List of Army Awards Largest of War
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Release was made of a list of Army awards for services rendered in the South-west Pacific area during October…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 71
132,000 Soldiers in Jobs Before 1946
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Between the end of the war and December 31 last, 132,000 discharged service personnel…
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"Citizens and returned soldiers of this district will feel amazed at the irresponsible statements made by Mr. W. Rowlands, published in the…
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The Deputy Director of the War Service Homes Commission (Mr. Demsey) will be available for interviews with ex-service personnel at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Trials Open in Greece
ATHENS, Feb. 15. A.A.P.—When the first trial of Axis war criminals in Greece opened, the Prosecution alleged that Italian,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Got Into Americans' Hair, Say Beauticians
NEW YORK, Friday. — American men and women are facing premature baldness and grey hair as a result of war worries. This was asserted by speakers at the annual convention of the Na-…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →10 Million Servicemen Died In War "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, February 15.—Approximately 10 million soldiers, sailors and airmen were killed in combat in the second work war. This was about two million more than the combat dead for World War 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Help Local Soldiers Fathers May Work Through R.S.L.
Newcastle branch of the Fathers' Association last night decided to appoint the State Branch Representative of the Returned Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Belmont Welcome Home
Belmont Soldiers and Sailors' Welfare Committee will hold a welcome home and presentation of War Savings Certificates and cheques to 48…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ambitious Plans for Post-war Darwin
DARWIN. — Residents and property owners here will be paid for buildings acquired under the Darwin Acquisition Act, at the 1946 replacement cost, and not at the 1942 value. Goods and chattels for which war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Soldiers on State Farms
Experimental farms in New South Wales will be used for training returned soldiers who desire to take up land, says a report in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Oppose Bretton Woods
The Bretton Woods agreement might presage another depression and the dole for thousands, it was stated at Wallsend Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Shoots Wife, Soldier, Commits Suicide
SYDNEY, Sunday.—An ex-serviceman shot his wife and a soldier in Martin Place early last night, and then fatally wounded himself. All three were rushed to Sydney Hospital, where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers' Land Settlement
Land settlement for returned soldiers will be the subject of an address by the Rural Public Relations Officer. Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Idle Today Over Returned Soldier
SYDNEY: Objection by a section of the men to a returned soldier being employed as a shiftman caused a stoppage at Northern Extended Colliery today. THE man was employed as a miner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers And The Sharks
IN a timely booklet for returned servicemen the Department of Agriculture warns them to "Beware of window dressing."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Communists' War Effort
Sir,—Mr. Graham ("Newcastle Morning Herald," 4/2/'46) says I am a hater of Russia. He is quite wrong. There are some things I admire the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Legion Protest on War Pensions
A protest against discrimination in payment of pensions to widows of ex-servicemen will be made to the Government by Newcastle sub-branch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treasury Committees End War Work
CANBERRA, Monday.—State business administration committee attached to the Defence Division of the Treasury have completed their war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bright Ideas Help War Stores Disposal
SYDNEY: The cunning and indefatigible way we're beating the swords into ploughshares is a shock to the orthodox mind that keeps on thinking doggedly of a gun as a gun and an aeroplane as something that flies…
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