War Casualties Killed in Air Crash
FLIGHT/SGT. PETER KIRKPATRICK, who was serving overseas with the R. A. A. F., was killed as the result of an air crash on…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,460 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 123
War News More Towns Captured by Red Army
THE Red Army has captured two more towns on Berlin side of the Oder. Another message says that the Russians are only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"War-time Electric Lamps Only Last Half As Long"
In his report to Temora Council the electricial engineer, Mr. E. H. McMullen, stated that the present-day electric lamps seem to have, about half…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smart Police Work Stolen Goods Recovered. A. W. L. Soldier Apprehended
THE Leeton police were responsible for some smart work when last week they recovered £18 worth of property reported stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Eagle to Miss Canterbury
SYDNEY, Friday: Owner J. C. Beudradt, announced to-day that War Eagle, S.T.C. Handicap favorite, would not run at Canterbury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Special Boots for War Prisoners
Nothing is too big and nothing too small for the attention of the Red Cross. The mother of a New Zealand boy, who is a prisoner of war in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burma War Toughest Campaign in the World Britain's Specialised Army
Marching 1000 miles over country where mules cannot go; fighting in three feet of water; living for 20 weeks on emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers Impress Duke Fine Physical Condition Special Message to King
CANBERRA, Friday: The Governor-General (the Duke of Gloucester) is sending to the King a special message giving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Killed When Gale Hits Camp
BRISBANE, Friday: A severe gale struck a military camp near Brisbane yesterday and wrecked 50 tents. Four men in the tents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcome Home at Mangoplah
A welcome home will be tendered Flying Officer Ron Klim[?] at the Mangoplah Hall on Wednesday night next, when ladies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bringing the War to Tokyo
The war at last is being driven home to Japan with a vengeance. News of the terrific aerial onslaught launched against Tokyo by planes from a vast array of naval might standing off the enemy's coastline must have caused hundreds of millions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Argentina and Germany Declaration of War Expected
NEW YORK, Sun (A.A.P.): The Argentine Foreign Office has announced the existence of "a state of tension between Argentina and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Trade Unions Far-reaching Decisions Post-war Security of Workers
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): The closing session yesterday of the World Trade Union Conference adopted a declaration on post-war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daily War Diary
American forces have landed 30,000 troops on Iwo Jima. They quickly established a beachhead three miles wide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan Expects War with Russia
Implying that Russia will join the Pacific war, a Tokio message broadcast asserted that the San Francisco conference on April 25 "will be for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News American Landings Reported on Iwo Jima
American forces, 20,000 strong, have landed on the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima, and arc pushing inland against stiffening resistance. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Facts In Brief (Supplied by Department of Information)
By the end of October last Canadian shipyards had launched more than 1000 vessels, including 500 combat vessels and naval craft, over 350 cargo ships and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga War Effort V.A.D. NOTES (By "223")
The usual weekly meeting of the Voluntary Aid Detachment will be held to-night when first-ald lectures will be continued by Supt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Dedman Now Head of New Ministry Post-war Reconstruction
CANBERRA, Mon: The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day announced that he had accepted the resignation of Mr. Dedman as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Montreal To-night Till Thursday Ginger Rogers in Saga of War Wife, "Tender Comrade"
How one war wife fought her personal battle on the home front is the basis of "Tender Comrade," Ginger Rogers' latest dramatic starring vehicle…
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