War Casualties Leeton Airman "Missing"
FLIGHT/SGT. R. A. (TONY) COOK is reported missing from a raid, in which Berlin was the target, on the night of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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War News Fighting at Anzio Bleach
In the biggest attack yet made by the Germans on the Anzio beachhead in Italy they used tanks and infantry on a 1500 yards front, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darlington Point Patriotic and War Committee
A meeting of the Darlington Point Patriotic and War Committee was held at the shire office on Saturday last, the attendance of members being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prisoners in Australia Convention Fully Observed
In its treatment of prisoners of war and internees, Australia was scrupulously avoiding giving the enemy any excuse for violating the international…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NZ War Effort 109,000 Men Sent Overseas
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday: Figures quoted in Parliament to-day reveal that New Zealand has sent 109,000 men overseas in armed forces in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country Politics "After the War" Country Party's Realistic Policy
AS might have been expected, Country Party policy relating to the post-war readjustment period is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Assembly Soldier Settlements Aid for Hospitals
SYDNEY, Thursday: The State's programme for the settlement of returned soldiers on the land is merely waiting for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home Function
A welcome home was extended to Pie. Cec Galvin, at the home of Mrs. J. O'Keefe, Kildare avenue, Wagga, on Wednesday night when there was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Prisoner Before Court
Heinrich Pex[?]. a German prisoner of war, who recently escaped from a prison camp in Northern Victoria appeared at the Albury Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospitals As War Memorials
The Tasmanian Government has decided to encourage the erection of community halls and hospitals as war memorials. The decision by Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga War Effort Vdc Instructional Camp
Members of the 17th Battalion. VDC. are reminded that a course of four days' duration, March 9 to 12 inclusive, will be held at the MTC…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country Politics. "After the War" Country Party's Realistic Policy
AS might have been expected, Country Party policy relating to the postwar readjustment period is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Army Cost of Higher Pay Anzio Objective War Debate in Commons
LONDON. Friday (AAP): To bring the payment of members of the British Services level with payments made to Dominion and U.S. sailors, soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence (We do not necessarily endorse on views of our correspondents) War Loan Decentralisation
Sir,—A special conference of the war loan organisers in the south and southwest will be held at Cootamundra on Tuesday and Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turkey's Attitude to War
LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).: The Ankara correspondent of the BUP says that authoritative Turkish sources state that the only reason…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga War Effort Vdc Activities
During the instructional course of the 17th Btn. VDC, much use will be made of Williams Hill training area and. by advertisement in this issue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Workers Big Increase During War
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—At the Australian Women's Conference in Adelaide it was revealed in a paper by Miss M. James, organiser of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burmese War Chinese Troops Make Progress
CHUNGKING, Sunday: The Chinese, approaching from the west and north-west, have reached a point three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London's Terrific Barrages Heaviest of Whole War
LONDON, Sunday (AAP): The immense anti-aircraft barrages which the London defences put up in recent night raids were the heaviest of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parcels for British War Prisoners Portugal's Big Role
LONDON. Sun. (AAP): Since Dunkirk the British General Post Office has despatched some 27,000,000 parcels to British prisoners of war in Europe…
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