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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Turkish Govt. Hurries Its Preparation for War New Moves Significant

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

CAIRO, Thursday. -- No one is certain whether Turkey will go to war, but the Turkish Government is speeding military preparations and is getting…

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R.a.a.f. Beauforts Over Rabaul Commonwealth Official War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 6

NEW GUINEA, Wednesday.— In the heaviest night attack ever made in the South-west Pacific by R.A.A.F. Beaufort bombers 32…

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Air Armada Launches War's Greatest Day Raid Nazis Lose 95 Planes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- Great fleets of R.A.F. fighters and U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators blasted western Germany and northern France…

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Air Armada Launches War's Greatest Day Raid Nazis Lose 95 Planes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- Great fleets of R.A.F. fighters and U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators blasted western Germany and northern France…

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Air Armada Launches War's Greatest Day Raid Nazis Lose 95 Planes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- Great fleets of R.A.F. fighters and U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators blasted western Germany and northern France…

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The War, Day by Day Gigantic New Russian Offensive Hitler's Strategical Dilemma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

The crossing of the former Polish frontier by the Red Army is much more than a historical event of first importance; it implies a strategical collapse on the part of the enemy that threatens the armed might of Germany with a…

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Standing Of H. G. Wells "Soldier," Coo[?]ee

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 17

Q.: In your session of March 28, you criticised and mallgued H. G. Wells. R.: I criticised him. I did not malign him. I merely refuted his…

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Army Tug and Soldier Crew Save Big Ships

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

Fighting its way through heavy seas, an Army tug entirely manned by soldiers, helped to rescue a 12,000-ton Allied freighter and an 800-ton lighter…

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US Soldier Surfer Dies In Hospital

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

An American soldier, who was dragged unconscious from the Bondi surf early this afternoon,…

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Soldiers From St. George

The Propeller · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

Private A. R. Hyslop, of Bexley who is serving with the infantry in Australian territory, has been woundede in action…

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Medicine Down Sink Saved Soldier's Life

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--A British soldier home on leave saved his life by pouring down the sink a dose of medicine handed to him by his mother…

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Stop Press No Leave, Says Farmer-soldier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 12

The Army has made no reply to his 14 applications for leave to work his farm, and had ignored his applications for release, says…

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No Leave, Says Farmer-soldier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

The Army had made no reply to his 14 applications for leave to work his farm, and had ignored his applications for…

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No Leave, Says Farmer-soldier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 3

The Army had made no reply to his 14 applications for leave to work his farm, and had ignored his applications for…

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Yawn Cost British Soldier Freedom

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday. -- Fred Gibbs, a signaller in a Hampshire regiment, is a prisoner of war because he yawned…

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Civilian Stabbed by Soldier Serviceman Injured with Paling

The Biz · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

One man was stabbed and another injured in a br[?] between servicemen and civilians at Fairfield early on Saturday morning, in Harris Street, Fairfield…

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Wetherill "Parcels for Soldiers" Dance

The Biz · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

Wetherill Patriotic Comittee held a most successful dance and cuchre party at Wetherill School of Arts on New Year's Eve. The hall was packed, and…

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Classes on Care of Wounded and Sick

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 8

THE st. John Ambulance Association is preparing to meet the demand for trained personnel on the return of sick and wounded troops…

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Post-war Pacific

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

The proposals by Professor Allan Nevins of Columbia University for the promotion after the war of closer cultural…

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War Danger Stands Out

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 12

Chief attraction at the Harold Park trotting meeting tomorrow is the £250 Summer Handicap of two miles, and the race should be the…

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