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Murray · The wars & local soldiers
781 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 40
THE public meeting called on Friday night, and presided over by the Mayor, Ald. J. Hynes, decided to increase the number of the War Memorial Park Community Committee from 20 members to 23. The Mayor, as representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When a tall, spare sergeant marched out of the discharge centre in Melbourne last week with his discharge certificate in his pocket, the army said farewell to a man believed to have been the oldest serving soldier in the British Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy fighting is developing in northern Greece where, according to a Greek communique, Greek rebels and Albanians totalling between 1000 and 2000, on Sunday morning crossed into Greece from Albania and attacked Konitsa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forty thousand Japanese soldiers and 10,000 civilians are still hiding in the great Chang-Pain-Shan mountain range, which separates…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery) told a gathering of politicians, service chiefs, public service [?]eads and community leaders today that politics and soldiering did not mix. “I know no soldiers who make goo[?] politicians and I know…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Repatriation (Mr Bar[?]rd) today refused to recommend to Cabinet that there should be any increase in the £2/15/ per week pension paid to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New York “Times” says that the Secretary for War (Mr Robert Patterson) is reported to have submitted his resignation to Mr Truman, to become…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Australians have often been acclaimed as the world's best soldiers but now they have achieved a new distinction and created…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On three charges of having broken into and entered the officers mess at Balcombe camp in February, March and June of this year, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting held in Maude on Sunday last, under the chairmanship of Mr. John Reade, it was decided to erect honour boards in the War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If the Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Barnard) had said what he had been reported to have said about war widows he was not fit to hold office, and the R.S.L. should do all it could to prevent him taking part in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was hot very much business before the monthly meeting of the Corowa Sub-branch of the RSL on Monday evening last, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After hearing the war adventures of two young men, who were mere boys during the period of hostilities, Mr Justice Barry released them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Chinese Press dispatch from Tsinan, capital of the Shantung province, stated today that a Chinese military tribunal had acquitted 14 Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another last-minute contact with the Dutch was made today by letter by the Indonesian Republic in an attempt to avert war, which is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A former American soldier, John Kuhar, said today he wouldn’t marry Esther Grenfell, of St. Kilda, Melbourne, and would send her home,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Third World War is just “round the corner,” if the predictions of prominent Americans are correct. The Americans expect to fight Russia and the situation in Greece and Austria may provide “touch off” to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A suggestion as to the way Monument Hill should be treated to provide a memorial to men who died in World War [?] wad explained to a committee by the city engineer (Mr J. Sarvaas) yesterday. The committee was called together by the Mayor (Ald. Bunton)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The meeting of the above association was held on Thursday. There were present: Rev. Mackie, Canon Cuttriss, Mesdames Cameron…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Cabinet today agreed to the Minister for Lands (Mr Sheahan) setting up a panel of officers to deal with the question of expediting soldier settlement. The panel…
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