Soldiers A.W.L. From Hospital
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thoroughly "browned off" with the leave situation at the 113 A.G.H., Concord, about 300 soldiers have been scaling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 71
Resuming Soldiers' Homes For School Site
TWO returned soldiers are being threatened with eviction at Birmingham Gardens because of the Education Department's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charlestown Plans Big Welcome Home
At a meeting last night of Charlestown Send-off and Welcome Home Committee, the Secretary (Mr. A. S. Pickering) said he had sent out 126…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Agricultural Committees to Go
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—District War Agricultural Committees well to be disbanded on March 31, said the Minister for Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian War Bride Forgave Wife-Beater
LOS ANGELES, Wednesday. — Beaten up by her husband, Mrs. Joy Yeakle, a 24-year-old Australian war bride, staggered into a neighbor's home yesterday with her face swollen and disfigured, her eyes blackened and shut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ships in Prospect for War Brides
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) said to-day that if the Queen Mary or the Queen Elizabeth was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Spear to Race in Melbourne
War Spear. who has been performing fairly in the Newcastle area but without much luck. has been sent to Melbourne. where he will be trained by D…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Will Take Prisoners Of War Back To Japan
DAIKAI MARU, Japanese steamer in Sydney to repatriate 3000 Japanese P.O.W., photograpned as she came through Sydney Heads. The P.O.W. will have a cramped trip back to Nippon. The lower picture shows the escorting British submarine, one of two which flanked the Daikai Maru. A large R.A.N. patrol vessel also cruised close to the Japanese ship's bow to warn off small craft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Veterans, Unable to Settle Down, Re-enlist in Army
UNABLE to settle into civil life after six years' soldiering, many veterans of the Middle East and New Guinea are re-enlisting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlisting in A.m.f
Three of the young men who were medically examined at the Drill Hall preparatory to enlistment in the A.M.F. They are W. Adams, D. Cook and W. Bowtell, with Dr. Ferguson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aldershot Soldiers Cause More Trouble
LONDON, Wednesday. — Fourteen soldiers, most of whom had just arrived from Aldershot (scene of the big riots last weekend) broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Trainloads of Jap War Prisoners
WAGGA, Thursday.—Four trains, with windows boarded up, arrived in Hay to-day to transport 2000 Japanese prisoners of war from Hay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Favour Building Trades
Building and furnishing trades were chosen by the majority of Newcastle soldiers undergoing training courses, said the Officer-in-charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Teralba Welcome Home
Teralba Welcome Home Committee will hold its fourth welcome home social to-night night in Teralba School of Arts. Presentations will be made to Messrs. C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home Record at City Hall
A big crowd last night attended Wickham Welfare and Welcome Home Committee's record welcome function in the City Hall. Nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Form War Relatives' Branch
A public meeting will be held in Legion House, King-street, on March 7 to form a local sub-branch of the War Relatives' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dividing Spoils of War-Ravaged Germany
LONDON, March 1. A.A.P.—Delegates from 16 nations have assembled in Brussels for the inaugural meeting of the Inter-Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier, No Hands, Sells First Of 30 Paintings "Herald" Service
ATLANTIC CITY, March 1.—An American Army officer, who lost his right arm and left hand in a mine explosion during the war, was paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Wild Riot In English Army Prison
(A.A.P.) LONDON, Saturday. — Seventy British long-term soldier-prisoners staged a wild riot in the army gaol at North Allerton (Yorkshire) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallsend Welcome Home
Greater Newcastle Council and Wallsend Welcome Home Committee war service certificates were presented by the Mayor (Ald. Norris) to 50 former…
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