£40 for Five Dudley Returned Men
An evening was arranged by the Dudley War Auxiliary to welcome home five members of the forces. Each was given a present of £3/10/ from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 71
Yugoslavs Name War Criminals
BELGRADE, Sunday.—The Yugoslavian War Crimes Commission has proclaimed 27 German and 15 Croat officials as war criminals responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Weapon More Fearful Than Atom Bomb Being Developed
WASHINGTON: Weapons more terrible than the atomic bomb have already been "almost completely developed," Major-General G. B. Chisholm told American psychiatrists. CHIEF psychiatrist of the Canad-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Buffet Raid; Several Arrests
SYDNEY, Monday.—Military provosts raided the Anzac Buffet this afternoon in a search for soldiers absent without leave and persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Civilian War Dead Shrine
LONDON, Jan. 14. A.A.P.—The Imperial War Graves Commission announces that the shrine to commemorate civilian war dead,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazi War Criminal Escapes Death
LONDON, January 14. A.A.P.—The death sentence passed on the German, Major-General Meyer, who was convicted on charges relating…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U-boats Wasted in Atlantic on Eve of War
NUREMBURG, Monday: Huge charts produced at the Nuremburg trials yesterday showed that German U-Boats were at battle positions in the Atlantic and North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prestige High in Russia "Praise for Our War Effort"
SYDNEY, Monday.—"The prestige of Australia is high throughout the world, but in no country is it higher than in Russia," said Mrs. Jessie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Keep Gas Pressure Up
Owing to shortage of operatives, soldiers have been called in to help keep gas pressure up in Britain. Picture shows soldiers handling purifying material at the Gas, Light and Coke Company, London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Preference to Soldiers in A.c.t.u. Bill
SYDNEY.—Preference to returned soldiers, provided for in the Re-establishment and Employment Act, is not mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Family Record In World War II
BRISBANE.—The Fisher family, of Brisbane, may lay claim to a record of service in this war. Four members of the family…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Criminals Appeal Against Death Sentence
SENTENCED TO DEATH, these Jap officers are awaiting at Morotai the result of their appeals. Top picture: Capt. Misumi plays a tune on a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir William Webb for Tokio War Trials
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Chief Justice of Queensland and Australian War Crimes Commissioner (Sir William Webb) has been nominated as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Deaths to be Probed
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two soldier attendants at 113th Australian General Hospital died in unusual circumstances early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Teachers Return to Schools
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Acting Director for Education (Mr. W. E. Ellwood) said that 90 per cent. of the teachers who enlisted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dismissal of Soldiers Criticised
SYDNEY: Unrest exists among returned soldiers in the Ministry of Munitions over the retrenchment of fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Returned Men Refused Jobs"
"In several cases returned servicemen were refused jobs, only to see the same jobs filled within a day or two by striking steelworkers," said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commission Home For Evicted Returned Soldier
A war veteran whose active and military service aggregated 12½ years and who was evicted from a Mayfield cottage he had rented for 22 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Murdered, 2 U.s. Soldiers Held
BERLIN, Jan. 16. A.A.P.—Two American soldiers were arrested after a German was found in a cafe with his throat cut. The murder brings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Flouting of Soldier Preference Law
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Allegations that a Commonwealth department was flouting the provisions of the Government's Re-establishment…
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