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

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Submarine War Japs. Tried to Join Nazis WASHINGTON. Wednesday

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: For the first time, news that Japanese submarines had attempted to join the…

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Doenitz and Goering War Prisoners Shaef Replies to Criticism London, Thursday

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Not only Admiral Doenitz and Goering, but Generals kesselring and…

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Island War Advances in Tarakan

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 3

MANILA. Friday: Australian troops, pushing down the Amal River on Tarakan, are now less than a mile from the east coast of…

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Prisoners of War in Japanese Camps

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA: It is understood that negotiations have been opened between the Federal Government and the South-east Asia Command…

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Two Soldiers Killed Train Coincidence

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY: Two Australian soldiers were killed at different places by the same electric train last night—one at Central station…

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Wounded in Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 2

Mrs. Holland, of Cowper Street, has received word that her son. Pte. W. C. Holland has been wounded in action…

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War’s End and Wool Vast European Needs

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The termination of the war in Europe will result in marked changes in the use of wool in the…

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War in Pacific Australians Continue To Mop Up in Tarakan

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 3

MANILA, Monday: Australian and N.E.I. troops continue to receive air and naval support as they go on with their mopping up operations on Tarakan…

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Killed in Action Flt.-Lieut. Frank Sismey

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

Flight-Lieut. Francis (Frank) Leonard Sismey was killed during operations from the…

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War Chiefs Tribute Paid by Mr. Makin

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Director-General of Munitions. Mr. Essington Lewis, and many other high executives will be released from their positions on…

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A.t.c. Will Serve R.a.a.f. As Post War Feeder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA: The Air Training Corps will continue after the war to cater for the needs of the R.A.A.F. a school military cadets serve the…

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Club Social And Welcome Home To Ex-servicemen

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 5

On May 11th, in the School of Arts Hall, the Friendly Societies' Club held a most enjoyable social with which…

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The War Prophesy of M. Mandel

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

M. Georges Mandel, the martyred French minister, wrote in his diary in prison in Germany: "The autumn of 1945 will see the end of the…

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War Criminals 29 Sentenced to Death in Rumania

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Twenty-nine war criminals have been sentenced to deaths by the Rumanian People's Court and another eight…

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Soldiers and Land Settlement State Is Waiting on Federal Government

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

A meeting of a sub-committee of the State Cabinet at which were present the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, and the Minister for Conservation, Mr. Dunn, was held…

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Herbs for the Soldiers' Health

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 1

Herbs grown and dried by members of the C.W.A. during the past year were supplied to the Navy and Air Force…

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Air Training Corps Post-War Organisation

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

An announcement has been made by the Minister for Air that the A.T.C. will be continued as a post-war…

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Italian Prisoners of War Wages To Be Increased

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 4

On June 1 next new rates of pay will come into operation for Italian prisoners of war. War Cabinet has reviewed the existing rate of…

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“Salute T0 Valour” Yass and District Patriotic and War Fund Campaign

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 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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Britain and the Nazi Horror Camps Scientists "Share" in the Winning of the War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

I cannot remember when the English people were so deeply shocked as by the revelations now coming from Germany of maltreatment in concentration camps. Maybe It is a failure of our imagination that has prevented us…

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