Ptes. Ohlsen and C. Parry (Barellan) Killed in Action
Two other Barellan boys have lately been reported killed in action. They were Private Charles Ohisen, aged 22, second son of Mr. and Mrs…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1943
3,536 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 177
The War
After lasting for more than a year, the stage of Leningrad has been lifted by the Red Army, which is a further smashing blow against the Axis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daily War Diary
Russia reports more , successes on every front from Leningrad to the Caucasus. Since the Battle for Britain the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria's War Effort
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—More than £5,000,000 has been raised in Victoria during this war by patriotic funds, and it is estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Service Homes and Excess Water
In connection with excess water accounts for properties held in the name of the Commission, and occupied by tenants, the Commission has referred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bigger War Pensions Committee's Plan Accepted
Recommendations of the all-party committee on repatriation will be closely followed in the Repatriation Bill which the Government will bring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Hughes on the War Effort
"Australia is fast teaching the limits of its physical war effort," said the deputy leader of the Opposition (Mr. Hughes). "The task before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editor.) Germany's War Guilt
Sir,—There is a sentence in your leading article in a recent issue that calls for comment: "The wonder is that the two misled nations have stood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Departmental Changes Rationing and Post-war Reconstruction
BRISBANE, Thursday. — The chairman of the State Electricity Commission and the Deputy-Director of Rationing for Queensland (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia Day Declared Public Holiday Except For War Workers
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Tuesday next, Australia Day, is to be a public holiday for everybody except those engaged in war or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Axis Treaties Economic Pact Signed "Total War Against Our Enemies"
LONDON, Thurs. — The Berlin radio states that Germany and Japan on January 20 signed an economic treaty, and that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pacific War Greater Allied Activity Enemy Bases Suffer Heavy Land Fighting Continues
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA.—An increase in Allied sip activity in the north-western sector, north of Darwin, la revealed in to-day's South-west Pacific communique. Activity is reported over Ambon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News Fall Of Tripoli Imminent Enemy Peppered From the Air Cairo, Thursday, AAP
UNLESS there is some unexpected check the British Eighth Army is expected to throw the Axis forces out of Tripoli at any moment. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When War Struck at Broome Over 100 Casualties Many Planes Lost in First Raid
Dramatic details of the raid by Japanese planes on Broome last March are given for the first time in this belated story by a war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War in Australia Manpower Problem Organisation Inadequate Mr. Curtin Seeks Single Comprehensive Authority
CANBERRA, Thursday.—A single comprehensive authority for the organisation of a wartime flow of manpower is contemplated by the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Ward's Forecast War to Last Several More Years Victory Not "Just Around the Corner"
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Minister fop Labor (Mr. Ward) said at the 30th annual conference of the Australian Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"We Don't Want Tinned Stuff!" a Soldier on Armghair Critics
Writing home to his wife who is living in flay, Lieut. H. McDowell, from New Guinea, has something to say on the talk of persona Who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Uniforms
To keep the quality and appearance of the Australian soldiers' uniform at the highest possible standard a special routine older has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers Treatment Criticised at Leeton Honor Board Approved
LEETTON, Thursday. — An application from the patriotic committee at the meeting of the Willimbong Shire Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlistments for Defence Services
TO keep the local list up-to-date, will people enlisting for any of the Defence Forces, please forward immediately…
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