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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

525 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 27

War Bride Hopes For Reconciliation

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sun.—An Australian war bride from Cairns, the former war bride, Miss Edna Marshall, is hoping for…

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Welcome Home At Lower Lawrence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 4

A welcome home function to returned men of Lower Lawrence was commenced by the lads standing to attention on the stage…

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War Expenditure Exceeds Estimate

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Mon.—So far in this financial year Commonwealth war expenditure is well ahead of the Budget estimate…

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War Knight Awns in California

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

ARC ADA (Cal.), Mon.—War Knight won the 100,000 dollars mile and a quarter Santa Anita Handicap by a nose, from the…

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Returned Soldiers' League Speed-Up Of Crown Land Subdivision Urged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tuss.—At a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League at the Memorial Hall last night it was decided to ask the Lands Department to expedite the subdivision of Crown lands in the Coff's Harbour area in; view of the fact that…

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War Trial at Darwin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

DARWIN, Wed.—Denying that he had ill-treated Captain J. R. Cashman, of Victoria, when he was captured in Timor…

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Polish Soldiers Not for Australia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.—There was no confirmation in London of the Rome report that negotiations were proceeding in London for…

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Deervale Welcome Home

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 1

On Friday night last March 8, Mr. V. A. Baggott, ex R.A.A F., was given a Welcome Home by the local Patriotic Committee. Despite the…

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Twenty Men Given Welcome Home

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.—A social evening, arranged by the Welcome Home Committee, was held in the School of Arts last…

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May Wear Uniform On Anzac Day

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Ex-servicemen taking part in Processions on Anzac Day will be permitted to wear approved…

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War Agricultural Committee Closes

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 6

The Grafton District War Agricultural Committee is now officially out of existence, the office of the secretary. (Mr. V. A…

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Loan Popular with Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Support for Commonwealth loans by servicemen is not confined to those who are being…

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Used Spanish War to Train Fliers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Fri.—When civil war broke out in Spain General Franco asked Germany for support, particularly in the air, declared Marshal Goering giving evidence before the International War Crimes Tribunal…

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Graf ton Soldier Got 3 Months In Gestapo Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—He made only one attempt to escape from the Germans, and that got him three months in a Gestapo gaol…

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Welcome Home at Baryulgil

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 2

A large crowd gathered at the hall at Baryulgil to welcome home young men of the district who have received their…

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Two Jap War Criminals Hanged After Given Sedatives

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 3

RABAUL, Wed.—Two Jap war criminals were hanged this morning after receiving sedatives from a medical officer…

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War History Divulged at Trial British, Nazis at Secret Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.—Five of six British businessmen who took part in talks with Goering in Germany shortly before the outbreak of war with Germany, state the…

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Soldiers' Memorial General Public Criticised For Non-Attendance

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 2

AFTER the Mayor (Ald. J. C. O'Brien) had opened the Returned Soldiers' League Memorial Building Fund at a public meeting in the Graf ton Town Hall last night, the meeting adopted a motion that it adjourn until March 29 so that members of the…

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Japanese Officers To Die For Killing Indian Soldier

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 3

RABAUL, Wednesday.—Two Japanese officers, Captain Izumi and Lieut. Murai Koichi, were sentenced to death, and sentences were imposed on two Japanese N.C.O.'s to-day for the murder of an Indian soldier at Wewak last April…

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Welcome Home At Coutts' Crossing

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 6

Citizens of Coutts' Crossing ' and district recently entertained the returned servicemen at a welcome home social and…

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