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

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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For Pacific War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 July 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday: R.A.F. Spitfires and other single-seater fighters are flying to the East in convoy, says the associated…

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£3000 For Next War Loan

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 July 1945 · page 1

As recommended by its Finance Committee, the Mulwaree Shire Council decided on Thursday to invest £3000, until now on fixed…

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The Stalker Crutch Seat For Limbless Soldiers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 July 1945 · page 3

An event of interest to limbless ex-servicemen took place in Melbourne on June 22, when the Actiny Chairman of the Repatriation…

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Japan's Only Hope Varying Views on Date of End of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday:—General MacArthur thinks that the war against Japan will be over towards the end of 1946, but the Australian, Senator McLeay, believes that it will be over by Christmas…

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Dead Men's Clothes War Victims' Trials

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 2

A distressing position has arisen in Yugoslavia owing to the shortage of clothing resulting from the German occupation…

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Returned Men

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 1

Members and prospective members of the Goulburn Sub-Branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L. of A. who are interested in sport are…

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Returned Men and Jobs

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The State president of the Returned Soldiers League, Mr. J. C. Neagle, said to-day that the league had sent a strong protest to…

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War on the Beaches

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 6

Along Britain's beaches one war was still on Crouching behind armor-plate, special troops cautiously worked electrical detectors,…

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War on T.B. To-morrow's Appeal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 2

Buttons will be on sale in Goulburn to-morrow and Saturday for the Anti-T.B. Appeal for £50,000, which will be used to…

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Wounded in Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 6

Mrs. Toohey, of 29 Grafton Street, has received word that her husband. NX104096. Pte. Jim Tochey, has been wounded in…

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The Cost of War Casualties to Date

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Australian war casualties from September 3, 1939, to May 31 last total 92,211…

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Patriotic and War Fund “Gold Star” Art Union Mayor Appeals for Increased Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 3

At the meeting of the Yass and District Patriotic and War Fund Committee on .Friday night, the Mayor (Ald. W. L…

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War Waste

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 2

Some time ago, in criticising Mr. Makin's' stricture of the arm chair critic, the Federal Auditor-General, we…

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Legacy War Orphans' Appeal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 2

The appeal which is being made in Goulburn on Friday July 20, in the form of a button day and by direct donation, is for…

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War Memorial Subs. Are Free of Tax

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 7

Contributions to the District War Memorial are deductable amounts for income tax purposes. This fact is expected to have a considerable…

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Red Cross Soldiers’ Appreciation

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 3

Gunner George Beaver, Orion Street, North Yass, writes:— I hope you can find space in your paper to print this letter…

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How a Code Was Deciphered Story of the Last War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

Speaking before the Goulburn Rotary Club on Wednesday night, Dr. F. W. Wheatley, C.B.E., gave a gripping story concerning the early days of the last war…

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Organising Secretary For Returned Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 6

It was decided at last night's meeting of the Goulburn branch of the Returned Soldiers' League to call for nominations for a…

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Land for Soldier Settlers Mr. Tully's Efforts Are Outlined

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

The Minister For Lands (Mr. J. M. Tully) is whole-heartedly engrossed in the task of getting the national plan for settlement of servicemen under way. He has placed before the Commonwealth authorities full details of twenty-one large estates,…

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A Soldier Says We Are "Mopping Up" the Costly Way

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 1

The allegation that Australian infantrymen in New Guinea are being sacrificed because they are attacking pill-boxes without tanks, is made in this letter from a member of the A.M.F. now fighting…

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