Big Sales for War Savings Stamps 2½ Million Bought Monthly
Average sales of 6d War Savings Stamps throughout Australia now amount to nearly £62,000 monthly, equivalent to almost 2,5000,000…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
398 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 20
Soldiers’ Mail
Hidden deep in the jungle somewhere where in the South-West Pacific there is an Army post office that is always the scene of almost fantastic activity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woollen Mills and War Lambs Versus Wool
Similarly to experiences during the 1914-18 war, inability to secure supplies of woollen fabrics from Great [?] Continent has given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News Germans to Be Taught Lesson
LONDON.—"The Allies' strict non-fraternisation policy is part of a planned programme to teach the German people an ultimate and final lesson,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Soldier Assaulted GaoI for Five Aussies
At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Shortland sentenced five Australian soldiers to gaol the sentences ranging from 15…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suicide Air. War
British and United States fleets are always prepared to encounter the Japanese "suicide" air technique, but It cannot prevent our continuing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woollen Mills and War. Lambs Versus Wool
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Similarly to experiences during the 1914-18 war, inability to secure supplies of woollen fabrics from Great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News Australians' Fine Work in Borneo Invasion
BRUNEI BAY.—Despite stiffening resistance Australian troops invading British North Borneo continue to hurl back the Japanese defences, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in Pacific W -Two Courses Open WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.)
Military authorities believe that one of two courses will be followed, either Japan will surrender within the next 90 days or the war will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Tolly and Soldier Settlement Important Meeting with Returned Men
Speaking to a representative of the "Post" in Goulburn on Tuesday, the Minister for Lands, Mr. J. M. Tully, said he had a conference with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed in Action Commander of U.S. Tenth Army GUAM, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Lieutenant-General Buckner, commanding the Tenth Army at Okinawa was killed by a Japanese shellburst while he was Observing a front line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suicide Air War
British and United States fleets are always prepared to encounter the Japanese “suicide” air technique, but it cannot prevent our continuing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Why Germany Suffered Defeat
LONDON.—Factors dictating the strategy which led to Germany's defeat were Hitler's ignorance on the uses of air power, Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Is Your Legacy! An Urgent Appeal for War Orphans
The benefits of Legacy are extended only to the dependants of men of all arms of the Services who died whilst serving in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Mongarlowe Soldier Reported Dead
In a military casualty list issued to-day Pte. C. F. Seidel, Infantry, Mongarlowe, previously reported prisoner of war, is now reported as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Memorial Community Centre Suggested
At its general meeting held in the Municipal Council Chambers last Friday evening, the War Memorial Committee had before it a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War-time Controls. Civil Liberties Must Be Safeguarded
Mr. George W. Watkins, of the Australians Country Party, writes:- Australians view with grave concern each national emergency which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plastics For Post-War Use LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)
The curator of Sydney Technological Museum, together with Mr. C. H. Hunt, of Newcastle Technical Colleg, have arrived in London on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Next World War German Plans Found WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.)
Senator Gilmore, who recently returned from Germany, stated hitherto secret documents showed that German industrialists had prepared plans to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Club Room in Park Returned Soldiers'request
. At Saturday's meeting of the Shire Council a letter was read from the secretary of the Braidwood branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Seeting that it was…
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