R.a.n. Lieutenant Awarded Greek War Cross
LONDON, Tuesday,—Lieut. Terrence Collins (RANVR), of Burnie (Tas.), has been awarded the Greek War Cross for services to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 121
War Damage £10,000,000 Claims in N. Guinea
MELBOURNE,—More than 3000 claims, totalling abut £10,000,000, have received by the war damage…
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POW ANNUAL MEETING. — The secretary of Waralah-Mayfield branch of Red Cross Society (Mr. B. Jackson) presided at the first annual…
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MELBOURNE , Wednesday—War damage in Darwin amounted to about £500,000, said the Chairman of the War Damage Commissioner…
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CANBERRA. — The payment or compulsory war damage insurance premiums is expected to be suspended again next year. it was…
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WASHINGTON. Wednesday. — American casualties in this war have surpassed those of last war, according to a United Press…
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SYDNEY: A £70,000,000 postwar works programme for NSW is being planned by the State Government for…
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LONDON, July 5. A.A.P.—Lieutenant Terence Collins (R.A.N.V.R.), of Burnie (Tas.) has been awarded the Greek War Cross for services to…
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"George" is the name of this pet tawny frog-mouth, commonly called mopoke. It is owned by Corporal F. Fauvel, of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Commenting on the refusal by Mr. H. M. Smith, a discharged soldier, to accept a block of land he obtained…
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SYDNEY. — An Australian soldier lost n wallet containing £70 after a drinking party with two girls and sn Allied soldier last…
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At a meeting last night convened by Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League to form a discussion group for…
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THE RED CROSS Divisional Council has approved a recommendation submitted by the Blood Transfusion Committee in NSW for the supply of blood…
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SYDNEY.—The most efficient fire brigade in the world was extinguishing the conflagration started by Japanese militarists in…
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Wallsend soldiers' monument, in the heart of Wallsend, is a problem to the townspeople. The base of the monument is…
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"I would like young soldiers who have returned from this war to know that, whether they were volunteers or not, our organisation devotes as much attention to their problems, as to those of the men of the last war." said the Newcastle…
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Mr. Churchill dashed Germany's hopes that the flying bomb will pay anything like the dividend she counted on when…
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NEW YORK, Friday.—Britain's external war debt will total £3.000,000,000 by the end of the year…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said the first deliveries of the improved pattern suit to be issued to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Wallsend Soldiers' League
Headquarters for the re-formed RSL sub-branch in West Walls-end had been secured in the main street. it was reported by the…
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