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		HMAS Cowra (J-351/M-351), named for the town of Cowra in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Balmain in New South Wales on 12 August 1942, launched on 27 May 1943 by Mrs.
		HMAS Kiama (J-353/M-353), named for the town of Kiama on the south coast of New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 3 July 1943 by Mrs.
		HMAS Cootamundra (J-316/M-186), named for the town of Cootamundra in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Sydney in New South Wales on 26 February 1942, launched on 3 December 1942 by Lady Davidson, wife of the general manager of the Bank of New South Wales..
	encycl.opentopia.com /H/HM/HMA (10584 words)

	A Brief History of the KGV Class Battleship
		For example, the HMS: Duke of York would be vital in the famous sinking of the Scharnhorst during the battle of the North Cape in 1943.
		The Prince of Wales engaged the Bismarck but was damaged itself and was forced to withdraw, but not before scoring several successful hits.
		Shortly afterward the HMS: Hood and the HMS: Prince of Wales fell under fire from the Bismarck.
	kgv.itgo.com /custom.html (10584 words)

	HMAS Cowra - TheBestLinks.com - August 12, December 4, February 20, Japan, ...
		HMAS Cowra (J-351/M-351), named for the town of Cowra in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Balmain in New South Wales on 12 August 1942, launched on 27 May 1943 by Mrs.
		HMAS Cowra paid off to reserve on 4 December 1946 but recommissioned on 20 February 1951 as a training ship for National Service ratings.
		She paid off on 26 June 1953, was sold to the Kinoshita Company in January 1962, towed to Japan along with HMAS Kapunda and HMAS Rockhampton in 1962 and broken up.
	www.thebestlinks.com /HMAS_Cowra.html (189 words)

	HMAS Junee - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Junee
		HMAS Junee (J-362/M-362), named for the town of Junee in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Balmain in New South Wales on 17 February 1943, launched on 16 November 1943 by Mrs.
		HMAS Junee paid off to reserve at Fremantle in Western Australia on 21 August 1957, and sold for scrap to Mr.
		Rosevear, wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and commissioned on 11 April 1944.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMAS-Junee.html (189 words)

	Ontario Regiment History
		The Regiment trained in England and, as part of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, landed in Sicily in July 1943 and in Italy in september 1943.
		In 1966, the Ontario Regiment recieved the Freedom ot the City of Oshawa and the Freedom of the County of Ontario.
		In 1980, the Ontarios acquired the Cougar Armoured Combat Vehicle and was redesignated a cougar regiment while retaining their reconnaissance role, although fiscal restraint compelled it to reduce Recce Squadron to a seven-car troop attached to Regimental Headquarters.
	webhome.idirect.com /~ianlaw/army/history.html (458 words)

	Amazon.com: P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Eighth Air Force (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 24): Books: Jerry Scutts
		By the early spring of 1943, three USAAF fighter groups - the 4th, 56th and 78th - were flying the P-47 Thunderbolt from bases in England.
		The arrival of the first P-47Cs in mid-1943 addressed the problem of the aircraft's short combat radius, as this model could be fitted with an external tank.
		Slowly, as combat tactics evolved in units like the 56th and 78th FGs, pilots learnt how best to fly the Thunderbolt in order to effectively counter the more nimble Luftwaffe fighters.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1855327295?v=glance (934 words)

	Ancestors of Charles Edward (Edwin) Brasington
		Charles married Doris Elena Stewart in 1943 in Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia.
		Marriage: Doris Elena Stewart 1943, Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia
		Born: 27 Aug 1885, Eden, New South Wales, Australia
	www.users.bigpond.com /elizabeth.white69/358a.htm (102 words)

	AIM25: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London: DILL, Field Marshal Sir John Greer (1881-1944)
		Four albums of photographs relating to Placentia Bay Conference, Newfoundland, Canada, Aug 1941, official visit to Canada, Aug-Sep 1943, and the Casablanca Conference, code name SYMBOL, Jan 1943, including the Prime Minister, Churchill, aboard HMS PRINCE OF WALES and aboard USS AUGUSTA 1941.
		Letters and notes relating to Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander-in-Chief India, including notes on operations in Greece, the defence of Egypt, Palestine and Crete, Sep 1941, and personal letter from Lt Gen Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command, regarding Prime Minister Churchill's negative attitude to Gen Wavell, May 1941.
		System of arrangement: Arranged in sections broadly as outlined in 'Scope and content'.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/21/3089.htm (487 words)

