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Article : 66 wordsArmy headquarters announced to-day that a small number of Australians may be among the sick and wounded prisoners of war whose ...
Article : 107 words"I know there is a great deal of curiosity in Britain about the second front but that curiosity does not compare with that of the German High ...
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Article : 69 wordsFive tanks were loaded aboard a train here to start the journey to Australia, inscribed "To MacArthur from the citizens of Schenectady." ...
Article : 74 wordsThe death occurred to-day of Mr. Kingsley Anketell Henderson, C.M.G., chairman of directors of "The Argus." The late Mr. Henderson, who was ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tue 7 Apr 1942, Page 1
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