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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

49 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Windsor Remembers Fallen Dawn Service Anzac Day Tribute Servicemen and Civilians Pay Homage

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 1

ATTENDED by members of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. a sprinkling of Servicemen in uniform, and a, considerable gathering of…

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Dismissed. Charge Against Soldier Negligent Driving

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 3

WITHOUT calling on the defendant to give evidence, Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on April 27…

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European War Ends Unconditional Surrender

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 1

At 11 o'clock last night (Tuesday) one of the most momentous announcements in the world's history was made by the various Allied leaders, who simultaneously…

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Richmond Celebrates V-e Day Thanksgiving for End of War in Europe

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 2

COMBINED services of thanksgiving and prayer were held in Richmond and Windsor to-day as highlights of the Hawkes, bury district's celebration of V-Day, marking the cessation of the war in Europe, officially announced by the leaders of…

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Soldiers Fined For Offensive Behaviour

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 4

For having behaved in an offensive manner in Windsor St., Richmond on May 10, Melville L. Ball and Kevin M…

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Soldier Fined £5 Illegal Use Of Bicycle

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 4

A fine of £3, with the alternative of 10 days' gaol, was imposed by Mr R. Solling, S.M., on Arthur Thomas Frereichs,…

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Labor Branch Views Post-War Period Requirements Defined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 1

ANIMATED discussion took place at the meeting of the Windsor branch of the Labor Party on Friday evening last on…

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Took Wrong Bicycle Soldier Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

AN explanation that he had taken the wrong bicycle by mistake did not avoid a £5 fine for a soldier charged at the…

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Knocked Off Work To Carry Bricks Soldiers "Under Influence"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

ALCOHOLIC stimulus acts in all lands of ways, but it remained for two soldiers to provide something really new at…

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Local Government's Part In Post War Planning

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 1

President of the Shires Association, Cr W. H. Wilson, said yesterday that the annual conference of the Association…

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"Post-War Windsor" Plans of Labor Branch

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 June 1945 · page 2

IN drawing up and distributing copies of a plan for "Post War Windsor," the Windsor branch of the Labor Party hopes…

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Government's Job To Find Soldiers Work After War

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 1

"IT IS the Government's job to provide jobs for soldiers after the war. It should notbe the responsibility of councils," said the president, Cr Matheson, on Monday when a list of post-war works was submitted to Colo Shire…

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Post-War Work Finance

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 1

Colo Shire Council on Monday appointed the president, Cr Matheson, to represent it at a deputation from councils…

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Trees In Parks As War Memorials

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 1

The president, Cr Matheson, told Colo Shire Council on Monday that Mr G. Ross Thomas, of the Forestry League, had…

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Council Alarm Post-War Committals Beats Hasty Hetrteat

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

THE information that the shire post-war roads programme submitted by the council would involve it in an expenditure of…

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Next War Loan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 June 1945 · page 4

Although dates, amount and terms of the next War Loan have not yet been fixed, a campaign for advance subscriptions is now under way. In…

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Stopping Waste War's Salvage Lessons

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1945 · page 6

In the pre-war years, before the world became salvage-conscious, sawdust glutted sawmills and timber yards. How…

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Types and Styles of Post War Cars

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1945 · page 4

WHAT new developments and improvements will be built into post-war cars and trucks? This a question of the most intriguing nature to very many people in Australia and, to the majority of them, one most difficult of reply…

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Welcome Home Freeman's Reach Lads Honoured Happy Public Gathering

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 2

TO welcome home local boys of the A.I.F. who had served in the Middle East, Freeman's Reach Patriotic and Comforts…

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Woman Found Wounded "Bungool" Tragedy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 1

FOUND in her bedroom suffering from two bullet wounds, with a pea rifle near her, a middle-aged woman was rushed…

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