To Salvage War Wreck Sydney
Captain James W. Herd, who took part in the famous Niagara salvage operations during the war, will supervise the salvaging of a war wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,460 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 73
Many War Brides Still in Britain CANBERRA
It was stated officially today that 3407 applications for transport to Australia had been received from the wives of Australian servicemen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burial of Unknown U.S. Soldier WASHINGTON
The House of Representatives has passed a bill authorising the burial in the Arlington National Cemetery of an unknown American soldier who lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strangest Story of the War
What Howard Marshall described at the BBC microphone as "the most revealing' story of the war" that he'd come across so far, tad recently been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Cost Britain Nearly £4000 Million a Year LONDON
The six years of war cost Britain nearly £4.000,000,000 a year, states a While Paper. The lowest annual figure was £2,595,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Soldiers’ Wives Were Unfaithful LONDON
One soldier’s wife In every five proved unfaithful after three years of separation, according to a “census” taken by army chaplains in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Soldiers in Albury Court Charged with As- Saulting a W.o.h
Six soldiers’ appeared In Albury Court yesterday’ on a charge of assaulting faulting W/O n Norman Bernard McAsey, of tile SIB, In Dean street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Gaoled For Two Years MELBOURNE
Alan Peter Woods, aged 49. soldier, and former miner, of Bendigo, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by acting Judge Sproule in General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Expenditure Up SYDNEY
War expenditure for the current year exceeded that for the previous year, and this position was indefensible, said the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Abolish War General MacArthur's Plan
TOKIO, Thursday: A suggestion that all nations should "abolish war as sovereign right," was made to the initial-session, of the Four Power…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Strain Causes Attempted Suicide MELBOURNE
A plea that the strain of his war service had affected his mind was made on behalf of Kevin Joseph Hawkins, 24. clerk, of Young st., Kew, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay War Memorial High School Successful Visit to Griffith
The team of 37 boys and girls from the Memorial High School, duly left Hay by motor truck at 7.10 on Wednesday morning and returned safely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →River Class Freighters Over Million Tons of Cargo Carried D[?]ring War SYDNEY
About a million tons of cargo was carried by 10 Australian-built river-class freighters during the war, the Director of Shipping (Mr Hetherington)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Patriotic Committee Winds Up Affairs Reports Disclose Investments In War Loans And Patriotic Collections Over £147,000
The filial general meeting of the Henty and District Patriotic Committee was held in the School of Arts on Tuesday night. The president occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of members. In opening the meeting the chairman ex planted that the meeting had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Assault on Police Young Soldier Fined £5
For having assaulted Constable Swadling in the execution of his duty, a young soldier was fined £5 in the Hay Police Court this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Soldier Convicted: Five Discharged
Case in which six soldiers were charged with assaulting a military police warrant officer. Norman Bernard McAsey, in Dean st on March 27…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier Bowler
R. CHANDLER, bowling for [?] B.A.D. [?] the army cricket final held recently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£50 For Soldier’s Kit of Tools CANBERRA
Under repatriation regulations a returned soldier is entitled to a total of £50 to enable him to buy a kit of tools to re-establish himself in his trade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlement Better State-Federal Co-operation SYDNEY
In future there would be more co-operation between Federal and State Governments on the soldier settlement scheme, said the Minister for Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Soldier Presumed to Be Dead
Mr. and Mrs. G. Durdin, Duncan st., have been officially notified that their son, PTE. C. R. DURDIN, who was reported missing on 20th January, 1942,…
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