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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Honours Won by Australians 3,629 Since Outbreak of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

Awards for bravery and distinguished service won by Australian soldiers since the outbreak of war total 3,629, said the…

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"Certainty of New World War" Alternative to Pact Made in Moscow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (A.A.P.). —The alternative to the conference of Foreign Ministers at Moscow late last year was the…

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Post-war Jobs in U.S.A. "May Have to Be Got for 60 Million"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (A.A.P.).—Jobs may have to be found for 60 million persons after the war to maintain…

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Empire Post-war Air Plans Ready Lord Beaverbrook Reviews the Government's Policy Shipping Interests Must Await International Conference

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Londonderry asked the Government for a declaration of policy in relation to post-war air transport, with special reference to the vital importance of the earliest possible development of…

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Soldier Charged with Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

Following an altercation at Petersham early yesterday morning. Reginald Steven Upton, 36, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Petersham, died in…

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Joy Ride, 15-Mile Tramp by Soldier

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

A soldier took a joy ride on Christmas Day, fell asleep by the roadside awoke to find the petrol tanks milked, and had to walk 15 miles back to camp, it was stated at a District Court…

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Soldiers Brought Tiger Cubs Home

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday -- Among pets Australian soldiers had tried to bring into Australia were tiger cubs which had presumably been taken…

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With The Wounded From Cape Gloucester

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

NEVER shall I forget that ship; she crept in to the New Britain shore in the early morning in the teeth of a violent storm which flung the blue breakers on the volcanic mud…

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Big War Expenditure

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- At the end of the first six months of the financial year Australia had spent £281,694,000 -- £46,949,000 a…

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Big War Expenditure

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- At the end of the first six months of the financial year Australia had spent £281,694,000 -- £46,949,000 a…

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Big War Expenditure

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- At the end of the first six months of the financial year Australia had spent £281,694,000 -- £46,949,000 a…

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Big War Expenditure

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- At the end of the first six months of the financial year Australia had spent £281,694,000 -- £46,949,000 a…

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Big War Expenditure

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- At the end of the first six months of the financial year Australia had spent £281,694,000 -- £46,949,000…

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WOUNDED U.S. Marines Evacuated New Britain Mercy Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 3

There is a kid--a U.S. Marine--down on the tank deck whose eyes ore swathed in heavy bandages…

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Post-war Population for Australia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

When we find that through the urges of war there have been vast discoveries of nature's richest raw material in, such areas as the Great Shield Belt of Canada and a re-consideration in Australia of many deposits of mineral wealth of enormous value,…

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Mutton Exports In War Years

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 10

Unless phenomenal conditions arise, Australia is not likely to lose sheep as it did during the 1914-18 war. This view is expressed in the weekly…

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Talks On Aust. Post-War Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.--Australia's post-war policy in the Pacific will be discussed at conferences in Canberra next week…

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Revolution to End War, Says Expert

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday. -- There are three certainties this year, says Max Werner. The first is the Russian advance and progressive destruction of the German armies. The second…

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Revolution to End War, Says Expert

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday. -- There are three certainties this year, says Max Werner. The first is the Russian advance and progressive destruction of the German armies. The second…

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War Prisoner Makes Toy Fleet for Sons

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

Warrant-Officer Cliff Muffett, of Earlwood, Sydney, is building a fleet of model ships at a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany. Muffett, a motor mechanic by…

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