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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Soldiers Save Drowning Man

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

Home on leave from New Guinea three Maroubra life-savers helped to rescue a man from drowning yesterday…

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Soldier Stabbed After Quarrel

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

Following an altercation with another serviceman in Palmer-street, city last night. Private Robert Walker was taken to St…

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AMERICA Flight nurses with the wounded

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

A troop-carrier lands on Bowman Field, Kentucky, disgorges airborne infantry in full battle kit…

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U.S. at War the Nation From an Old Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 14

[?] A retired US Chief-of-Staff talked to reporters on his 79th birthday. Gen. Peyton C. March's pointed…

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War Work and Women

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 25

IT seemed to be Children's Day at Prince's during the lunch hour on Tuesday. People's New Year resolution appeared to be "give the youngsters a treat!" Noticed the Warwick Fairfax children—Caroline and James—with their gran, Mrs. David Wilson; Mrs. Paul Cullen and…

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WANDA the WarGirl

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 5

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War workers' bus overturns

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sat.--A youth was fatally injured and 10 other passengers and a conductress were hurt when a war emergency transport bus…

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Seeks post-war film alliance

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 23

HOLLYWOOD, Sat.--A British-American alliance on the world distribution of films is being sought…

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179 Militia Honors in War List

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 7

SINCE the beginning of the war 10 Australians have won the VC -- six in the Middle East, four in…

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Drama of War Memories Battle Songs The lilt of a remembered song brings pictures to soldiers of old comrades, a New Guinea grave As told by an Aif Gunner

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

SONGS are like links in a chain of memory. Happy lilting songs…

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New Films Mew Britain Landings It's About: Pacific war

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 23

TO make this film, D.O.I. Cameraman Bagnall went on four operational flights, and into action with the Navy. D.O.I. Cameraman Driver…

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Allies in "Battle of Brains" Nerve War Precedes Blow At Europe

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 17

LONDON, Saturday.—We have had the Battle of Britain. Now we are having the Battle of Berlin. For the next two months we will have the Battle of Brains. No attack on the Continent can have real…

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More Bricks Than Bouquets Mother-In-Law, Soldier In Domestic Battle

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 10

THE doings were high, wide and handsome when Private Cecil Alexander Uhr, eager for a taste of home cooking after the routine of camp meals, arrived home and invited his wife to…

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Red soldiers got their lumps

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

From Russia to a US supply department came an order for 390,000 tons of sugar. Americans filled the order,…

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Rent it for 168, buy it for £1 a week this house the Government is planning for a soldier

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 4

THE rifle of a Jap sniper cracks across a gully in New Guinea. Private John Jackson, AIF, is a casualty--…

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News every soldier welcomes Blonde, brunette put over happy film for forces

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 6

TWO Sydney beauties, Margot Lee and Laurie Haig, who featured in the special Christmas film made for Army Amenities by…

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Soldiers banned so civilians get drink

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sat.--Gladstone hotel-keeper A. W. Crow yesterday got military police to declare his hotel out of bounds so that civilians could get a…

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Fizz for Wounded -- Now

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Hitler has ordered champagne to be served wounded German soldiers from Russia, says a Konigsberg report…

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Fizz for Wounded -- Now

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Hitler has ordered champagne to be served to wounded German soldiers from Russia, says a Konigsberg report…

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Fizz for Wounded -- Now

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Hitler has ordered champagne to be served to wounded German soldiers from Russia, says a Konigsberg report…

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