Soldier Dies in Smash
MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—An A.I.F. sergeant was killed and another man seriously injured when a car and a transport truck met in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 105
Divorces Rise with War's Progress
SYDNEY, Friday.—Last year 4907 petitions for divorce were lodged in N.S.W., compared with 3814 in 1943. In 1939, when war broke out, only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Air War Flares on Bougainville
Grounded for two days because of weather, the Anzac air offensive was resumed at full tempo against Japanese troop concentrations and…
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The crowning of "Miss Newcastle" at the Sports Ground this afternoon will mark the culmination of four months' effort candidates and their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fight War to Finish Says New U.s. Leader
WASHINGTON, April 13. A.A.P.—"The world may be sure that we will prosecute the war, with all the vigour we possess, to a successful conclusion," declared the new President of the United States (Mr. Truman) after he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Islington Anzac March
Arrangements for Anzac Day celebrations on April 22 planned by Islington Returned Soldiers' League have been altered…
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With Ald. Scott-Daisley and Rundle, the Town Clerk (Mr. G. Wells) and Parks and Building Surveyor (Mr. R. H. Patterson) are to attend the next…
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LAST night's extraordinary outburst by Sir Thomas Blarney will do little to allay the growing disquiet in the public's mind as to…
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The Gordon Avenue branch of the Tramway Returned Soldiers' Association will hold its Anzac commemoration services on Anzac Day…
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"There are more important matters to occupy, the league's attention at the present time than what should happen about sport and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →18 Sections in Anzac March
Eighteen sections of returned men will march on Anzac Day. They will be accompanied by eight bands. Behind the limbless soldiers will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Correspondents Rescued
LONDON, April 16. A.A.P.—Troops of the American Ninth Army have freed three war correspondents from a camp near…
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WASHINGTON, April 16. A.A.P.—Immediately Germany is defeated, the War Department will initiate a sporting programme for all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strategic Air War Finished
LONDON, Monday: "The advance of our ground forces has brought to a close the strategic air war waged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. War Policy Unchanged
WASHINGTON, Monday.— "We want the entire world to know that the grand strategy of the war must, and will, remain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Famous British Leaders at War in Europe
The Viceroy of India (Field-Marshal Lord Wavell) visits Field-Marshal Montgomery at 21st Army headquarters in Europe. Lord Wavell is remembered for his crushing of the Italians in the Western Desert…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is This "War at Its Worst" Necessary?
In November, about the time Australian troops were landing in New Guinea, Bougainville, and New Britain to relieve the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record of R.a.a.f. in Pacific War
MELBOURNE, Monday.—R.A.A.F. squadrons operating from 20 bases in the Pacific dropped 9000 tons of bombs last year, said the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Action
Mr. H. J. Watson, of Adelaide, formerly of Newcastle, has received word that his son, Flying Officer Dugald John Watson, R.A.A.F., was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illuminated Cross at Anzac Day Dawn Service
A cross will be illuminated during the Anzac Day dawn service in Gregson Park, Hamilton. Lights around the park will be subdued…
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