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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

848 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 43

Approach Of War Felt By Berliners

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.--The approach of the war front can be felt daily, stated the German news agency in a description of life in Berlin. Keypoints in the city's outer defence ring are being prepared…

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Grim Post-war Job

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sun.—One of our first tasks after victory is won must be, in a spirit of stern, relentless justice, to liquidate the…

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Soldiers Mutiny On German Ship

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.—Mutiny broke out among German troops on a transport in Aarhus harbor, according to the Spanish Press…

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Dog "Handshake" For Soldier

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 1

Many dog mascots are with the Allied Armies on the western front. This American sergeant "shakes hands" with his pet at the door of his dugout in the snow in Belgium. The sergeant has been away fighting, and the dog patiently a waited his return.—U.S, Office of War Information radiophoto…

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War Unpopular In Japan

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.--Japan has begun to taste the bitterness of defeat, arid the realisation of enemy superiority is having its…

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More Pay For War Prisoners

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.--The Minister for Labor, Mr. Holloway, said he was preparing a recommendation for Cabinet on rates of…

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A.W.U. Opposes Soldiers' Preference

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Mon.--The Federal Convention of the Australian Workers' Union to-day unanimously voted against preference…

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Surgeon Saves Life Of Soldier Under Difficulties

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 1

BOUGAINVILLE, Mon.--The wounded soldier down from the savagery of Tsimba Ridge, reached A.D.S. at 10 p.m. His…

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A.C.T.U. Opposes Soldier Preference

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—A special Federal conference of the Labor Party is being sought by some members of the organisation to…

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Post-War Work For 5000 Men

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednes.—The Premier, Mr. Dunstan, announced to-day that the Victorian railways initial post-war works would…

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Post-War Works Programme Is Being Prepared

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.—Detailed planning of national works costing approximately £193,000 to Commence immediately the war…

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Soldier Battered To Death

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.—Clad only in a singlet arid wearing military boots, the body of LCpl. Jack Edward Lloyd (25)…

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Murder Charge Against Soldier

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Charged in the City Court to-day, with having murdered Jack Edward Lloyd, of Balcombe, on or about…

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War Criminals Banned In Argentine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 1

BUENOS AYRES, Fri.—Lord Vansittart's speech in the House of Lords on Wednesday, when be criticised the Argentine, is…

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Optimistic View About War By Prime Minister

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.—The War Cabinet, to-day decided that until Australia has completed commitments entered into for the conduct…

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Wounded American Soldier Elected to Parliament

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 1

Wounded soldiers in a U.S. Army hospital congratulate Sergeant Jack McMillion (second front left) on his election, to the legislature of the western U.S. State of Colorado. Shown holding the notification of his election, Sergeant McMillion lost his right leg in the battle for the Anzio beachhead in Italy and has received three U.S. decorations. He will be honorably discharged from the…

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War Artist Dies In Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.—After a long illness Mr. Harold Herbert, a war artist and Australia's leading water color artist, died at his…

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America's New War Devices

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.—Tokio radio says a new American device is used in the Pacific, enabling a person to see in the dark…

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War Gratuities Committee's Plans

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.—Further consideration to the proposals for war gratuities to ex-service men and women were made by…

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U.S. Navy Wounded Flown Home

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 1

Under the watchful eyes of a U.S. Navy nurse, a wounded sailor is removed from a Navy Air Transport Service plane at an airfied in the U.S., after having beta flown therefrom a distant battlefront. Navy physicians have discovered that a speedy plane ride…

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