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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

912 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 28 of 46

Two Young Soldiers Fined £10 Each For Theft At Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 1

Two young soldiers, A.W.L. from the A.I.F.. were fined £ 10 each for theft, by Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Missing Years Now Reported Killed In Action

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. R. Greenstreet, of Myrtle Creek, have received word that their youngest son, Neil, reported missing 212 years…

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War Factories And Their Effect On Private Enterprise

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--Supporting the Prime Minister's statement of policy on the relationship of private enterprise to the…

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Churchill Gives Good Report in Reviewing War Position

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.--"I have, on the whole, a good report to make. On every battlefront in the world the German and Japanese armies are recoiling," said Mr. Churchill in the House of Commons to-day, reviewing the war position…

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Cowper-brushgrove War Agricultural Committee

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 2

The annual meeting of Cowper War Agricultural Committee was held at Mr A. J. Bailey's residence, with a good attendance of members…

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Rotary's Part In Organising A War-Scarred World

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 3

The significance of the Rotary badge formed the subject of an address to members of the Grafton Rotary Club last week by Mr. A. W. Clark…

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Sick And Wounded Evacuated From Enemy-Held Territory

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 5

KANDY (Colombo), Fri.--One of the most daring aerial operations of the Burma campaign was completed with the…

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Hint That Russia May Assist In War Against Jap

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The possibility that Russia may assist in the war against Japan when Germany was defeated was hinted at…

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Soldiers Penalised By Ruling Of Potato Committee

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Fri.--A ruling by the Australian Potato Committee that only those trading in potatoes in their own right as…

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Against Use Of Western Lands For Soldier Settlement

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.--The election of an executive for the Farmers and Settlers' Assn for the ensuing year included Mr. A. E. Budd…

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War Cemetery at Port Moresby

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 3

Somewhere in New Guinea. Sun.--More than two years after the first Australian soldier killed in the Papuan campaign was…

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War in Europe in Final Phase

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sat.--Every day it is becoming more evident the war has entered the final phase, at least in Europe, says the "New…

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Many Australian War Prisoners In Coal Mines

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun.--Probably 20,000 war prisoners, including many Australians, were engaged in forced labor in the…

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Heavy Raids on War Plants in Germany

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.--It was officially announced that for the second successive day over 1100 Fortresses and Liberators…

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Armed Soldiers And Police Search For Escapee P.O.W.

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--An undisclosed number of prisoners of war escaped from a prisoner of war camp near Cowra at 2…

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Building Society Prepares for Post-war Expansion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 August 1944 · page 2

At the annual meeting of Grafton and South Grafton Co-operative Building Society last night it was pointed out that plans were before the…

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Comforts Dispatched To Soldiers By Clarence Centres

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 August 1944 · page 4

The comforts committee of the C.R.D. Patriotic and War Fund announces that the following Comforts were packed and despatched to the Australian…

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PO L. Hinton Killed In Action

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 August 1944 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOR, Tues--News that another old student of Coff's Harbor High School had paid the supreme sacrifice was received…

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No Discussion Yet About Lend-Lease After The War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 August 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.--The Customs Minister, Senator Keane. to-day declared that so far as Australia was concerned no…

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Minister Gives Details Of Post-War Plans

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--Plans of the Commonwealth Government for the post-war reconstruction of Australia will…

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