Junee Soldier Dies in Japanese Camp
Mrs. Smith, in business in Junee, on Tuesday received word that nor husband. Percy James Smith, had died whilst in a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,460 stories in Riverina's papers · page 20 of 123
"Dry" Anzac Day
SYDNEY, Thursday: The assistant State secretary of the R.S.L. (Mr. W. G. L. Bein) to-day expressed disappointment at the decision of the Prime…
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A big tank battle was being fought on the West Front. 20,000 Germans had been captured. Australian pilots took part in…
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The creation of a new board of civilian and military scientist to develop weapons for any future conflict, was announced in Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Korea Declares War
CHUNGKING, Thursday: The Korean Provisional Government, which to date had not been recognised by China or any other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burma War Tanks Cross Irrawaddy
KANDY, Thursday: Sherman tanks, ferried across the Irrawaddy, are now in action against the Japanese in the Pagan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Casualties Died in Burma Camp
NX35508 Pte. CHARLES HENRY OVERS, previously reported missing is now reported died of Illness, dysentery, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News Allied Forces Advancing Through Siegfried Defences
THE Allied forces on the western front are continuing to smash their way through the Siegfried defences. The American Ninth Army on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Prisoner of War Pte. Stan Ledwidge
Mrs. E. Ledwidge, of Wagga, received the sad news on Wednesday, that her only son, Pte Stan ledwidge, AIF, who was taken prisoner in Malaya, had died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"War's Woeful Turn" Goebbels' Message to German People
LONDON, Thursday: Stating that the events of the war, "which in the last few weeks have taken such a woeful turn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air War More Nazi Targets Australians and Poles Attack V2 Objectives
LONDON, Thursday: Marshalling yards and other industrial targets in northwestern Germany, including…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Body Found Alongside Line Near Nubba
For the third time within 12 months a soldier has been killed as a result of falling from a train between Cootamundra and Harden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier's Will
MELBOURNE: A clause in the will of the late George Hamilton Lamb, M.L.A., [?] member of the A.I.F., who died a prisoner of war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Girl Treated in Shameful Manner" Adelong Breach-of-promise Case Youthful Tumut Soldier "Doesn't Understand Women" £100 Damages Awarded
Describing James Edward ("Jim") Kell, of Lacmalac, Tumut, at present a member of the A.I.F., as a gay "lothario" and as a man who doesn't understand women," Judge Berne, in the Gundagai District Court last Thursday, scathinely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut Returned Soldiers' Annual Meeting Fine Achievements In 1944 Councillor M. R. Burbury Re-elected President
There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Tumut Sub Branch R.S.S. & A.I.L.A., which was held in O'Brien's Hall on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holbrook Patriotic & War Fund Many Donations Made
A meeting of the Holbrook Shire Patriotic and War Fund, was held in the council chambers, Holbrook, a few days ago. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aviation Plans Service After War Widespread and Speedy
CANBERRA: An aircraft carrying 44 passengers and bringing the Eastern States with seven hours' flying lime of the western State,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.s. News Mr. Wallace's Appointment War Casualties
WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.) The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the Tormer U.S. Vice-President (Mr. Wallace) as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Bill Time Limit on Preference R.s.l. Protest Reaches Government
CANBERRA, Friday: Parliament would ultimately decide whether the preference clause of the Returned Soldiers' Bill, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Planes Wage War on Flies
MANILA, Sunday: Flies—millions upon millions of flies—provided a more tenacious proposition than the Japanese to the…
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