Portraits of Great Allied War Leaders
KING GEORGE VI. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. QUEEN ELIZABETH…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
848 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 43
Prisoner Of War For Four Years
Pte. W. L. Darey, a prisoner of war for four years in Germany, was welcomed by the Welcome Home Committee…
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Pte. R. ("Dick") Brewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brewis, of Coff's Harbour, who was a prisoner of war in Germany for…
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At the beginning of the war the Japanese military machine was an almost perfect offensive unit. For years the Jap had been trained in offense. His whole movement was based on advance or die, and inasmuch as he had been convinced by these teachings…
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Mrs. G. B. Mawhinney of Ulmarra, was informed by the Minister of the Army, yesterday that on interrogation of a forrier…
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On Saturday. August 4, a welcome home social at Whiteman Creek was tendered to two R.A.A.F. men home on leave…
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Ptes. A. J. Ulrick, Ron. Pattemore and W. Boorman, repatriated prisoners of war, were guests at afternoon tea provided by ladies of the Ulmarra Red Cross branch at the School of Arts social room on Thursday afternoon…
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Mr. and Mrs. G. Payne, of 93 Fry street, Grafton, have been informed by the Minister for the Army that their son, Private K…
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Five men from the Ulmarra district were welcomed home by a gathering sponsored by the R.S.L. at the Masonic Hall,…
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To-day (Monday) was full of expectations of the great naval occasions to come, but the war up here still goes on. Our carrier planes attacked Japan again this morning, and Japanese reconnaissance bombers have been over the Third Fleet. Two of these…
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NEW YORK. Mon.--Both the radio and news agencies gave prominence to Dr. Evatt's statement that Australia regards…
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Mr. A. E. Yarra was fare welled by the staffs of the "Examiner" prior to his departure this week for…
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CANBERRA, Tues.—On May 31 last there were still 79,000 men and women employed in factories throughout the…
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FRANKFURT, Tuesday.—Von Papen, Von Ribbentrop, Goering, General Jodl, General Keitel, Ley, Streicher and Rosenburg were…
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PERTH, Tues.—One of the first steps in the Government's plan for the transition from war to peace–time basis would be…
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PERTH, Tues.—The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) said to–night that the cessation of hostilities would mean that…
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MADRID, Wed.--The Spanish Government has decreed that the Spanish flag shall be flown from official buildings throughout…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.-- R.A.N. casualties during the war total 2948, including 122 killed, 41 died of wounds, 1164 missing presumed…
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CANBERRA, Wed.--The code word "Neon" was the signal to the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, that the war was officially ended…
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Pte. Neil Wallace, a Maclean member of the A.L.F., recently returned to Australia after spending four years in Nazi prisoner of war camps in Austria. Pte. Wallace was released by Russian troops. With him were Pte. Sid Young, of Chatsworth Island,…
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