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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

262 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 8 of 14

Welcome Home

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 5

A welcome home tendered to Dvr. Prank Hodges, who is on leave from New Guinea, attracted about sixty friends to the home of…

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After the War. "The Deluge"—or. What? SYDNEY

North West Champion · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 2

The great majority of Australians will doubtless agree with the Prime Minister's statement that he woald like to see 200,000…

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U.C.P. Organising Representative Returned Soldier's Views On Land Settlement

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

Ex A.I.F. (Staff Sergeant) K. Macintosh, (Sydney), engaged as organising respesentative of the Namol…

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The War Loan

Manilla Express · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 2

Up to the close of business on Monday night Manilla had subscribed £22,260 of its quota of £28,000. This money had come…

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May Change Australia's War Task LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 1

The whole wartime structure of Australia may be vitally affected as the result of the current deliberations of…

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Concessions to U.S. Post War Civil Aviation LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 1

In the light of fact Britain has made concessions to the United States on Questions affecting postwar civil aviation. Australia and…

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U.s. Soldiers Inspect Locomotives

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 5

U.S. soldiers examine two locomotives of a narrow-gauge freight railroad found on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands when American forces occupied the former Japanese base in the Central Pacific. The lagoon of Majuro Atoll provides an excellent blue-water…

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Rommel's Warning to Soldiers

North West Champion · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—It is announced by Berlin radio that Marshal Rommel, on a recent visit to the Atlantic wall defences…

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The War Loan Manilla Reaches Subscriber Quota

Manilla Express · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 2

Up to the Conclusion of business on Wednesday Manilla had succeeded in gaining its subscriber quota of 280 for which a…

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Welcome Home

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 5

Another welcome home was tendered to servicemen home on leave, in the R.S.S.&A.I.L.A. Club Rooms on the 11th. May, Mr…

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Distinguished Career Bruxner's Work in War and Peace

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 6

Few men in Australian politics to-day have had such a long and distinguished career as the Leader of the N.S.W…

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Distinguished Career. Bruxner's Work in War and Peace

North West Champion · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 5

Few men in Australian politics to-day have had such a long and distinguished career as the Leader of the New South Wales Country…

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U.s. Soldiers Dig Up German Mine

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 6

U.S. soldiers of the Allied Fifth Army operate an American built crane to remove a 300-pound demolition, charge which the Germans planted on a beach near Anzio before Allied forces drove them from the town. Under the command of U.S. Lieutenant…

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The War Loan

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

Final figures for Manilla's War Loan effort are :--£25,500 from 288 subscribers. Manilla missed its double quota by…

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Russian War Battle of Bombers LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 1

The Russian war at the moment has become a battle of bombers, says the British United Press…

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Australian Soldier Stabbed. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 1

Thomas Joseph Tansey (29), an Australian soldier, was stabbed by an American negro soldier in Flinders Street, Darlinghurst…

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Soldiers of Fortune. Seek Shelter in "The Cells." SYDNEY

North West Champion · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 4

With the acute shortage of [?] commodation and the co[?]quent criminal charges for the resting of rooms, flats and cottages, it…

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War Weariness

North West Champion · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 2

At the beginning of this your General Eisenhower declared that the only thing needed for us to win the war in 1944 was for every man and…

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War 1916

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 5

"Sydney Morning Herald":—Isa Miranda, a new Continental glamor actress, makes her debut and something of an exotic impression…

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War Prisoners See Bomb Damage German Propaganda Goes Awry LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 1

The exchange, ship, Gripsholm, left Algiers for Belfast with British, Canadian and American repatriated prisoners of war…

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