Pte. Percy Barton Killed In Action
Pte. Percy Bernard Barton, second son of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Barton, of Railway. End, Tumut, is another Tumut soldier who has paid the supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,460 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 123
Britain's War Effort Railways in the Conflict
While the White Paper on the United Kingdom war effort shows a great increase in the normal activities of Britain's railways in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Budapest Bayonet Fighting Germans Admit Increasing Pressure New War Declaration by Hungarians
LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.): "The Russians are fighting a bayonet and close range grenade battle as they push yard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Year Messages Acting Prime Minister Target for 1945 Must Strive For Release of War Prisoners
CANBERRA, Sunday: The Acting Prime Minister (Mr Forde) to-night broadcast a New Year message in which he expressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Preference Supported by R.s.l. President
SYDNEY, Sunday: "If 'lobs for, all' is to be the bait held out his time, servicemen should be at the head of the queue and not at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga War Effort V.A.D. NOTES
There will be no parade of the Wagga Voluntary Aid Detachment tonight as they are in rece[?] until February. Members who intend going to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Creek Civil War Armistice Conditions Repeated by General Scobie
LONDON, Mon.: General Scobie's reply to the proposals of E.L.A.S., for a settlement of the Greek civil war is a repetition of his armistice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hitler's Voice Heard in New Year Message to German People "War Will End With Nazi Victory"
LONDON, Monday: Germany would never capitulate and the war would end with a German victory, said Hitler…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →China's War Front in No Way Shaken Chiang Kai Shek's New Year Message Promise of Constitutional Government
CHUNGKING, Monday.—Marshal Chiang Kal Shek, in a special New Year message, has promised the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Balmain Brawl Man Seriously Wounded
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Knives were used in a fierce brawl at Balmain yesterday, and four men were injured, one so seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prisoners Big Mail Reaches England
LONDON, Tuesday: About 60,000 postcards and letters from prisoners of war and civilian internees in Japanese hands…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese View Allied War Leaders in Confusion
NEW YORK, Tuesday: Broadcasting over Tokyo radio, the Japanese Premier (Koiso) declared that the German offensive on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga War Effort THE W.A.N.S.
The Wagga company of the Women's Auxiliary National Services will have no general parade at the Drill Hall to-night, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air War [?] Effort Ends Disastrously Allied Airmen Retain Supremacy
LONDON Tuesday (A.A.P.): Over R.A.F. and other airfields on the Western Front yesterday 188 German fighters were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Airmen Terminate Long Tour
Two Anzac Liberator crews, who have travelled 50,000 miles by air, rail, and sea. in the past 18 months have just returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War, "Off the Record"
Among the many stories which come streaming back from war correspondents with the New Zealand division in Italy are two amusing ones told…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Green's War BOMBED 32 TIMES
London: Mr. T. J. Green, draper and furnisher, of Old Kent road, was sitting at his disk surrounded by forms and looking miserable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War “Position Unimaginably Grave”
The great German break-through in Belgium has been likened by a leading U.S. War Correspondent to Pearl Harbor. He said the U. S. First Army was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why U.s.a. Is at War
WASHINGTON. Tuesday.— Mrs. Roosevelt told a press conference that she was receiving letters asking why…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Life in United States Post-war Programme
NEW YORK: Recent developments show that there will be a new outlook in the post-war period for thousands of…
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