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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 71
Looking hard for Lieut C. Thornton, who arrived yesterday from Rabaul with other troops on the Georgetown Victory, was bis son Terry, aged five. Relatives were not allowed on to the wharf, so many crowded on to Glebe Island Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Traffic Superintendent (Mr. Clarke), Electrical Engineer (Mr. Palmer), Depot Master (Mr. Levey), with the Mayor of Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned men and women should be told how to go about claiming their rights to priority in renting a house, said the President (Mr. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men suffering from neurosis, but who showed no sign of a disability when their case was heard, would not receive fair pension treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, March 15. A.A.P.—"No husbands, no ships, no money," was the cry of 100 wives of Australian servicemen,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, March 15. A.A.P.—Professor Karl Haushofer, 69, the Nazis' geo-political expert, has committed suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Friday. — Mr Churchill declared tonight that he did not believe that war was inevitable or imminent. "I do not believe that the rulers of Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Saturday.—The Minister for War Transport (Mr. Alfred Barnes) told a deputation of Australian servicemen's wives yesterday thai he hoped all war brides for Australia would be cleared by August. HE claimed that they were getting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, March 17. A.A.P.—At Katowice Joseph Kurpanik, one of the chief executioners of Polish inmates of the notorious Oswiecim…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW DELHI, Monday.—Fear of civil war in India was expressed by the Moslem leader (Dr. Jinnah) yesterday. THERE was no hope for India, he said, unless the Hindu-led Con…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Writing in "Salt," the bright and informative Army magazine, the Official War Correspondent, Gavin Long, who will be remembered in Newcastle as the son of the late Bishop Long, disclosed the plan for the compiling of the story of Australia's part…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CANBERRA, Sunday.—During the war Australia was called upon to undertake ship repairs and dry docking on a scale it had never before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—"Grateful "Citizen" ('N.M.H.,' 13/3/'46) should be surprised to hear of the light job a "grateful company" offered the two ex-servicemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, March 17. A.A.P.—The Augsburg Military Court has sentenced a local German farmer to 25 years' imprisonment for attacking,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sixty servicemen and women with their relatives were entertained by the Farewell and Welcome-home Committee at a social in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Y.M.C.A. Ex-service-men's Welfare Committee has advised R.S.L. sub-branches of its intention to grant free membership for six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Anzac Day service will be conducted by Islington sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League this year. The commemoration will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—It is believed that 50,000 servicemen and discharged servicemen will take part in the Anzac Day march this year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There may be an answer to the criticism voiced by ex-service-men's organisations of the clemency shown to Japanese convicted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.—First prize in the War Veterans' Art Union—a block of flats valued at £15,550, with a rental value of £34 a week—went…
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