	Thorndell Descendents, 1599-1999 - desc22 - Generated by Ancestral Quest
		She died about Mar 1943 in, Tonypandy, Glamorgan, Wales.
		William THORNELL was born 1927 in,, of Glamorgan, Wales.
		Myrtle was born 27 Mar 1912 in, Llwynypia, Glamorgan, Wales.
	members.aol.com /davethornl/thorndell/desc22.htm (695 words)

	Australia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Australia
		In western Queensland and New South Wales, rivers flooded farmland, destroyed crops, including more than a million tonnes of wheat, and isolated towns and homesteads.
		In 1943 the 9th Division, which had remained in the Middle East and had assisted in checking the German advance into Egypt, had been recalled to join the fighting in New Guinea and the nearby islands.
		A new trade agreement between the two countries in 1957 had safeguarded the preferences laid down by the Ottawa agreements of 1932, and many Australians considered that British membership of the EEC would imperil Australia's economy and entail the dissolution of the British Commonwealth.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Australia (5244 words)

	Legacy Report
		Herbert was born in 1874 in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1943 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 69.
		Amy was born on 31 Jan 1881 in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, died on 20 Aug 1961 in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 80, and was buried on 21 Aug 1961 in Church Of England Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
		Evelyn was born in 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 78.
	www.geocities.com /bladefamily2000 (5244 words)

	Legacy Report
		Herbert was born in 1874 in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1943 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 69.
		Evelyn was born in 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 78.
		Thomas was born in 1881 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1933 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 52.
	www.geocities.com /bladefamily2000 (6586 words)

	Legacy Report
		Herbert was born in 1874 in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1943 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 69.
		Amy was born on 31 Jan 1881 in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, died on 20 Aug 1961 in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 80, and was buried on 21 Aug 1961 in Church Of England Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
		Evelyn was born in 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 78.
	www.geocities.com /bladefamily2000 (6586 words)

	Llandybie (Llandebie), Carmarthenshire (Dyfed), Wales, UK
		Brammallite, recorded as a new mineral in 1943, is named after Dr Alfred Brammall, formerly of the Department of Geology at Imperial College of Science & Technology, London.
		Llandybie (Llandebie), Carmarthenshire (Dyfed), Wales, UK Main Menu
	www.mindat.org /loc-10180.html (6586 words)

	Ireland's Own
		MacLysaght, who became the first Chief Herald of Ireland in 1943 and head of the Genealogical Office in Dublin, was not the first to publish a major study of Irish surnames, though he is acknowledged as the most authoritative.
		The arrival of the AngloNormans introduced a whole new set of family names, many from their place or origin in Normandy, France, while others were acquired after their ancestors had settled in England and Wales, a century before coming to Ireland.
		These come from all parts of Ireland and everywhere the Irish and their descendants are to be found across the globe and for whom Ireland's Own is an important link with the homeland.
	www.finnvalley.ie /irelandsown/names/names.html (6586 words)

	Welcome to the University of Wales Swansea Website
		Mitra, Ashok (1989) "Famine of 1943 in Vikrampur, Dacca" Economic and Political
		Distress in Chhindwara and Chhattisgarh; famine in Jabalpur.
		1919-21 Distress and (undeclared) famine in 1920 in all districts.
	www.swan.ac.uk /cds/devres/pubs/pid9.htm (5201 words)

	Legacy Report
		Herbert was born in 1874 in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1943 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 69.
		Evelyn was born in 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 78.
		Thomas was born in 1881 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1933 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 52.
	www.geocities.com /bladefamily2000 (6586 words)

	Legacy Report
		Herbert was born in 1874 in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1943 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 69.
		Evelyn was born in 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 78.
		Amy was born on 31 Jan 1881 in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, died on 20 Aug 1961 in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 80, and was buried on 21 Aug 1961 in Church Of England Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
	www.geocities.com /bladefamily2000 (6586 words)

	Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page
		Elected to the House of Representatives for Cowper, New South Wales, in general elections 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 (unopposed), 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946,1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 (unopposed), 1958.
		Born in Grafton, New South Wales in 1880, he was blunt, shrewd and earthy, as befitted a country man. He was also as sophisticated, ruthless and opportunistic as any other politician of his era.
		During the next 12 years he began to take an interest in state politics, especially in the move to create a separate state in northern New South Wales, and to invest in farming and grazing properties.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5557/page.html (1358 words)

	Legacy Report
		Herbert was born in 1874 in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1943 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 69.
		Amy was born on 31 Jan 1881 in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, died on 20 Aug 1961 in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 80, and was buried on 21 Aug 1961 in Church Of England Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
		Evelyn was born in 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 78.
	www.geocities.com /bladefamily2000 (1358 words)

