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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

848 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 29 of 43

Germany's War Secrets Tracked Down

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. — Germany's inner war secrets, including plans for missiles with 3000 miles range, also atomic bomb research, were…

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Judges To Gather Evidence Of Jap War Crimes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Judge Kirby, of the New South Wales District Court, who has been appointed to the Australian War Crimes…

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Charge Against Former Soldier

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Richard Percy Widdop, formerly A.I.F., was charged before a court-martial to-day, with having escaped from a…

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Glen Innes Soldier In Borneo Action

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 3

LCPL Laurie Dawson, of Glen Innes, is seen in action on the edge of Bomber Dispersal Bay at Labuan (Borneo) airstrip. He is ready for the Japs; this was before the enemy's surrender.—…

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Boy and Girl Wounded

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Tues.—Following an altercation in which four children were involved, the eldest of whom was aged 11, a boy aged 10…

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Must Speed Up War on Rats

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.—A warning that typhus might become epidemic unless people speeded up the war on rats which are…

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Soldiers Discuss Home News And Repatriation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 2

Capt. Stuart C. Graham, a well-known Clarence man, recently stated his views on repatriation in a letter to his…

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Allocation For Soldier Settlement

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, announced to-day that the Commonwealth Government had agreed to…

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War Criminals to Stand Trial

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.-- The first list of major war criminals who will be tried, by the International Military Tribunal was officially released to-day. The list includes Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, Ley,…

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Post-War Wailing Sirens For Sharks

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1945 · page 3

What are we going to do with our air-raid sirens? Several shire councils and other bodies on the North Coast have suggested that they be used as shark alarms. The Department of Local Government appears to favor the…

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Stamps To Mark End Of War

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Designs for a special issue of Australian stamps—2½d, 3½d and 5½d—to commemorate the end of the war…

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American War Losses

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Mon.--United States war losses in Europe and the Pacific total 252,885 killed, 651,218 wounded, 43,969 missing…

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Suspected War Criminals

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Mon.--Quoting a high-ranking American military spokesman, Luxemburg radio said that between 50,000 and…

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Fundamental Cause Of War

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 3

TOKIO, Mon.--The Nippon "Times" in a leader, said the world upheaval, whose fundamental cause was the Allied…

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Talkies Saraton.--"sunday Dinner for a Soldier."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 5

To-night at the Saraton Theatre, the delightful domestic comedy. "Sunday Dinner for a Soldier." will commence its season. Anne Baxter, John Hodiak and…

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Soldier on Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--At the Central Criminal Court to-day Pte. Francis Walls, 46, A.M.F., pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering…

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Soldier's Complaint About Food At Detention Camp

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Maggots in the stew was the theme of a complaint made to a court-martial to-day, by a discharged soldier, Leslie…

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Maclean Patriotic and War Emergency Fund

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 4

At the regular monthly meeting of the Maclean Patriotic and War Emergency Fund, the chairman, Aid Conroy, referred to the…

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Plans For Boxing After The War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Plans for boxing in the post-war period were discussed at a conference of stadium managers from other…

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Britain's War Pigeons And Their Last Flight

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 1

Pigeons proved their usefulness as messenger carriers in this war no less than the last. Many birds accompanied the British Liberation Army to Berlin, where they were released to fly home to their bases. They carried special messages to towns in France,…

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