Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1944

2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 121

Australian Wives of Soldiers Not Citizens of U.S.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The position of Australian girls who marry American servicemen was explained by Mr. William J. Enders,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

War as a Soldier Sees It

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

A soldier's through on war with the 9th Division are expressed in verse and prose in a slim volume, "Air Mail Palestine," by David…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Helping the War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND depot roster for the coming week is: Tuesday, Cheerio Club: Wednesday, RSS and AI League, Newcastle, Stockton…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Denied War Effort Frustrated

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—Lord McGowan, chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries, yesterday denied that his…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

War and the New Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 8

Sir,—The sub-leader on January 4 dealing with the above matter stated that the common man...would not be daunted by the recent…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Luxury Liners Unwanted After War

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—Great luxury liners of the Queen Mary type will most likely become huge unwanteds in the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Shot Soldier in Course of Duty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—How he saw an escaped coloured American soldier standing in a doorway with a pistol in each hand at the back of premises…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Soldier Stabbed in Brawl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—In a brawl between servicemen outside a hotel in the city to-night. Pte. Robert Walker was stabbed in the chest. He was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fears Soldiers Will Be Victimised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Because of fears that soldiers making representations to him will be victimisbd, Mr. F. J. Cahill, M.L.A. for Young, is rfusing…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Incapacitated Soldiers Taught New Occupations

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Several examples of the wide range of occupational training available to partially incapacitated servicemen…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

U.s. Soldiers Better Than Japs in Jungle

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friady.—"American soldiers, after a year of jungle fighting have developed a whole set of new instincts and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Newcastle Soldier In New Guinea

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

Pte. J. R. Knight of Ipswich (left) and Pte. J. O. Mortimer of Newcastle ready to go into action at The Pimple. This volcanic feature rises to almost sheer perpendicular to another 100 feet over the 5600 feet of Shaggy Ridge, the mountain spur…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Ex-soldiers Form New Association

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

Newcastle and District Subbranch of the Second Australian Ex-Servicemen's Association was formed last night…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Infantryman Is the Salt of the Earth His Lot in War is Hard, But His Discipline and Morale Are Superb

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

SITTING on Scarlet Beach one night, and peering through the blackness for the blacker hull of a barge, an American taught me…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Albanians Wounded in Fight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—As a result of the revival of an old feud between Albanians, in Shepparton, on Saturday night, in which guns…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wounded Pilot Got Plane Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 9.—The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to Lieutenant Davis Goling Wood, South African Air Force, of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Elephant's War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

DETROIT. Sunday—When Anita, a 12.0001b elephant at the Detroit Zoo, died last week-end, salvage workers…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Japan After The War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

No Westerner brings to bear on Japan a keener or better-informed mind than Mr. Joseph Grew, who spent nine years as United States…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

War Display at Cessnock Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

If Cessnock Agricultural Association gains the cooperation of the Department of Information of the Ministry of Munitions, a war…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

"Third War As Alternative" Moscow Decisions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The alternative to the conference at Moscow was the dread certainty of a third world war, Mr. James Dunn,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →