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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Turkey Tipped TO Enter War

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 17

LONDON, Saturday—Washington observers believe that Turkey will enter the war on the Allied side when the invasion…

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Legless pilots war prisoners LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 6

BRITAIN'S two legless fighter pilots are now prisoners of war. Last month Pilot-Officer…

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War Memorial in Statues or Hospitals?

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 6

INSTEAD of war memorials of masonry let us have great hospitals and modern schools. That is what we fought for -- educational, medical, social and scientific progress…

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Move soon to help unhappy war brides

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 8

A MOVE will be made when NSW Parliament meets again to protect the nationality status of…

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Art Shows for Army Camps, War Factories

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 6

Art exhibitions in shops, factories, business houses, clubs, Army camps, R.A.A.F. establishments, naval stations, C.C.C. projects, and schools are being organised by the Encouragement of Art Movement…

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New Year resolutions War Aid Main Pledge

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YEAR resolutions made by many Australians yesterday dealt with wider issues than in…

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"Girls still love you" cheers war captives LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 1

"CHAPS, the girls still love you," is the news that stirs war prisoners more than anything else, says Major P. H. Newman, British Army medical officer…

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Pacific War Above the mud was a human chain

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 3

The first native on the Cape Gloucester aerodrome after it was taken by the US Marines was a 30-years-old fuzzy-wuzzy of…

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U.S. at War Battle of Italy What Price Success?

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 14

Back home in the US, in Britain, dark doubts arose about the Italian campaign. Was the Allied enterprise worth…

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Soldier Hit by Cupid Gaol Term Is Result

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 20

ACCORDING to the evidence of a soldier at Parramatta Court last week, Cupid smote him hip and thigh, and made him…

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Soldier fathers have not seen these babies

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 5

HERE ARE MORE PICTURES of babies who were born during their fathers' service overseas. Except for appointments already made, the Sunday…

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Foreign News The Easy Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 13

McNaughton's going was a blow to his men. He was enormously popular with the hell-for-leather Canadian rank & file…

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Canada's War Output

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 8

CANADA'S war production in 1943. including expenditure on defence and capital assistance for wartime housing, is estimated at 3,179,000,000 dollars, approximately…

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Canada's War Output

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 8

CANADA'S war production in 1943, Including expenditure on defence and capital assistance for wartime housing, is estimated at 3,179,000.000 dollars, approximately…

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Canada's War Output

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 8

CANADA'S war production in 1943, Including expenditure on defence and capital assistance for wartime housing, is estimated at 3,179.000,000 dollars, approximately…

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Canada's War Output

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 8

CANADA'S war production in 1943, including expenditure on defence and capital assistance for wartime housing, is estimated at 3,179,000,000 dollars, approximately…

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Canada's War Output

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 8

CANADA'S war production in 1943, including expenditure on defence and capital assistance for wartime housing, is estimated at 3,179,000,000 dollars, approximately…

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Canada's War Output

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 8

CANADA'S war production in 1943 mcluding expenditure on defence and capital assistance for wartime housing, is estimated at 3, 179,000,000 dollars, approximately…

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Canada's War Output

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 8

CANADA'S war production in 1943. Including expenditure on defence and capital assistance for wartime housing, is estimated at 3.179.000.000 dollars, approximately…

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War Killers For Trial

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- An Istanbul message says that Generals Feketehamli-Czeizner and Grassi and 68 other…

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