First World War Chaplains Identify Bracelet Found in Borneo
LISMORE, Monday: An Army identity bracelet with inscription Chaplain R. Finigan. 4th A.M.G. Bn., 1st A.I.F., has…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
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Identity Disc From World War One Found at Labuan
An Army identity bracelet with the inscription Chaplain R. Finigan, 4th A.M.G. Bn., 1st A.I.F., has been found by a British soldier on the…
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Every cemetery he saw in New Guinea and Borneo was a credit to the members of the War Graves Commission and a credit…
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A State of War still exists "between His Majesty and Germany, Japan and other countries" according to the preamble of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Live Underground Avoid War--Only Defence Against Atom Bomb Professor Oliphant
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The only possible defence against the atomic bomb was complete avoidance of war or, alternatively, for all populations to go underground, said Professor Oliphant, in a public address to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War of Nerves Revealed in Revealed in Ancient Tablet
ISTANBUL (AP): The existence of a day tabblet upon which is inscribed the longest Sumerian poem known — and probably the oldest such piece of literature ever discovered — has been disclosed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.Z. Soldier Thought Prisoner in Czechoslovakia
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday —It is believed that Pte. Dominko Lovic, a New Zealand soldier, whose wife and daughter live in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans' Art Union
The District Superintendent of the War Veterans' Art Union (Mr. Henry Moynihan) is again in Lismore selling tickets in the No. 9…
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TOKIO, Thursday (AAP).— To save fellow prisoners from mass punishment by Japanese prison guards at Niieaa camp, in northern…
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TOKIO, Friday: A French War Crimes Officer (M. Fernand Gabrillagues) told the War Crimes Tribunal how 65 French prisoners of war singing the Marseillaise were shot en masse by Japanese in Indo-China…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Sobbing bitterly and with tears trickling down her cheeks, Mrs. Gordon Butt to-day stood helplessly by with her husband, ex-Private Gordon Butt, as employees of the Department of the…
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ROME (AP): How atomic energy can be utilised to destroy malignant cancer cells has been demonstrated in preliminary…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Replanning of the R.A.A.F., to be ready for the new type of warfare, was urged today by Air Vice-Marshal W. D. Bos[?]ock, who was the R.A.A.F.'s senior…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Cabinet today decided to chase of sites for Anzac House, at the corner of Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£100,000 Voted to Purchase Anzac House Site
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Cabinet has decided to vote £100,000 towards the purchase of a site for Anzac House, Sydney. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Diplomatic Tug-of-war In Persia
TEHRAN (A.P.): A diplomatic tug-of-war in which the U.S. Ambassador (Mr John Allen) appears at the moment to have…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Negotiations have been completed for the acquisition by the Crown of Edgeroi estate, 15 miles from Narrabri, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Honoured For Good War Work
News has been received in Australia of the conferment of a Knighthood on Mr. Percy Lister, Chairman of Directors of R. A. Lister &…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Atom Authority Could Order War
LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday (AAP). —Under the proposed new plan of atomic energy control, an atomic energy development authority would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civil War Is Threatened by Terrorists
JERUSALEM, Thursday (AAP).—A full-fledged "fratricidal war" will follow any attempt to oppose the Jewish terrorist organisation, Irgun Zvai Leami. This threat was voiced by a woman announcer on…
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