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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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British War Dead Honoured

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 2

New British war cemeteries, like the old, are being reverently tended by ex-servicemen gardeners. In liberated Europe they had already begun their duties as November 11 was honoured throughout the British Commonwealth and Empire as a day of…

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Bellinger Soldiers Receive Medals

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 2

Official intimation has been received that two Bellinger River soldiers have been awarded the Military Medal. They…

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Charge Against Soldier Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.-- John Joseph Payne, a recently discharged soldier with five years and seven months' service,…

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Trial Of Major War Criminals

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.--The trial of major German war criminals is expected to commence to-morrow, as planned, says Reuter's Nuremberg correspondent…

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Arrest Of Jap War Leaders

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

TOKIO, Mon.-- General MacArthur has ordered the arrest of 11 Japanese war leaders, comprising militarists most prominently associated with the…

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Superintendent's Speech N.S.W. Railways' War Record

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 4

"Since the outbreak of war with Japan and up to V. P. Day the North Coast section of single line of railways conveyed approximately 42,033 trains, carried 5,059,424 passengers. hauled 18,416,959 tons and employed 101,220 engines."…

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Benefits From War-time Research

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.-- Wartime research is now benefiting Australian public health, the Acting Minister for Health, Senator…

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Suspended Destruction Of German War Material

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--The United States Army suddenly suspended the destruction of German war materials, says the American…

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Bringing War Under Control

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed.--He was not pessimistic about the outcome of efforts to bring war under control, and he was…

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Warned Japs Might Start War with Surprise Attack

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed: -- The former Secretary for the Navy, in a letter to the Secretary of War, Mr. Stimson, in January…

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Department of the Treasury (Defence Division) Victoria Barracks, Melbourne War Gratuity Act 1945

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 3

Applications for War Gratuity are invited from persons entitled under the War Gratuity Act 1945. HOW TO OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS Application forms are obtainable as under:—…

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Bellingen Soldier Returns Home

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

One of the last Bellingen boys to return from Jap prison camps is Pte. Frederick Thomas Rose. Pte. Rose was taken…

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Jap Soldiers Return Home

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1945 · page 1

ABOVE: A demobilised Japanese soldier (left, foreground) still wears his uniform as he helps harvest rice…

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Order To Japs Must Tax Away War Profits

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 1

TOKIO, Sunday.--In the most strongly worded directive thus far issued, General MacArthur has ordered the Japanese Gov ment to tax away war profits of all Japanese firms and individuals, and to impose a capital levy ranging to 70 per cent. on corporate…

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Welcome Home At Karangi

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 5

Karangi and district residents gave a welcome home to seven of their returned personnel. There was a large gathering,…

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Programme Aids Wounded U.S. Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 3

At the U.S. Army's Halloran General Hospital in New York City a soldier-patient reads a magazine while seated in the whirlpool tub. The action of the water, agitated by an electric current, stimulates the blood circulation of his legs and helps restore…

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American Way--Civilian Stoves Three Days After War Ends

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 1

In sharp contrast to Australia's post-war slackness the United States got straight into large-scale production three days after President Truman announced the end of war with Japan. Picture shows employees of Cribbon and Sexton Company factory in…

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Soldier Acquitted

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--A young Queensland soldier, Jack Cartwright, 20, of Southport, was to-day acquitted on a charge of rape…

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The Soldier

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 4

(This poem was written by Kathleen Barnier, 13, of Great Marlow, when she was only 10 years of age. Kathleen has been…

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Fernbrook News Welcome Home to Dvr. Lindsay Sawtell

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 1

Fernbrook Hall was packed to capacity recently, when the district gathered to welcome another gallant Fernbrook lad in the…

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