Local and General Postal Arrangements for Anzac Day
Braidwood Post Office will be open on Wednesday next, 26th April (Anne Day) for all classes of business except money order and savings bank from…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
398 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 20
Britain’s War Effort Merchantmen at War
Some of the most fascinating and astonishing stories ever told are in a book just published in London, called “Merchantmen at War.” It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allied Prisoners of War in Germany on the Move
Strength of different nationalities; of Allied prisoners of war in Germany in various camps is no longer known. In a cable from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Journey for Margaret" Based on True Life Story of War
A dramatic, true-life human interest story of the war, "Journey for Margaret," written by war correspondent W. L. White son of the famous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Memorial Popular Opinion Favours Club Rooms or Memorial Hall
When the question of a War Memorial for Queanbeyan is finally decided it is highly probable that a Memorial Hall or Soldiers’ Club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News Russian and American Forces Link Up. London, Monday.—With the
Russian forces now only two miles the Unter Den Linden, in the heart of Berlin a junction of the Russian and American troops is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Shell in Soldier’s Stomach
A U.S. Army surgeon, operating under instruction from a bomb expert, removed a live mortar shell 10in long from the stomach of a U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day at Queanbeyan
There were two ceremonies in Queanbeyan to mark Anzac Day, the first being at dawn when, beneath a starlit sky, over thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day Braidwood Remembers Its Fallen Heroes
No martial music, no rhythmic beat of drums accompanied the march of the sadly depleted little band of Anzacs and returned men of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Allies Near the Austrian Border
LONDON.—American Third Army troops have entered Regensburg and are advancing towards Berchtesgaden, according to Brussels radio. Front-line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caught in Tide of War
Her children clustered around her, a young German mother starts cut on the road leading from a cavs where she and 600 other refugees took shelter from battle. The refugees were discovered by troops of the Eighth Infantry Division, First U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News Mussolini Executed
LONDON, Monday.— Twenty-five thousand hysterical people yesterday fought for a chance to kick Mussolini or to spit on him as his body lay on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Surrender Offer by Himmler War’s End Expected LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.)
Himmler is reported to have given Count Bernadotte a new unconditional surrender offer addressed to Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News Germans in Italy Surrender Unconditionally
LONDON.—Some 25 divisions,including remnants of the German 10th and 14th Anmies, are involved in the complete and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlement
At a meeting at the Southern Table lands Development League at Goulburn recently Mr. J. M. Tully, Minister for Lands, gave details of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →End of European War
LONDON.—The diplomatic writer of the "Times" says the end of the European war is at hand, and a simultaneous announcement from London,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Holiday for War's End
CANBERRA.—If the cessation of hostilities in Europe is announced tonight, to-morrow will be a public holiday and a day of thanksgiving, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Big News Expected
LONDON, Monday.— According to the "Daily Mail" official news of the victory, of Europe may well come to-day. Reuter's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Party Politics Before Winning the War. Mr. Fadden's Attack
"Discussions at the annual conference of the Victorian branch of the A.L.P. revealed that with certain Federal Ministers and many members of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Position and Wool Sheep Losses—Drought and Flies
The importance of production at woollen mills in Great Britain is shown by an announcement that workers released from [?] plants…
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