The British destroyer Beagle rescued American sailors manning a landing craft which was sunk off one of the invasion beaches in France. This Admiralty photograph shows one of the men ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 100 wordsWEDNESDAY.—In the first air combat over the Darwin area for more than seven months, Australian-manned Spitfires on Monday ...
Article : 121 wordsTHE equivalent of four DSOs (the DSO and three bars) is held by Capt Frederick John Walker, CB, RN. The ...
Article : 66 wordsMELBOURNE, Wed.—Commonwealth 1944-5 production goals for fish of 61,000,000lb., for rice of 40,000 acres, and for dried vine fruits of ...
Article : 67 wordsMELBOURNE, Wed.—In the latest RAAF casualty list Flt-Sgt P. T. Cameron, of Wivenhoe, near Burnie (T), is reported missing in air operations ...
Article : 27 wordsALLIED forces in Italy are continuing their northward advance despite opposition in the central and western sectors. ON the Adriatic the Allies have ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 15 Jun 1944, Page 2
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