Soldier Burnt by Explosive
Gunner Ken Rawlinson, 25, a member of the Australian Military Forces at Fort Wallace, had his face, neck, chest, arms and legs…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
641 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 33
Lead Soldiers, Melted, Bring Good Profit
SYDNEY, Monday.—Lead from large toy soldiers sent to Singapore is sold at a good profit. This has been reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Widows Get Highest Pensions
Pensions for civilian widows were less than those for war widows, the Minister for Social Services (Senator McKenna)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Service Homes Branch Opens Here
A branch of the War Service Homes Commission reopened in Newcastle yesterday. The branch closed down in Newcastle in 1942…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World War Risk In East: Warning By Jewish Leader
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Israeli officials at U.N.O. have warned their Government that Britain may be contemplating "direct action" against Jewish forces in the strategic Negev (Southern Palestine)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Turns Seamstress
A young soldier of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, England, gives visitors a few ideas on sewing. He is making canvas carpets for military hospitals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Wounded by One Bullet
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 14. A.A.P.—Three Danish soldiers were wounded by the same rifle bullet, discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazi War Criminals Hanged
MUNICH, Jan. 14. A.A.P.—Six German war criminals were hanged to-day in Landsberg Prison. Four were involved in the killing of an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Danger Seen in Communism
BRISBANE.—If the spread of Communism were not checked it would inevitably plunge the world into the most disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →China War Russia Rejects Mediation Plea
LONDON, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—Russia has refused a request by the Chinese Government to mediate in the civil war in China. It is unofficially reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →250 Japanese War Criminals Work At Manus
CANBERRA, Thursday. — The first batch of 250 Japanese war criminals have arrived at Manus Island to assist in reconstruction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-soldiers Protest on Pensions
Parliamentarians had recently given themselves a pension of £8 a week, yet the administrative service they had given the country would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Warned Of Rabies Danger
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P).—The War Office has warned 733 British soldiers who passed through a transit camp at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"'Too Many" Small Anzac Services
The multiplication of small Anzac Day services, not only in Newcastle, but in Sydney also, was farcical, said the president of Civic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Beam Cold War Put Damper On Dream Airliners
WHAT are the prospects for aviation in 1949. How much further will the aeroplane advance this year towards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ricocheting Pellets Wounded Boy
TAMWORTH, Sunday.—Edward George Clark, 13, of Nundle, received 14 pellets in his legs and body in an unusual shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazi Generals On War Crimes Trial
HAMBURG, Jan. 23. A.A.P.—It is announced that three of Hitler's former General Staff officers —Field Marshals von Runstedt and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →30 War Brides In Party Of Migrants
SYDNEY.—Thirty Australian war brides were among the 1208 migrants who arrived in Sydney today on the liner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Czechs Say U.S. Is Preparing For War
PRAGUE, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Czech police say that 60 persons arrested in Slovakia were working with American…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldier Attacked, Robbed
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A returned serviceman, Pte. Francis Heness, 23, of Carranee-avenue, Leeton, was brutally attacked and robbed near…
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