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Article : 86 wordsCANBERRA, Sun: Arrangements for paying the increases in pay and allowances to members of the forces and their dependants would be begun ...
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Article : 191 wordsOne of the most hair-raising escapes of the war is told in a letter written from a German prison by a squadron leader who was in a ...
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Article : 61 wordsFor the first time in Victoria close co-operation was established between VDC and ARP workers at Malvern on Saturday, when one sector of ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 17 Aug 1942, Page 3
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