Soldier Drowned in Paterson River
While carrying out a test for a crossing of the Paterson River between Woodville and Paterson on Monday afternoon Lance Corporal…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 150
Wept in Dock Soldier on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Tuesday.âWilliam Ernest McDonald, 40. soldier, who is on trial on a charge of having murdered June Florence Peisley, 12, wept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →19 Soldiers Dead Accident in Exercises in Britain
LONDON, April 14.—It is understood that 10 soldiers are dead and 30 others in a serious condition as a result of an accident during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Withdraws Tax on Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The clause providing for the taxation of members of the fighting services three months after their return to Australia was to-day withdrawn from the State Income Tax (Management) Bill by the Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Exploited, Says A.R.U.
Port Waratah branch of the A.R.U. has decided to protest to the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) against what it describes as exploitation of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hamilton Returned Soldiers' Dance
Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night entertained members' wives and children, and a number of soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huts for Soldiers' Find Receives First Cheque
First cheque for the "Huts for Soldiers" Fund, opened by Newcastle Division of the Australian Comforts Fund, was received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Service at Waratah
Instead of the annual Waratah-Mayfield Anzac memorial procession, the Rev. W. G. Reekie said to-day that it had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Protest at Hamilton
Hamilton Returned Soldiers' League last night decided to protest against any interference with the Anzac Day services…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.s. Wounded Scorn Japs As Fighters
SYDNEY: American and Filipino soldiers and airmen who limped or were carried alone the remaining wharf in Manila to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suburban and District Hamilton Seeks Anzac Day Observance
Hamilton Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to send a wire to the Prime Minister Mr. Curtin), protesting against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"War of Survival"
WASHINGTON, April 14.—The "War of Survival" is President Roosevelt's tentative choice as the name for this war…
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Help for prisoners of war makes a continual demand on Red Cross funds. Every week hundreds of pounds are spent on Red Cross parcels. These…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roosevelt Favors "War for Survival"
WASHINGTON, Wed. (AAP).—("The war for survival" is President Roosevelt's choice to date of a name for the present war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reported to Be War Prisoner
Pilot-Officer Timbury Allen Mayo, who was reported missing after a flight operation over Germany on April 25 and 26, is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cripps Reports to War Cabinet
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP): Sir Stafford Cripps, who is now in Cairo on his way to London, said yesterday that he had sent a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work Suggested for Prisoners of War
SYDNEY: In the Legislative Assembly to-day (Mr. Lethridge (Ind.) suggested that prisoners of war and internees be put to work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia Now War Theatre Proclamation Issued
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth and its territories have now been officially designated a theatre of war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Methodist Induction Services Helping the War Effort
Two ministers appointed to new charges in the Maitland Methodist district will be inducted into their circuits this week. The WARATAH - MAYFIELD COMMITTEE. —The organisation of entertainments for members of the forces will be discussed by the Waratah and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letters to Editor Miners and the War
Sir,—After dispassionately viewing the attitude of the miners relative to an all-in war effort, one is forced to the conclusion that they are not…
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