	Crash of a Kittyhawk at Bankstown Airfield, New South Wales on 22 October 1943
		Kittyhawk A29-94, #41-25176, was involved in a crash at Bankstown airfield, in New South Wales on 22 October 1943.
		Crash of a Kittyhawk at Bankstown Airfield, New South Wales on 22 October 1943
		This P-40 was delivered in May 1942 and taken on strength with 76 Squadron in late June 1942 and served with that Squadron at Milne Bay in New Guinea during August and September 1942.
	home.st.net.au /~pdunn/ozcrashes/nsw143.htm (134 words)

	Crowe
		31 May 1943, Pembroke Dock, West Wales; m.
		CATHERINE ROSE PENDREY, 02 Dec 1919, Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland (Source: Marriage solemnized at Clones Church in the Parish of Clones in Co. Monaghan.); b.
		15 Nov 1898, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (Source: Certificate of Birth.
	www.msyoung.org /crowe.htm (244 words)

	Encyclopedia entries starting with HMA
		HMAS Shoalhaven (K-535/M-535/F-535), named for the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, was a Bay class frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland on 18 December 1943, launched on 14 December 1944 by Senator Dorothy Tangney and commissioned at Urangan Jetty in Hervey Bay in Qu..
		HMAS Cootamundra (J-316/M-186), named for the town of Cootamundra in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Sydney in New South Wales on 26 February 1942, launched on 3 December 1942 by Lady Davidson, wife of the general manager of the Bank of New South Wales..
		She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 July 1952, launched on 27 October 1956 and commissioned on 23 June 1959.
	encycl.opentopia.com /H/HM/HMA (10584 words)

	HMS KGV
		The HMS Duke of York was the major contributor in the sinking of the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst in December 1943.
		The HMS Prince of Wales and HMS King George V were instrumental in the search for and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941.
		From the North Atlantic to the North Sea to the South China Sea the ships of the HMS King George V class did their duty for the Royal Navy.
	www.swampworks.com /Kits-KGV.html (10584 words)

	The Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse: Personal Accounts, by Alan Matthews
		Prince of Wales was steaming at 25 knots when 9 Bettys appeared low on her port bow, in a moment they released their torpedoes.
		Soon after lookouts onboard Prince of Wales reported three sightings of Japanese aircraft, Philips now realised the element of surprise was lost, and as dusk fell he contemplated what course of action to pursue.
		Though, whilst making their way to Britain, he was drafted on to the warship, HMS Gambia, not returning home until July 1943.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/personal/pow_repulse.htm (10584 words)

	Dartmoor Ponies
		Despite the difficult times there were some bright moments for the breed during the war years with the arrivals of Jude (1941), Quennie XX (1943), John and Linnet (1944) and Jenny VII, Betty XXI, Chymes and Honeybags (1945), all destined to play their part in putting the breed back on its feet again.
		The Leat, another champion, this time bred by the Prince of Wales at his Ducy Stud at Tor Royal near Princetown.
		Brand New Chapters: The new sections on horse management, training, and equipment explain the basics of the proper care of the horse.
	www.furrycritter.com /resources/horses/Dartmoor_Ponies.htm (10584 words)

	41 Heavy Wireless Station, Hay, New South Wales, during WW2
		In November, 1991, I spent a few days in Hay - the first time since 1943-44 - and saw the grounds where we used to be, now back to dry grass land and only marked by a plaque that recorded it as a POW site, and a memory to the 'Dunera Boys'.
		Hay WT Unit owed its origin to a decision that the POW camp should have wireless communication as well as phone links.
		The Hay outpost of 41 Heavy Wireless Unit was a tantalising and difficult unit to track.
	www.ozatwar.com /sigint/41heavywireless.htm (4486 words)

	Barry and Evans Family
		Ronald Royal BARRY was born on 2 August 1918 in Sydney, New South Wales, and died on 16 February 1943 in Hospital, in Sydney, New South Wales, and is buried in the Rookwood Cemetery at Auburn, New South Wales.
		George Francis BARRY was born on 7 January 1917 in Sydney, New South Wales, and died on 31 August 1983 in Gorokon, New South Wales, and is buried in the Ourimbah Cemetery.
		Arthur died on 6 April 1984 in Earlwood, New South Wales, and was buried in the Sutherland Cemetery.
	cmahoney.orcon.net.nz /Australia/Barry.htm (1043 words)

	IMDb title search for "Ireland"
		Let Loose Live in Ireland (2003) (V) The Mayor from Ireland (1912)
		Billy Connolly World Tour of Ireland, Wales and England (2002) (TV)
		Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991) (TV)
	www.imdb.com /Title?Ireland (1043 words)

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