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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 115

Cessnock Returned Soldiers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

There was an addition of 103 to the membership of the Cessnock Returned Soldiers' League in the past 12 months…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

The annual meeting of Aberdeen Diggers took place at the club rooms on Saturday last when there was a satisfactory…

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U.s. Soldiers Load Beef

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY Fri.—United States personal yesterday loaded beef from the cold store at Homebush Abattoir for the United States…

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To-day’s Leader: A Brighter Maitland Fierce Air War in the East Soviet Guns 30 Miles From Berlin Germans Firing Blocks of Buildings at Posen Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, February 8.—Soviet guns are shelling the German defences from points hardly more than 30 miles from Berlin, according to the latest front-line reports reaching Moscow. The struggle, east of the Oder river, from the north-west of…

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Many War Gamps Around Berlin

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat.—Though many prisoner of war camps have been located around Berlin, both east towards the Oder and west…

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Post-war Control of Germany Rebuilding Occupied Countries Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

LONDON February 9.—would deny the right of Rus[?], France, Belgium, Holland and other Allied countries which had known the horrors of German invasion to services of German workers in rebuilding their countries,…

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Popular Figure on Flagship (By Our War Correspondent John Laughlin, at Sea)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 6

One of the. most popular figures among all ranks aboard HM5 Howe, British Pacific Fleet flagship, is the thin bronzed Viscount…

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Began Naval Careers on the Howe (By Our War Correspondent, John Loughlin, at Sea)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 5

Six Australia boys ark making an auspicious beginning of their naval careers by starting as midshipmen aboard Admiral Sir…

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War Facts In Brief

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 4

Total casualties among all ranks of the armed forces of the British Commonwealth from the outbreak of war to 30th November last were…

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Australia’ Helps On War Front

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA Monday—The Minters for Munitions (Mr. Makil) said a substantial portion of artiliery ammunition used by Allied…

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War News Upsets Nazi Prisoners

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 1

Disturbances occurred in a German prisoner of war camp in northwest England when the inmates heard the news from the Eastern…

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Native Nearly Breaded Helped Allied Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE Mon.—Because Hi helped two; Allied soldiers Japanese occupied NEI territory Anlmkob, a simple Indonesian…

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Soldier Insulted Police Sergt

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Mon.—Roy Frederick William Morgan (19), soldier was fined in the Police Court to-day £3 or six days for…

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E.m. Branch of Soldiers League

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

At the annual meeting East Maitland branch of the [?] Soldier L[?] the president (Mr. W. A. Campball)…

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Three Soldiers Arrested

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE Mon—Three pri[?] of a mill[?] transport unit were arrested at a camp at Seymour and charged with…

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Returned Soldiers Seek New Home. Anzac Memorial Proposal Referred to Committee. Public's Co-operation to be. Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

Speakers at the annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League on Friday last declared that the time wan at hand to take the…

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War Facts in Brief

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

Total casualties among all ranks of the armed forces of the British Commonwealth from the outbreak of war to 30th November last,…

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Dealing With War Criminals

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA Tuesday.—It was stated authoritatively that that Australian Government considered that war criminals should be…

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Timber And The War

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

IN the seventh edition of “Facts and Figures,” published by the Department of Information, some interesting…

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Acute Manpower Shortage. Position Reviewed by War Cabinet. CANBERRA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

Australia's, manpower position was exhaustively reviewed at a meeting of the War Cabinet, at which it was revealed that there are 170,000 men…

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