SWPA.—"The last climb of 50 feet up to the Jans in their mountain fastness took us half an hour. Our native boys bru[?]d twigs from under our feet, moved vines from our weapons, and held us steady and silent. At three yards we opened fire. Only four of the Nips escaped." Here is the story of a daring fighting sortie by a platoon of the Sixth AIF Division, as told by the leader to L. O'Dwyer, war correspondent in N.E. New Guinea. ...
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Article : 126 wordsLONDON.—Seventy-one AIF men are stall unaccounted for in Germany Occupied enemy territory will be scarched to find them or determine their fate, writes a newspaper correspondent. At least seven Australians have ...
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Article : 193 wordsMAPRIK.—"My dear friend—I hope to see you again. (Signed) Japanese military infantry officer." This note, left by the fleeing Japanese, was found nailed to a native but by a company of the Sixth Division as they stormed an enemy position on one of the innumerable mountain knolls ...
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Article : 129 wordsLONDON.—George Bernard Shaw claims that Parliament should have an equal number of men and woman. Great Britain can vote any way it likes, but Shaw has his own ideas of elections, and they are very individual "I really cannot pretend to take any interest in them," says Shaw. "As ...
Article : 468 wordsLONDON.—Angered at the sight of Union Jacks on cars of a Hadfield-Spears mobile hospital unit, which participated in a French forces parade ...
Article : 140 wordsLONDON.—The first Moscow-Berlin luxury express steamed out from the Soviet capital on Monday on a 1200-mile three-day run. The service will ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Fri 29 Jun 1945, Page 3
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