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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

6 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

U. S. Soldiers See Wrecked Enemy Plane

The North Western Courier · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 7

This Japanese seaplane being examined by U.S. Army troops on the beach, was part of the toll paid by the enemy when American forces took Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands of the Central Pacific. Capture of the Gilbert Atolls of Makin, Tarawa, and Abemama, in…

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Wrecked Enemy Equipment on New Britain

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 6

U.S. Marines, who landed at Cape Gloucester on New Britain Inland, pause in their advance against the Japanese to examine a smashed, Japanese truck and anti-aircrft gun. American landing forces captured the twin Japanese airfields at Cape Gloucester, on…

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Troops Coming Ashore

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 1

Troops coming ashore from a landing barge at an up-river position in Dutch New Guinea during practise landings.—Department of Information Picture…

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"Breakfast Time" Strike Wrecks Jap Cement Works LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 1

A special correspondent on board a British aircraft carrier off the west coast of Sumatra says that a two wave "breakfast time" strike…

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Dover a Wrecked Area LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 1

The recent shelling of Dover caused such havoc and destruction and damaged so many houses, that the Mayor of Dover has…

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Home-made Steamer

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 7

A steamer in which to make puddings or to steam vegetables can be made out of an old sandwich tin and cake tin…

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