Australian Soldiers Conditions in Wewak Chifley's Impressions CANBERRA
Conditions under which Australian troops are existing an the islands staggered the Prime Minister. Mr. Chifley, during his Xmas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New England · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
950 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 48
Ben Lomond War Memorial Movement
A meeting of persons interested in the erection of a suitable memorial in honor of the district members of the Services, w as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Medal for Inverell Soldier
For using a bayonet as a mine detector, and clearing three major minefields after a bomb disposal squad had been blown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Furracabad Soldiers Welcomed Home
The Furracabad Hall, decorated with greenery, flowers and flags, was filled to capacity--there was just room for one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WOLLOMOMBI Welcome Home to Ex-Servicemen
The Soldiers' Welfare Committee tendered a welcome home dinner to the second batch of ex-servicemen at the Oddfellows' Hall, Wollomombi,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Death Marches: Mass Graves Horrors of Japanese P.O.W. Camps Armidale Soldier's Revelations
The discovery of mass, graves in old slit trenches was witnessed by Corporal Lindsay Lee, of the 3rd…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Returning Soldiers “Fantastic” Report Use of Navy Ships SYDNEY
“Fantasic” was the description given by the vice-president of the Returned Soldiers’' League, Mr. K. M. Bolton, last night to a report that the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Rooents Important New American Discovery Bad Look-out For Rats and Mice
The "Saturday Evening Post" prints an article which will be of interest to the man on the land. It concerns latest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan To-day Australian Soldier's Impressions Letter to Glen Innes Patriotic Committee
Sergt. A. M. Canty. A.I.F., who is with the Occupation Force in Japan, in a letter pinking the Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home
A welcome home was recently given to L.A.C. Robert Macdonnell and Private Stan Johnson on their return from active service among…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian War Graves
On the movement of the AIF to the Middle East, an Australian War Graves Unit accompanied the force for the purpose of locating and recording…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Partially Blinded Soldiers' Association of Australia
The Association's address is Room 1, 8th Floor, Kembla Building, 58 Margaret Street, Sydney, and it is making an appeal for £10,000. These…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →George Medal to Inverell Soldier
Two New South Wales soldiers, Lientenant J. Syrett, of Inverell, and Sapper H. E. Foley, of Edgecliff, have been awarded the George Medal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mt. Russell Welcome to Soldiers
A public welcome home to six Mt. Russell soldiers after being discharged from the Services was recently held at Mt. Russell. They were: Sandy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed in Action Previously Reported Missing Cpl. H. R. R. Busbourne
Mr. Edward H. Rusbourne, of 70 Wallamulla Street, Glen Innes, has been officially advised that has son, Cpl, Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RUSSIA V. TURKEY Declaration of War Denied
LONDON, Tuesday.-- The Soviet Newsagency, quoted by Reuter, denied tumours which the French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quartz Crystal Exclusively From Glen Innes Essential to the National War Effort
To the average person, the number and variety of hits and pieces required to make up a radio set seems…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Fatal Fall at Yaralla
SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- Sergt Frank Arthur Cox (32), A I.F., was killed instantly last night when he fell 80 feet from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rabaul To-day 300 Miles of Tunnels Bald Nob Soldier's Impressions
Spr. D. Wilson, who en[?]sted from Bald Nob, in a letter to Mrs. Keelan, of that centre, tells of the elaborate tunnelling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Synthetics and Wool War-time Experiences
No country in the world publicised the production of artificial fibres and their uses to a greater extent than Germany…
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