Sent Art Union Ticket to War Prisoner
Following the announcement that letters and photographs could be sent to released prisoners of war in the Far East, the wife of one P.O.W…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 74 of 105
Russia and America Can Prevent This War
Civil war in China is inevitable, how or later, unless the United Nations, particularly America and Russia, bridge the differences…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.c.f. Comforts for Released War Prisoners
Four representatives of the Australian Comforts Fund are travelling with the reception group which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Scalped at Railway Station
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Private Henry Honnery, an Australian soldier, had his scalp torn away when he fell from a moving train at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Training for Soldier-Teachers
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A plan for special training of State Education Department teachers under the Commonwealth reconstruction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charlestown Welcome Home
A welcome home was given last night to Private Bill McBride, A.I.F., who has last returned home after being a prisoners of war in Germany. Other guests…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Veteran Dead
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Colonel Walter Dollman, commander of the 27th Battalion in the first world war, lied, aged 72…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Told of Brisbane's Risks in War
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Mustard and lewisite gases had been transported through the streets of Brisbane, while at one time 2000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Trade Increased Six-fold in War
IMPORTANCE of Newcastle as a wool export centre for the Northwest has grown in the war years. The quantity of wool handled in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Salt" to Tell Soldiers of Demobilisation
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—To inform Australian soldiers of demobilisation proposals, a special issue of the Army Education journal, "Salt,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home To Ex-prisoners
Mr. Jack Bottomley, who had been a prisoner of war of the Germans since 1941, was welcomed home by residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Review Public Servants Soldiers Say Many War Refugees
SYDNEY, Friday.—Certain temporary officers of the Commonwealth Public Service were consolidating their positions at the expense of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Sale of U.s. War Goods Here
NEW YORK, Sunday: Thousands of U.S. trucks, jeeps, bulldozers, shovels, tractors, tents and other military items in Australia will be sold once they become surplus. Major-General Donald Connolly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Widows May Get Full Pensions
Return of the 33 1-3 per cent. which was taken off soldiers' widows and children of the last war during the depression years by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers Want Proper Homes
Representations are to be made to the Federal and State Governments for the War Servicemen Homes Commission to build homes suitable for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Prisoners Reach Rangoon
RANGOON. Aug. 27. A.A.P.— The first prisoners to reach Rangoon from Bangkok arrived at Mingalden airport two days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Investigate War Crimes
SYDNEY, Monday.—Judge Kirby, who has been appointed to the Australian War Crimes Commission, will leave Australia soon for a tour of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoner Welcomed at Teralba
Pte. Ken Ekert, who has returned from four years in a German prison camp, was given a welcome home at Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Turner's home,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War and the Beaches
The request made by Greater Newcastle Council that tank traps on Stockton beach should be re moved by the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Cost France £24,485 Million
PARIS, Aug. 27. A.A.P.—The war had cost France £24,485 million sterling, said the Minister for Information (M…
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