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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

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Wrecked Japanese Bomber

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 November 1944 · page 1

From the shelter of a wrecked Japanese bomber, U.S. Marine observers of a naval gunfire team direct the shelling of an enemy ridge position on Peleliu, in the Palau Group of the Central Pacific. Other Marines watch (background) from amid…

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Forde Urges Level-Headed Miners To Take Action against "Wreckers"

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 December 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Acting Prime Minister (Mr Forde) tonight warned coal miners that they would drive the Labor Government out of power unless the majority of level-headed men…

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Churchill, Eden In Athens Dynamite Plot To Wreck Peace Talks In Greece

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — Following the announcement of the arrival in Athens of Mr. Churchill and Mr. Anthony Eden for discussions on the Greek position, three-quarters of a ton of dynamite…

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