Tyalgum War Comforts Fund
Members of Tyalgum War comforts Fund recently held their annual meeting. There was a good attendance…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,061 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 16 of 104
Cost of War Pensions Over £11Mil. Yearly
CANBERRA, Wednesday: War pensions for the two World Wars cost Australia £11,210,348 annually…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed in Action
Word has been received by Mrs. S. E. Hermann, of Dawson Street, that her brother, Pte. Frederick Anton Elford…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcome Home Social at Dunoon
Cpl. [?]n Smith was welcomed home after three years' service in the V.D.C. at a social ana presentation in the Whian Whian Hall…
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Mr Harry James, of Condong Road, Murwillumbah, has received official advice that Cpl. Allan Harry James has been wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goering Visits Wounded General
Reichsmarshal Goering made a reappearance in Germany in September, when he visited General Bodenschatz in hospital. Bodensehatz was one of the men wounded in the attempt on Hitler's life. Continental reports say that Goering is a…
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More Jap. Ships Sunk N WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP) —United States submarines in the Far East sank 25 more Japanese…
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At a Press conference held in Chungking, General Chen Cheng, the Chinese Minister for War, praised General MacArthur's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of War Loans Committee
A meeting of the Kyogle War Loans Committee, presided over yesterday afternoon by the Shire President (Cr. Vincent), discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Private Enterprise Has Made Major War Contribution"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Private enterprise had made by far the major contribution to the nation's war effort, and when the war was over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transfer of Prisoners of War Poland and Germany
No further information is available yet about transfers of prisoner-of-war camps in Poland and Eastern Germany. It should be borne in mind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Little Refugees Get Help From American War Fund
Gradually fading from Pierre's memory, as he romps with his dog on the shady lawn of a North Shore home is that tragic day in his little village in France when the Gestapo seized his father and mother and dragged them away, one to forced labour in Germany, the other to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menzies Claims Insufficient Gov't Attention to the War
CANBERRA, Thursday: Speaking W the motion for adoption of the Address-in-Reply, the leader of the Opposition (Mr Menzies) said that with all its fine words about the war, the Government was still content to direct…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →G.p.l. Carnival for Anzac House Appeal
In a festival atmosphere of bright lights, gay banners and music, Lismore Girls' Patriotic League, assisted by members of the R.S.L…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greatest Air Blow of War Against German Communications
LONDON, Friday: More than 6000 Allied planes from seven commands struck the heaviest co-ordinated blow of the war against the German communications system in simultaneous attacks on hundreds of targets beginning at 1 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Education for Children Of Soldiers
CANBERRA, Friday: Education is sought for 27,704 children of soldiers of the 1914-18 war and 1017 children of soldiers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shoes Better Than Pre-war
CANBERRA, Sunday: The Controller of Footwear (Mr Rosevear) said today that Australians today were wearing out 14million…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manila Burning in War's Fires
[?]arge fires, started by Japanese demolition charges, and American Army mortar fire, burn in the Japanese-held area of Manila. The Japanese have been fighting stubbornly in the southern part of the city. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph emphasises war damage in the Philippines capital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turkey Declares War on Axis
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—Turkey has declared war on Germany and Japan. The Turkish National Assembly has ap[?]oved the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Egyptian Prime Minister Assassinated After Declaring War On Axis
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—Ahmed Maher, the Egyptian Prime Minister, was shot dead in the Egyptian Parliament by an extremist assassin after making a statement bringing Egypt into a defensive war against the Axis…
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