Nes May Enlist in Vaoc
SYDNEY, Thursday: In response to an urgent appeal, the Minister for NES (Mr Heffron) has approved of the enlistment of NES…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
1,911 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 96
Handless Soldier Matriculates
A young returned soldier, who lost both hands overseas and was wounded in the left knee and the right eye, has matriculated and will be admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kyogle Soldier Says One Australian Worth Three of Enemy
Private Douglas Davies is one of the crack athletes of his battalion. And a crack athlete usually makes a crack soldier. It is so in his case. Davies was a Group I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Nassau Bay Proved To Me That American Could Be A Great Soldier'
Since returning from New Guinea recently I have often been asked : "What do you think of Australian and American soldiers?" As…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrill for Kyogle Children Letters From Soldiers
Two of the happiest hearts in Kyogle today belong to Jean and Bob Boden, son and daughter of well-known residents, Mr and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Gaoled For Gaol Theft
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Frank Miller. 21. a soldier, who stole articles valued at £7 Is 7d from a cell mate at the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bangalow Man Wounded
SYDNEY, Friday.—A casualty list issued to-day contained the following:—Wounded in action, remaining at duties:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Casualties Now 25 Million
NEW YORK, Friday (AAP). — The Baltimore "Sun" has published an interesting comparative table…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All One War, Is British Attitude
LONDON, Thursday: "There will not be volunteers for the war against Japan, because it is all one war, and the National…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war Civil Aviation Private Enterprise Opposed By A.L.P.
The proposal that private enterprise should be allowed to develop civil aviation after the war [?]s not regarded with favour by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Executed
LONDON, Thursday: Mervin Clare McEwen (33), a Canadian soldier from Ontario, was executed at Leeds prison for the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Few Soldiers Die From Wounds Army Doctors Praised
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said to-day that only 7.79 per cent. of Australian soldiers wounded in New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Children's War Effort
SYDNEY, Sunday: A record amount of £10,555 was raised for the war effort by NSW schoolchildren in the last term of 1943…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Outstanding Achievements by Britain in War
LONDON, Saturday: Out of 175,000 British and Allied vessels escorted in more than 6000 convoys to and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war Govt. Control of Annexes Urged
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Control by the Commonwealth after the war of industrial potentials now represented by the Commonwealth's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Getting £40 Million More Annually Than Pre-War
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Measures taken by the Federal Government to organise primary production resulted in farmers securing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Sentence for American Soldier
BRISBANE, Sunday: A United States Army general court-martial on Thursday night sentenced to death Henry Benjamin Newton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Empty Bomber Crashes and Kills Soldier
LONDON, Sunday: An empty American bomber yesterday crashed on the police station at Dynchurch. in Kent. 100 yards from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded in Action
Mrs. A. Vidler, of Theresa Creek, has received word that her son, Cpt. Oswald Spencer, has been wounded in action in New…
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