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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Welcome Home Party At Ulong

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 2

One of the largest crowds seen in the hall at Ulong for some time was present when a welcome home was tendered to Cpls. Doug…

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Wounded Man Leaves Hospital

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--Miles McKeon, who was shot in an underworld gun affray on Monday, walked out of St. Vincent's…

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War's Scientific Developments

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri.--The radio proximity fuse was second only to the atomic bomb, among the war's greatest scientific…

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Australian Arrested As War Criminal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri.--The Australian, John Holland, who has been arrested as a war criminal, is charged with having made…

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World War Two Is Official Name

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri.--According to the New York "Sun" a current issue of the Federal Register of the United States…

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No Disagreement On War Criminal Trials

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.--A denial that there was any disagreement between the four Governments on any questions concerning the trial…

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Atom Bomb Helped Convince Japs War Was Over

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri.--General Lemay, who returned from the Pacific theatre in one of the three Super-Fortresses which this week…

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Bellingen Soldier On Visit To Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri.--"So this is Tokio. Boy, what a place." I stopped and turned in Ginza Machee, Tokio's main street to-day, when I heard the unmistakable voice, and there gaping at the peacetime scene all round them were three youths, in…

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Bomber Crew Members Killed During War

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 September 1945 · page 3

RHODESIA, Sun--Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Harris said it was estimated that 50,000 British bomber crew members were…

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Returned Men Welcome Driver Barnier

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1945 · page 2

At last night's monthly meeting of the Grafton Sub-Branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A, a cordial welcome was extended to Driver C…

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Returned Soldiers Discuss Building

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1945 · page 2

At a meeting of the Grafton sub-branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A., held at the Soldiers' Clubrom last night, a letter was…

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Welcome Home!

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 3

From jungle, swamp and sea they come, These guardians of our mighty land, From burning sands and German skies, These men, whom none could long withstand,…

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Five Returned Men Welcomed At Yamba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 2

A guard of honor was formed in the Yamba Literary Institute Hall when Mr. R. Thompson escorted five returned servicemen…

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Children Trained For Civil War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 4

Poisoning the minds of young Australians is (writes the Secretary of the Sane Democracy League) one of the regular…

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British Science Advanced In War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 2

Now that hostilities in Europe are over, it is possible to give outline, at least, of some of the scientific work which has been…

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German Liner As Prize of War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues --Manned by a Navy prize crew the liner Europa, pride of the German merchant marine, arrived here…

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U.S. War Property To Be Sold

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--The United States State Department is undertaking the disposal of immense quantities of American…

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Emperor Expected War Would Be Declared in Formal Manner

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues.--Emperor Hirohito blames General Tojo for Pearl Harbour. This revealed in an exclusive interview with the Emperor published in the New York "Times," in which Hirohito is quoted as…

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These Prisoners Of War Include Northern N.S. W. Men

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 4

Members of the 2nd 20th and 2nd 18th Battalions and signallers of the 8th Division, all of whom were captured in Singapore, were among the prisoners released. Reading from left to right: Back row: Pte. C. Pearce, of Peal Hill, New South Wales; Pte. G. Pollock, Balmain, Sydney; Pte. S. J. Sutton, Tamworth; Cpl. Gil Borrowdale, Nowra. Second row: Pte. Jeff McDonald, North Sydney;…

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Detention Of War Bride Who Stowed Away

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Wed.--Protesting against the detention of Mrs. Marjory Weyland, Australian war bride, who stowed away on…

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