New British War Medal 1939 to 1943 Star
LONDON, Jan. 10 (Official Wireless).—Provisional instructions for the issue of the ribbon of the 1939 to 1943 Star have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1944
12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250
The War, Day by Day German Air Dilemma
The outstanding feature about the crescendo of attack last week is not that 8,000 sorties should have been made in seven days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late News France Expects Invasion "Decisive Battles of War"
LONDON, Jan. 10 (A.A.P.).— "With the massing of British and American invasion forces across the Channel, we have the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pre-invasion "War of Nerves" Grows Germans Believe 2nd Front Near
LONDON, Monday.--The Allies are intensifying their nerve war against the Nazis as a European invasion preliminary. Part of the morale-breaking nerve war is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Channel Rescue Recalled Pilots Meet in New Guinea Commonwealth Official War Correspondent
NEW GUINEA, Monday.— When Flight-Lieutenant Jim Richards, of Newcastle, met Flying-Officer Tom Omdahl, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Compulsory War Work Possible Move In U.S.A. Our Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—The unofficial but authoritative "Army and Navy Journal" says that President Roosevelt is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yugoslavs in R.A.F. Squadron Led by Sydney Pilot Our War Correspondent
CAIRO, Jan. 10.—Veteran fighter-pilots of the Yugoslav Air Force who form one complete flight of a famous R.A.F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trade, Finance & Produce Markets Wool Embargoes Resented British Export Bans Said To Menace Commerce After War
LONDON, Monday.--British embargoes on the export pf woollens are said to be short-sighted and prejudicial to post-war commercial interests. A new Board of Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldiers' Sweethearts
Sir,—Intelligent people agree that sane education on sexual relationships is desirable. But it seems to me that, in the handling of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Soldiers & Women, Hotel Licensee Charged
Evidence of American soldiers having nude women in their rooms at a city hotel was given in the Licensing Court today. Alexandrina Lillian Jean McKinlay Watford, the licensee of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sly-grog Sales to Soldiers Cost £190
Three men were fined a total of £190 at the Licensing Court yesterday for having sold sly-grog to Allied servicemen. George Edward Barrett, 31, painter, of Elizabeth Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Burden on Railways
Much heavier train loadings and longer average hauls were operating, the Federal Minister for Transport, Mr. Ward, said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Honors For Pacific War
CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Two generals receive British knignt-hoods in a list of honors to 22; US servicemen in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-war Use of Airfields
LONDON, Tuesday.--Most of Britain's 250,000 acres of airfields will be available for civil aviation after the war. Saturation point has almost beer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Command Unity In Pacific War
WASHINGTON, Tuesday. (A.A.P.).--General MacArthur and Admiral Halsey have achieved a unity of commands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Cancels War Contracts
WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--US production of some items of war material was so great that contracts to the value of eight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Weeks' Leave Repatriated War Prisoners
Repatriated war prisoners would in future receive 21 days' leave upon their return to Australia, the Minister for the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Short Story Muggins' War Effort
MUGGINS was really quite a decent sort of chap, in spite of his unfortunate name. When…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans Withdraw War Factories From Poland
LONDON, Wednesday. -- German war factories previously moved to Poland and White Russia to avoid bombing from Britain are being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vital Gain On Italian War Front
LONDON, Wednesday. -- British and U.S. troops of the Fifth Army in Italy have won and consolidated more vital…
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