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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

1,401 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 71

Red Cross Prisoner of War Street Scheme

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 3

The Red Cross wishes to thank the following for their great help in collecting the £517 which was forwarded to Headquarters as a result…

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Returned Men Harvest Neighbor's Crop

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 1

Left without harvesting assistance by the death of her son, who had been discharged from the A.I.F. a week previously,…

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Galipoli Veterans Serving in This War

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 1

Men in the Australian forces Who served in certain specified areas in the last war are now permitted to wear the brass…

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1944 Most Difficult Year Wounded Fascist Beast Never Sc Dangerous LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

"We must be prepared to meet very violent onslaughts from the enemy in the coming months…

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OVER 10,000 DEAD Australia's War Casualties 25,895 Are Prisoners of War Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 6

The Army Minister (Mr. Forde) announced to-day that the Australian Army had suffered 55,890 casualties…

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Millions Now Homeless Gigantic Post-War Task

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 12

The Allies will have to restore 100.000,000 people to their homes, in countries which have been attacked by…

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"Chats" Banished Antidote For Scourge Of Last War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 7

American army medical scientists have developed a new, powerful chemical weapon against body lice which proved highly effective in…

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War Time Spread Of V.D. Brought To Halt SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

The Director of Social Hyg[?] (Dr. Cooper Booth) said to-day that the number of venereal disease cases reported hi 1943 was 1240 less than…

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High Praise for Australians British Food Chief On Way To Shorten War SYDNEY,Wednesday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

Mr. Ian Elliot, chairman of the Eastern Group Supply Council in India of the British Ministry of Supply said…

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Women Workers Aftre the War Their Place In A Changed Will They Go Back To Home Life?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 8

Do you want to keep your job or go back to full-time fcomemaking after the war? The United States Women's…

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The War Goes On

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

Highlight of the war since our last issue was the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst in what appears to have been splendid…

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Place in Factories for War-Blinded Men

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

Three returned soldiers from the present war are included among 70 blind men working in war factories. w…

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After the War Freedom From Want Big Planning Required

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

The World will have to grow twice as much food as is now available if its people are to have even…

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'Dead-end' Jobs Children in War Time Minister's Statement

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

The Queensland Minister for Education (Mr. Jones) said this week that the question of "dead end" jobs taken up by…

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Half-holiday Discussed Relation to the War Effort a Reader's Views

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

Mr. G. A. Kerr, Grey Street, writes to the editor:— At the public meeting held on New Year's Eve at which are…

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'Australia Fails in Vital War Job' "Lack of Concentration on Food Production"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 5

Mr. J. P. Abbott, M.H.R for the New England electorate, visited Glen Innes on Tuesday, and spent the day in town. He met numerous constituents and discussed with them the problems…

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U.S.A's. Mighty War Forces Greatest Striking Power In History Official's Pertinent Post-War Query

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

Under secretary for the Navy (Mr. James Forrestal) revealed to-day that the Navy had built 65 aircraft carriers…

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Christmas Dinner in New Guinea Armidale Soldier Deserts Feast "Santa Claus And AW'

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 6

Writing to his mother, Mrs. W. Cameron, of Martin's Gully, Corporal Bruce Cameron from New Guinea, an…

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Guyla Rushed Machine Gun Ex-Guyra Soldier's Bravery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 11

Mrs. Gilfuis, of Tingha, has received a report from, the Red Cross Bureau telling of the bravery of her son, Pte. H. Gilfuis, who was…

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Racket Aircraft After the War

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

Rocket propulsion of aircraft would be common within 10 years the managing director of Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd.,…

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