Killed in Action
Mr. William Boyle, of Murwillumbah (late of Casino), has received word of the death of his son. L/Cpl. Cecil Boyle, from wounds in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1943
2,574 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 129
Wounded in Action
NX110011 Pte William Robert Dunn has been wounded in action in New Guinea. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Robert Dunn, of Uki…
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Born armless, but now a fully competent fitter working in a West Midlands war factory, is Mr. Alfred Myers, of Wood End, near Lichfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labour For Complete War Effort
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for War Organisation (Mr. Dedman) announced to-day the sources from which he expects to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Causes Great Strides in Photography
DAYTON, (Ohio), Wednesday: Colonel George Goddard, director of the photograph research laboratory at Wrightfield, told a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Comforts Reach Jap. Held War Prisoners
The secretary-general of the Australian Red Cross, Captain A G. Brown, announced in Melbourne this week that warm clothing, food, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nationalisation Urged As Post-War Measure
SYDNEY, Thursday.—In postwar reconstruction nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of converting going concerns into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Little Change in Immediate Post-war Car?
So few new motor cars have been sold in Australia since the start of the war that there must be well over a hundred thousand people in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Restrictions on Parcel Contents to War Prisoners
MELBOURNE, Thursday. —The contents of "the next of kin" clothing parcels to prisoner of war camps in Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Timor Epic Winnie The War Winner
FORCE INTACT. STILL FIGHTING. BADLY NEED BOOTS MONEY QUININE TOMMYGUN AMMUNITION…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mission Recalled Chinese Dissatisfied With War Plans
Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek has recalled the China Military Mission to Washington because he is dissatisfied with Allied plans…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →200,000 More People Needed in War Industries
MELBOURNE, Thursday--The Minister for War Organisation [?] Industry (Mr Dedman) said to-day that the war effort would not be…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Because unions will not accept the competence of the Women's Employment Board to deal with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attlee's Message Labor's Part In War and Peace
LONDON, Thursday: The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Attlee) in a New Year message to the Labor movement, stated: "A great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Green Pigeon War Stamps As Gifts at School Picnic
Postponed from December 12 on account of rain, the Green Pigeon school picnic was held on Mr. Coopers fiat on Boxing Day, when there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chinese Military Mission Recalled. Demand for More War Materials
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—According to the Associated Press, Chiang Kai Shek has recalled the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Entertained at Party
Privates O. Johnson and K. Campbell, of the A.I.F., who were spending leave with their parents, were entertained by friends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tank Soldier's Bravery
Trooper Kevin Kennedy, of Port Kembla, a member of an Australian tank crew, probably saved the life of a comrade during the Allied push…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Drugs Help U.s. Soldiers
The life-expectancy of American troops marching into battle is greater that that of any other army in to-day's global war,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Terms for Two Soldiers
NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — Convicted at a district Court Martial at Newcastle, on a charge of having assaulted a military provost…
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