New Book Gives Anzac Answers
Dr. C. E. W. Bean, Editor of, Australia's Official History of World War I., a giganitc task which took him 23 years, has written a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1948
559 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 28
Plan at Home Before League War Starts
NEWCASTLE Rugby League was told by the President of the New South Wales League (Mr. H. Flegg) that is would get…
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BATAVIA, June 23.—A freight war between shipping companies trading from Indonesia to Australia may follow the lifting of the…
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Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League last night decided to write to the Secretary of Newcastle branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Compromise On Dutch War Debt Settlement
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australian and Dutch authorities are expected to reach a compromise on the settlement of Dutch war debts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-Soldier Had Yen For Japan
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A few hours after he had stepped ashore for the third time from Japan, a former B.C.O.F. member appeared…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A 30-year-old ex-serviceman who had been receiving treatment for nerves was found dead with a bullet wound in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hamilton R.S.L. Anzac Dinner
More than 200 members of the Hamilton R.S.L. attended the postponed annual Anzac dinner in Hamilton Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Distribution of War Potential Urged
LONDON, June 25. A.A.P.—Distribution over the British Commonwealth of all vital elements of war potential, including heavy…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—The age of discharge for soldiers of all ranks of the permanent forces has been fixed at 55, and for soldiers…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—After a taxi-driver fell wounded in a fight at Liverpool yesterday afternoon, a man evaded a mob which chased…
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Newcastle citizens should guard now against the possibility of rats increasing to large proportions in the summer months, the Senior Inspector of the Department of Public Health (Mr. A. J. Guy) said today. Mr. Guy was speaking on…
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SINGAPORE, June 28.—The Army, Navy, and Air Chiefs attended a special conference at Kualalampur to-day to discuss future operations against the terrorists in the undeclared "war" in Malaya…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →30 Ex-Soldiers A Day Apply For Trade Tools
Many returned soldier trades- men in Newcastle are applying to the Repatriation Department for tools of trade before the deadline,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joint War Memorial Committee Plan
Following a conference last night between representatives of the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural centre and the Greater Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Exhibition By Woman War Artist
Miss Norma Bull, the first woman artist commissioned by the Commonwealth Government as an official war artist, will shortly hold an exhibition of her paintings in Newcastle…
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ADELAIDE.—As a party of troops boarded a train at Adelaide Railway Station early to-day, military police detected a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Time Ex-Soldiers Got Medals"
It was time ex-servicemen of the 1939-45 war received their campaign medals, Mr. W. Larkin said last night at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arab-Jew War Flares Again
JERUSALEM, Fr. (A.A.P.): Fighting will begin in Palestine when the month-old truce expires today, the Arab League Secretary (Azzam Pasha) announced in Cairo last night. Thousands of Arabs and Jews…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Service Talks On Enlistments
CANBERRA, Thursday.— Mr. Chifley and the Chairman of the Public Service Board (Mr. W. E. Dunk) will discuss pay and leave…
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