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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Mr. Green's War Bombed Thirty Two Times

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON: Mr. T. J. Green, draper and furnisher, of Old Kent Road, was sitting at his desk surrounded by forms and looking miserable. A draught blew in through the holes and broken windows of his blitzed shop. All these forms," he said, "are…

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The Home Front Manning of War Plants

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON Monday: A recommendation that some control over those physically disqualified for military…

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War Against Japan

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

WASHINGTON: Twenty-five Japanese planes were destroyed on the ground at Soochow, and American planes Were also over…

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Economic War Switzerland and Turkey

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON. Wednesday The Secretary of State, Mr. Stettinius, referring to the fact that Allied supplies to…

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From Everywhere War Loan

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

The Third Victory Loan of, £100 million will be launched or March 13. Liberal Parry Executive…

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Braidwood's Loss War on the Horses

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

The venture of the Braidwood rodeo committee in purchasing a bunch of horses for buckjumping events would not on the face of it…

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Federal Authorities Make War on Potato Moth

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 3

Officers from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, from Canberra, will make an inspection of potato crops in the Crookwell district next week. The principal object of their…

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POST - War Training Details of Training Scheme for the Services (Issued by Ministry of Post-war Reconstruction)

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

When the war ends, more than a million service men and women and war workers will need new jobs. They will want secure, congenial jobs. Australia has to provide these jobs, not only to reach the…

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Not Only a War But Revolution Bishop Burgmann on Problems That Lie Ahead

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

I would like to be able to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year, and so far as possibilities allow I do so, but all the facts of the present situation point to a difficult and troubled time, writes the…

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Broadcast Message From Prisoner of War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 4

Mx, and Mrs. E. Plews, of Gunning, have had tidings of their son, Sergt. Cecil Plews (A. I. F.), who has been a prisoner of war in…

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Air War Many Attacks on Germany

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: Over 1000 United States Flying Fortresses and Liberators, escorted by over 650 Mustangs…

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Mrs. “Will” Thomson Death of Esteemed Resident ,Great War Worker— “Queen of the Allies”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 1

With the death of Mrs. Mary Ellen Thomson, known to all old residents as Mrs. “Will” Thomson, there passed…

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Jobs for Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Government rehabilitation scheme for discharged servicemen was described to-day as "hopelessly…

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Land for Soldiers Yass R.S.L. Scheme Adopted by Graziers Meeting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 2

At a small but representative meeting of the Yass branch of the Graziers’ Association, held in the Memorial Hall Lounge…

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Soldiers’ Memorial & Literary Institute Secretary’s Good Work

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute was held on Friday evening last…

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U.S. Soldiers Hurdle Inland

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

Their guns ready for quick action U.S. soldiers hurdle a knocked-out Japanese pillbox as they dash inland to meet the enemy on Leyte Island in the Central Philippines. They are members of the 96th Infantry Division…

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Soldier Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

A soldier on leave from a northern battle front was drowned in front of his wife and eight-year-old son. He was Pte. Oliver Morell,…

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War Correspondent Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: William Henry Chickering, war correspondent of Time and Life magazines, was killed by enemy…

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Australia and the War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK. Wednesday: The "Chicago Tribune," in an editorial discussing Mr. Spender's complaint that General MacArthur's…

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Killed in Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

Lieut.-General Lumsden, a personal representative of Mr. Churchill, was killed on the bridge of an American warship. He had…

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