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

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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War Position and Wool Sheep Losses — Drought and Flies

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The importance of production at woollen mills in Great Britain is shown by an announcement that…

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Delegate’s Report on Prisoner of War Camps in Korea

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 4

Reports on the Chosen P.O.W. camps have reached the Australian Red Cross Headquarters from Geneva. Two camps in the group, the…

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“Salute to Valour” Yass and District Patriotic and War Fund Campaign

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 2

The committee of the above Fund are making an appeal for cash donations in support of the “Salute to Valour”…

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Cost of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 2

LONDON,. Friday: The Port of Rotterdam will need £50,000,000 for repairs, says Reuters correspondent in Rotterdam. He says the…

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Wild Scenes on Guernsey When 30 British Soldiers Take Over the Island

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: The Channel Islands had been liberated, and the German garrisons on Crete and Malos surrendered at midnight on Wednesday. Scenes of almost indescribable joy were witnessed on…

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Australia's Share in War-Winning Scheme

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: Australia provided 35,000 fully-trained air crews under the Empire Air Scheme. Revealing this in a message to the Secretary for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Australian Minister for Air…

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After the War Government and Employment

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Commonwealth Government's White Paper on employment expresses the hope that sufficient support will be…

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War and Its Effect on Children of a Nation

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 1

At the High School celebration on Tuesday, the Deputy Headmaster, Mr. A. H. Pelham, made a deeply impressive statement of the effect of war on children. He asked pupils to think for a…

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Patriotic and War Fund “Salute to Valour” Art Union Money Urgently Wanted For Comforts Fund

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Yass and District Patriotic and War Fund was held in the Lesture Room, Soldiers'…

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Killed in Action Lt. C. Burke

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

The many friends of Lieut. Clarence Burke, of 308 Sloane Street, Goulburn, will regret to hear that he has been killed in…

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Soldier Shot Dead Duel With Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

ORANGE: A soldier was shot deed last night by a detective at whom he had previously fired. The soldier was Pte. Carl…

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Narrater Since Wounded

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 1

SINCE giving this account of the tank action on Bougainville Tpr. Parker has been…

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War Facts

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 4

Meat production in Australia this year will probably be 965,000 tons, a fall of 70,000 tons compared with 1944…

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The U-boat War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON; Tuesday: About 550 large U-boats were sunk during the war, according to London naval circles…

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Goering on the List For War Crimes

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: In November, 1944 Gering's name was placed on the War Crimes…

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Pact At An End "Unfortunate" Turn in the War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK: Tokyo radio says the Japanese Cabinet has announced that it has voted for the abrogation of…

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The King Had a Rifle Parliament Marks End of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The King used to practise with his rifle and tommy-gun in the gardens of Buckingham Palace…

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Returned Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 2

Returned men are reminded that a general meeting will be held in the Club Rooms, Market Street, on Thursday night. On…

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Fifteen Hundred Toy Soldiers Changed Winston Churchill's Prospects

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 2

Whilst all of us are familiar with the events in the life of Winston Churchill over the past five years, few may be aware of the highlights of his career as a school boy and young man, which are here recorded--a…

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Killed in Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. J. Eirth, of 80 Grafton Street, have received word that their son, Pte. Reg Eirth, 9th Division, has been…

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