Wagga War Loan Committee Zone Competition Results Plans for Coming Efforts
The Major of Wages (Ald. J. V. Doyle) presided over a meeting of the Wagga War Loam Committee at the Town Hall last…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
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" No Innocents in the Reich" Responsibility For War Must Be Accepted By All
"There are no innocents in the Third Reich" declared newspaper Schwarze quoted by the Daily Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junee Soldier’s Miraculous Escape When Tumut Cobber Was Killed By Japanese
“It must have been God’s wit for me to live”, writes a Junee soldier, Jack Armstrong, describing miraculous escape he had just be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Casualty Wounded in Action
PTE. FRANK BUTLER, N. 203944, has been wounded in action, in New Guinea. Pte. Butler, who is the son of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cootamundra Soldier Wounded in Solomons Fighting
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Duffey, of Barnes street, Cootamundra, received advice from the Minister for the Army this week that their son, Cpl. Ray Duffey…
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Yesterday the Russian spearheads were within an hour's drive of Berlin. Conditions in Berlin were reported as chaotic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Repatriation of War Prisoners
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Over 40 Australians arc among the 721 sick and wounded repatriated prisoners of war from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Methul News Patriotic and War Fund (Contributed)
Although [?] will certainly be ours, it can [?] half by meeting down [?] and [?] the war was over. we must all is our [?] in make sure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News Russians Within 45 Miles of Berlin
German sources late on Wednesday night placed the Russians spear heads at 45 miles from Berlin. Marshal Stalin in an order of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Crimes International Commission Statement by Australian Representative
LONDON, Thurs.: "My elective, which is shared by all members of the War Crimes Commission, is to carry out the duties so that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner-of-war Relatives Allotment Questionnaire Statement by Minister
A careful study of the questionnaire and the accompanying memorandum sent to relatives of prisoners of war would show that it was in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian War Prisoners in Silesia. Poland and East Prussia
Australian prisoners of war have been held, according to latest information, at three camps in Silesia, three in Poland and one in East Prussia,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Air War Bombings in Austria Attack On Brenner Pass Railway
LONDON, Thurs.: Operating for the first time to 10 days nearly 750 heavy bombers yesterday bombarded oil objectives in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christmas Hampers Wagga Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund Through A.C.F.
The wide diversity of the distribution of Wagga district A.C.F. hampers has been further demonstrated by the receipt of further letters a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No Innocents in the Reich" Responsibility for War Must Be Accepted by All
"There are no innocents in the Third Reich," declared Himmler's newspaper, "Schwarze Korps," quoted by the London "Daily Mail" Zurich…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbing the Soldiers Theft of Beer Food and Tobacco
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The pillage of beer, tobacco and foodstuffs intended for Australian troops in forward areas continues on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier on Grave Charge at Albury
Elwin Ernest Dreust, aged 21 a soldier, was refused ball by the Deputy Magistrate (Mr. G. Hooke) at the Albury Court of Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Man on the Land Shortage of Agricultural Products May Continue For Years After War Professor Wadham On Prices & Marketing
"It is probable that the wartime shortages of some agricultural products Kill last for two or three years after hostilities cease. In some commodities the period may be longer," said Professor S. M. Wadham, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Shooting in Surrey Hills Man Wounded and a Man Detained
SYDNEY, Friday: Detectives investigating the shooting early to-day of Joseph Patrick Taylor, 36. a well known bookmaker, this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in China Further Agressiveness by Japanese
CHUNGKING, Friday (A.A.P.).— "Japanese troops have pushed eastwards along the chen River from Kugong," reports an American United…
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