NUREMBERG
Written answers by Lord Halifax (former British Foreign Secretary and now British Ambassador to Washington) to 20 questions put to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land for Soldier Settlers Government Asked for Definite Information
The delay in making land available for ex-Servicemen has prompted Mr. W. A. Chaffey (C.P., Tamworth) to ask the State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers’ Wives May Go to Japan CANBERRA
Accommodation was the biggest problem in determining whether to permit the wives of members of Australian personnel with the British…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier in Naval Uniform Sent for Trial SYDNEY
An AWL soldier wearing the uniform of an Australian naval officer, Sydney Thomas Seary, aged 34, was charged at the Central police court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Soldier Tells of Experiences in Japan a Land Of Many Interesting Contrasts
Attractive geisha girls, magnificent scenery, fierce cold, stench and insanitation are interestingly described in a letter to relatives from Pte…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Graziers Indict Government Soldier Land Settlement Delay SYDNEY
Representatives of the State’s biggest landholders today urged immediate closer settlement to provide land for ex-servicemen. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ex-Soldiers Can Wear Uniforms m Anzac Day Procession CANBERRA
Ex-servicemen taking part in the processions on Anzac Day would be permitted to wear approved AMF pattern uniforms, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Agricultural Committees To End
Advice has been received that the war agricultural committee are to cease activities at an early date, and employees of the committees have…
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