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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 115

Australia’s War Effort Praised

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Lord Nuffield, who arrived in Sydney to-day, is tremendously impressed with the Australian war effort and…

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Post-war Needs of Dutch Indies

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE.— The Australian representative of the Netherlands Press Agency “Aneta,” C. J. van Cluys, who is at present…

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£15,000,000 War Damage Claims

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Wednesday.—The War Damage Commission has received claims for more than £1[?],000,000. The damage is mainly…

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U.s. War Veterans on Furlough

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 6

LOS ANGELES Jan. 16.—Three thousand South Pacific battle veterans, have arrived here in a large naval transport on their…

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Empire’s War Casualties. Over a Million

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed.—Total casualties among all ranks of the armed forces of the British Empire from the outbreak of war to…

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Inquiry Into Sentences on Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Wednesday.—Giving evidence at the inquiry into the gaol sentence imposed by court martial on Ptes. Wilson and…

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Exchange of War Prisoners

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON Jan 17—Bombing of German railways resulted in-delay in the arrival of the 1000 Allied prisoners of war who are…

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Messages to War Prisoners

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

The Australian Red Gross society will bear the lost of approximately £6/107 for each message to a prisoner of war in…

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Card From Prisoner of War

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

GRESFORD: Mrs. Stevens of the Pound Grassing Gresford has received a card from her son Pte. William Stevens, who has…

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War Demands on British Phone System

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 6

LONDON.—One of the most vital services provided by Britain for the armies of liberation was the huge telephone network with…

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War Worker From England Former Maitland Resident

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 4

Mrs Arthur Holland who, with her husband, Lieut. Arthur Holland, arrived in Sydney yesterday from England, spent some years…

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Soviet View of Jap. Book on War Aims

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA Thursday. — A book by a Japanese-author Kosaku Tamura “Genesis of the War {he Pacific” has been severely…

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Soldier Returns To Unit

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 3

Spr. George H. Begg only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Begg of Carrington at West mainland has been home on 24 days leave…

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Returned Soldier Preference Plans Cabinet Discusses Complex Problems

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Although power to do this was refused when the Referendum was defeated last August, the Federal Cabinet decided yesterday to incorporate special preference to returned soldiers in the Preferences and…

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Wounded Men at Controls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 4

A Lancaster which attacked Dortmund on the afternoon of November 29 was his by flak live seconds alter the bombs had gone. The pilot…

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A Memorial Worthy of Anzac. Community Centres

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

The public's response to Anzac House Appeal exceeded all expectations. It has become a national cause of first magnitude…

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Attitude on War Trials

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 4

LONDON Jan. 17.—The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden), replying in the House of Commons to questions regarding the trial ,of…

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The World at War

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 4

Filipino patriots still clutching the weapons used in battle pose for an American cameraman shortly after they helped take the Leyte Island town of Carigara from the Japanese. Their expressions testify to their joy at being able to drive out the hated…

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War Facts in Brief

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

Increases up to 30 per cent. above pre-war annual production have enabled the Australian timber industry to meet unprecedented demands…

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Messages to War Prisoners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

The Australian Red Cross Society will bear the cost of approximately £5/10/ for each message to a prisoner of war in Japan, and a reply…

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