Thousands of War Dead Not Identified
WASHINGTON, Friday: There are still unidentified 31,008 U.S. servicemen who gave their lives in the Second World War…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,339 stories in Riverina's papers · page 42 of 67
Soldier Robbed While Asleep on Train
SYDNEY, Friday: The police are seeking a thief who removed an ex-servicemen's shoe while he was asleep in the Brisbane express last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lenient Sentence For Young Soldier
In passing sentence on Albert Edward Richards, the 18-year-old soldier, who had pleaded guilty to two charges of breaking, entering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Soldiers Cause Trouble in Vienna
VIENNA, Friday: A U.S. military policeman shot dead a Russian soldier who threatened some Austrians with a revolver in the U.S. sector…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clubroom for Henty Returned Men
The Henty sub-branch of the R.S.L. has decided to rent a room at the School of Arts, four nights a week, for a clubroom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£5000 Needed for District War Memorial War Memorial Soldiers Club Rooms Favoured Bycommttee But Swimming Pool a Possibility If Subscriptions Sufficient
THE PEOPLE OF THE GUNDAGAI DISTRICT WILL BE ASKED TO RAISE £5000 IN THREE YEARS IF A DECISION MADE BY THE DISTRICT WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE IS ADOPTED BY A PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Menzies Attacks Thornton Communists and the War
Attacking Australian Communism in a broadcast last night, Mr. Menzies (leader of the Opposition) denounced the pamphlet on trades…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Munyabla Junior Farmers to Assist War Memorial
The Munyabla Junior Farmers' Club is to hold a social to raise funds for the war memorial at that centre…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcome Home Dinner
Recipients of invitations to attend the next Welcome Home Dinner in the Town Hall next Tuesday evening are asked to reply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home Committee Banquet to be Tendered Ex-service Men and Women
The monthly meeting of the Welcome Home Committee was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last, when there were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War to Peace Production
Of prime importance in the recovery of peace-time industry is the reconversion of factories. At one lime dining the war, including the days of the Battle of Britain, the drop-hammer at the Vickers, Works, Sheffield (England) was the only one producing crank-shafts for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"John Curtin Was a War Casualty"
"John Curtin was a war casualty. He did not spare himself in the great tasks that came to his hand, and his finely wrought nature eventually gave…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cootamundra and District War Memorial Fund Objective . . . £10,000
Previously acknowledged .. £2004 16 9 By Miss carmel Ewen (Queen candidate) .. .. 67 2 1 Mrs. Mackay .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home Dinner
Recipients of invitations to attend the next Welcome Home Dinner in the Town Hull next Tuesday evening are asked in reply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ladysmith War Memorial
A memorial is to be built it Ladysmith to commemorate the services of residents of Ladysmith and district who were members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farms for Soldiers Suggestion To Cut Up Grong Grong Station
The Narandera R.S.L. has written to headquarters inquiring about the resumption of Grong Grong Station for soldier settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doctors Pump Penicillin Into Wounded Man's Brain
Delicate brain surgery, penicillin and blood transfusions are now expected to save the life of a young man was accidentally shat in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fears British Loan Might Sow Seeds for Another World War
WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Huge credits might sow the seeds of a third world war, declared Mr. Woodruff (Republican,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cootamundra and District War Memorial Fund Objective . . . £10,000 Queen Competition
As the result of the benefit night at the Roxy Theatre, the above fund received £11. The money was divided between the Commerce and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-Soldier Marries Mother of Quadruplets
PITTSBURGH, Wednesday: Ex-Sergeant William ("Red") Thompson married the mother of his quadruplets, Norah Carpenter,…
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