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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 25

Spectacular Thrust Into Burma Guerilla Force from India Campaign of Wrecking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 9

NEW DELHI, May 21.—A magnificent story of high military adventure can be told to-day for the first time—a story of how a strong jungle force has, for more…

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Hunt For Wreckage On Coast

The Sun · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 3

Keen watch is being kept on the east coast of Australia for wreckage drifting ashore…

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Troops Find Use for Jap Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 4

AYATOSAN MARU, a Japanese ship sunk by Allied aircraft during the battle of Gona, is being used by troops at Gona Beach for target practice.--Department of Information Picture…

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Wrecked Jap Ship Off Gona

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

AYATOSAN MARU, a Japanese ship sunk by Allied aircraft during the battle of Gona, is now a hopeless wreck. It is used for target practice by the Allied forces at Gona beach.--(Dept. of Information photo.)…

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Wrecked Jap Ship Off Gona

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

AYATOSAN MARU, a Japanese ship sunk by Allied aircraft during the battle of Gona, is now a hopeless wreck. It is used for target practice by the Allied forces at Gona beach.--(Dept. of Information photo.)…

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Wrecked Jap Ship Off Gona

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

AYATOSAN MARU, a Japanese ship sunk by Allied aircraft during the battle of Gona, is now a hopeless wreck. It is…

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Wrecked Jap Skip Off Gona

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

AYATOSAN MARU, a Japanese ship sunk by Allied aircraft during the battle of Gona, is now a hopeless wreck. It is used for target practice by the Allied forces at Gona beach.--(Dept. of Information photo.)…

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Wrecked Jap Ship Off Gona

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

AYATOSAN MARU, a Japanese ship sunk by Allied aircraft during the battle of Gona, is now a hopeless wreck. It is used for target practice by the Allied forces at Gona beach.—(Dept. of Information photo.)…

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Wrecked Jap Ship Off Gona

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

AYATOSAN MARU, a Japanese ship sunk by Allied aircraft during the battle of Gona, is now a hopeless wreck. It is…

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Yodelled For Yarras No Ring Wreck

Truth · Sunday 23 May 1943 · page 3

THERE was a time when owner Mr. Frank Spurway rocked and wrecked many a betting ring, but for a long time past Frank has…

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Ship Wreckage Found at Gosford

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- A large emergency rations galvanised iron trunk shaped like a coffin was washed up on Terrigal beach this…

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Ship Wreckage Found at Gosfokd

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- A large emergency rations galvanised iron trunk shaped like a coffin was washed up on Terrigal beach this…

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Late News Radio Dropped to Lifeboat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 5

LONDON, May 26 (A.A.P.)—A portable wireless transmitter dropped from a Coastal Command Sunderland flying-boat to…

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Raft and Floats Washed Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 4

GOSFORD, Wednesday.—A large raft from an Allied ship was thrown up on the rocks at Terrigal, north of the Skillion to-day…

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Plane Drops Lifeboat 1000 Feet by Parachute to Fliers in Sea London

The Sun · Sunday 30 May 1943 · page 2

DROPPED from a thousand feet, a fully-equipped two-engined lifeboat parachuted to the sea to rescue the crew of a bomber forced down recently in the North Sea. News that airborne lifeboats…

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Aircraft Drops Lifeboat Bomber Crew Saved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 May 1943 · page 6

LONDON, May 30 (A.A.P.).—It is revealed that an air-borne, fully-equipped, two-engined lifeboat was dropped by…

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Fire in Hold of Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1943 · page 4

Firemen spent several hours on board a steamer at an Australian port yesterday, fighting a fire which occurred in No. 1 hold, among…

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Aircraft Drops Lifeboat

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 3

It is revealed that an air-borne, fully-equipped, two-engined lifeboat was dropped by parachute from a 'plane for the first time when the crew of a Halifax…

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Fire on Steamer No Serious Damage

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 2

Last Monday firemen spent several hours on board a steamer at an Australian port fighting a fire which occurred in No. 1 hold…

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R.A.F. Land-mine Wrecks Big Area In Ruhr City's Heart

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Almost the whole centre of Dortmund Ruhr industrial city was flattened out by a land-mine dropped by the R.A.F. in the big raid on May 23…

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