Russo-japanese Clash 11 KILLED: 2 Wounded Russia Protests to Tokio Moscow
Ten Japanese and one Russian were killed and two Russians wounded in fighting following a renewed Japanese attack on the island in the Argun…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,785 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 90
Barellan Man Robbed of War Medals
A share-farmer of Barellan, and a former A.I.F. captain, John S. McDiarmid, told the Redfern (Sydney) court on Monday last of an attack…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spanish War Republican General Application for French Passport? Heart-rending Frontier Scenes London
The position in the Madrid zone is obscure. Although General M[?]aia is reported to have declared his determination to continue resistance, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Register Compulsion Advised by Former Army Chief Questionnaire of Great War MELBOURNE
Sir Julius Bruche, former Chief of the General Staff, expressed the opinion to-day that the National Register could be compiled more speedily if it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The End of the Spanish War is in Sight" the Loyalists Are Disbanding London
It is officially announcer at Burgos that detachments of General Franco's army had landed at Minorca, and that they now dominate the island. The Loyalists are disbanding. They also reached the Franco-Spanish border at Le Perthus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Free Hospital Treatment ? for Returned Soldiers Sydney
The president of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. L. A. Robb, today strongly advocated free hospital treatment for returned soldiers, even in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spanish Civil War Nearing the End Peace Talks in Progress General Franco Cordial to France Burgos Government May Be Recognised Republican Premier Flees LONDON
The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that General Miaja (Republican) is reported to have opened peace talks seeking conditions under which the armies in Madrid and Central Spain will lay down their arms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spanish War Britain's Peace Efforts London
The British Government is maintaining continuous touch with both the Nationalist and Republican leaders but it can do no more yet than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spanish Civil War Last Stages of Strife But "No Unconditional Surrender" LONDON
It is reported from Le Parthus (France) that the Republican Premier of Spain (Senor Negrin) left at noon, and is attempting to reach Valencia to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Recruiting Bally Big Wagga Meeting Nest Wednesday Volunteers to Attend Next Camp Tp They Enlist Now
Arrangements are now being completed for the monster recruiting meeting which will be held on Wednesday next at 8 p.m. in the New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Madrid Bombarded 16 Killed; 23 Wounded MADRID
The Rebels bombarded the south-eastern parts or the capital, killing 16 and wounding 23…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Seeds of Pacific War" Chinese Comment on New Landing Chungking
The chinese Generalissimo (Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek) described the landing at Hainan as the beginning of Japanese dominance of the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plight of Ex-soldier Leeton Man with Tube in Lung Must Leave Randwick Hospital SYDNEY
Because it te held that his disability is not due to war service, a returned soldier, with a tube draining his lung, will be removed from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Republicans' Final Stand to Cover Withdrawal of Wounded Perpignan
Cut off during the retreat of the Catalan Army 25,000 Republican troops are making a final stand on the snowy passes of the Pyrenees near the frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Marketing in War-time Melbourne
Representatives of the wool industry to-day conferred with the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page), the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"War to the Death" A.W.U. And Communists
Open warfare on Communist organisations was declared by members at the annual convention of the Australian Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spanish Civil War Republican Government's Greetings "The Die Is Cast" Madrid
A declaration made after the Cabinet meeting extends the Republican Government's greetings to the air, land and sea forces, and the civil population…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Life of a Soldier Plenty of Fun Many Incidents Recalled At Rotary Club Luncheon
There's something about a soldier that is fine, One, fine," runs the modern song, end when the life of a soldier is raconteured by one possessed of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tube in Lung, But Must Leave Bed Plight of Ex-soldier
BECAUSE it is held that his disability is not due to war service, a returned soldier, Mr. S. R. Kercher, of Leeton, with a tube…
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