Scouts' Honour Roll
Merewether 1st Scouts and cubs are preparing an honour roll. Parents and relatives of ex Scouts and Cubs who are or have been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 121
Vocational Training Few Returned Men Need Courses Yet
The fact that no vocational training facilities for discharged servicemen had yet been provided in Newcastle and that training…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Years for Refugee Who Wounded Soldier
SYDNEY, Friday.—A German Polish refugee, Henry Frankfurt, 24, was convicted at the Quarter Sessions of having maliciously wounded an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Pensions Cost £10,483,691
SYDNEY, Friday.—Up to April 30 war pensions paid by the Commonwealth Government to soldiers of this war or to their dependants' totalled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dr. Evatt Hits at Grumblers War Needs Supreme
There could be no greater mistake than to regard the war as won and to grumble about little inconveniences, said the Attorney-General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Move To Provide Jobs For All After War
At the end of the war, when production of munitions will practically cease in the Newcastle district, other employment will have to be found for the small army of men now engaged in this work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smuts Surveys War Scene Triangular Attack Will Decide Battle of Europe
LONDON, May 19. A.A.P.— "Hitler's fortress is now being attacked from three sides, by Russia in the East, the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rsl Secretary on Soldiers' "Slop" Suits
The Returned Soldiers' League hud made representations for the granting of a £25 clothing allowance to all men discharged from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day Restrictions: Rsl Protest
The State branch secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. J. R. Lewis) replying to a complaint from the secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping the War Effort
AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND DEPOT ROSTER for the coming week is as follows—Tuesday: Methodist Women's Patriotic League, Mayfield and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Pacific War Nearing End
NEW YORK, May 21. A.A.P.— Vice-Admiral Halsey, in a message to his forces, declared that the South Pacific campaign was virtually…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian War Brides Lectured by Judge and Released
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. A.A.P. —The two Australian stowaway war brides, Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Calderala, have been released from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Help Militia Returned Soldiers' League
The facilities of the Returned Soldiers' League were available to members of the Militia as well as to those of the A.I.F. for correcting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Search for Missing Soldier
SYDNEY.—A Digger's hat with a city theatre ticket inside the band has been found on a bank of the Woronora River by police,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Longer War Than Most Realise"
OTTAWA, May 22. A.A.P.—"The "war against both Japan and Germany will last longer than most people realise," the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dr. Evatt Intervened for War Brides
SYDNEY, Monday.—Intervention by the Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt), through the Australian Legation in Washington,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Divorce Law to Protect Wives
SYDNEY. Monday.—A special wartime divorce law to protect Australian women marrying Allied servicemen may be introduced in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Correspondent Killed in Avoiding Mortar Bomb
LONDON, May 22. A.A.P.—Describing the last hours of the Australian war correspondent Roderick MacDonald, "The Times"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Had to Fill Grave
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Grave diggers refused to fill the grave of a soldier at the funeral arrived Saturday because the funeral arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Critically Injured
SYDNEY. Monday.—Corporal Cecil Ernest Thiele. A.I.F., of Coldstream-street. Coogee, was critically injured in a brawl outside the Coogee Bay…
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