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The wars & local soldiers, 1943

14,982 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Spain Aloof From War Hopes for Safety in Stalemate Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—An interesting, viewpoint on the position of Spain in the light of the Allied campaign in North…

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Pilot's Trek in Jungle Wound Eased by Witch Doctor Our War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 6

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. Dec. 30.—Pilot-Officer Ken Dineen, of an R.A.A.F. unit, recently had to bail out of his…

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The War Day by Day New Russian Drives in the South By Our Military Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 4

The continued Russian advances at many points along the semi-circle from the "VoronejRostov railway to the heart of…

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Soldiers Fight Fire

The Land · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 3

In a fire in Wagga district recently members's of the defence forces, trained by Brig. Veal in firefighting, rendered invaluable service, according to a…

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Boys Earn £15 a Week Cleaning Soldiers' Boots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Three boys are earning up to £15 a week in their school holidays polishing the boots of Allied…

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Soldiers' Taxation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—An amendment to income-tax regulations issued to-day makes it mandatory for members of the defence forces to lodge…

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Soldier Stabbed

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 3

An Australian soldier was stabbed in the head and body in a brawl in a house at…

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Russian Soldiers Out "Pig-sticking"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 1

MOSCOW, Thursday.--Moscow people when talking of their husbands, sons, and brothers at the front, say: "Our boys are…

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Birdwood Britain's Oldest Soldier

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--Lord Birdwood, G.O.C. the A.I.F. in the last war, yesterday claimed to be the…

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Birdwood Britain's Oldest Soldier

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Lord Birdwood, G.O.C. the A.I.F. in the last war, yesterday claimed to be the…

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Birdwood Britain's Oldest Soldier

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Lord Birdwood, G.O.C. the A.I.F. in the last war, yesterday claimed to be the…

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Birdwood Britain's Oldest Soldier

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Lord Birdwood, G.O.C. the A.I.F. in the last war, yesterday claimed to be the…

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Birdwood Britain's Oldest Soldier

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Lord Birdwood, G.O.C. the A.I.F. in the last war, yesterday claimed to be the…

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Correspondence War Guilt

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 9

Sir,—I regret that the topic which commenced as "A Forgiving Peace," and which promised to have developed into an informative and profitable correspondence, even…

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War's Most Amazing Escape

The World's News · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 25

THE story of this war's most amazing escape from death was recently revealed in a letter from a prison camp somewhere in Germany…

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War Widows Pension Plea

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

Increase in war widows' pensions to at least the basic wage is being urged on the Federal Government by the central…

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Exempted From War Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Friday.—An extension of exemptions of certain classes of charitable and religious institutions from contributions to the war damage…

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MIRACLES for Post-war Living

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 7

NECESSITY is still the mother of invention. But the sharpest necessities known to mankind are those which are imposed in the fierce…

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Roosevelt's 3 Aims In War

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Roosevelt placed a three-fold purpose before the world at the first news…

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Fixing Post-War Primary Problems

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 8

CANBERRA, Friday.--The establishment of a Rural Reconstruction Commission to investigate problems of primary industry was announced…

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