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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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War Leaders Elected To Soviet

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 3

MOSCOW Feb. 15.—Total votes cast for the candidates of the Communist and non-Party bloc was 100,621,223, representing…

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No Preference for Returned Soldiers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

The suggested preference for returned soldiers by the Federal Government is all boloney. There is no…

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Returned Soldiers' League. Hunter Valley Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 5

The Hunter Valley District Council of the Returned Solders' League held its annual meeting on Sunday last in the rooms of the West…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 15th. FEBRUARY, 1946. Denman Returned Soldiers' League Progress Reported at Annual Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 3

Visitors from Baerami and Muswellbrook attended the annual meeting of the Denman sub-branch of the R.S. League, held on…

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Cut the "Red Tape Nothing Must Deyal Soldier Settlement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

Any "red tape" regulations delaying the settlement of ex-Servicemen on the fond must be cut because nothing must be allowed…

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Shooting of Albanian War Criminals

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 6

TIRANA February 15.—A court mart at Tirade (Albania) sentenced the former Albanian puppet Prime Minister (Mallti…

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Russia Worst Sufferer Estimates of War Dead

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON Feb. 16.— Russia was by far the worst suffers among the United Nations Ouring the war losing more than…

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Post-war Works Scheme From Stroud Shire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 2

STROUD Sat.—The Oxley Regional Development Committee has advised shroud Shire Council that the local Government…

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Soldiers’ League Younger Set

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 3

SINGLETON Sat—The monthly meeting of the Returned Soldiers’ League Younger Set was held last night Miss B, Hinton…

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Welcome Home Party

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 2

Sapper Frank [?] was tendered a welcome home party at the home of Mrs Date Raymond-st [?] on his…

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Killed in Combat in World War 10,000,000 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 1

Approximately 10 million soldiers, sailors and airmen were killed in combat in the second world war. This was about two…

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Desperate Efforts To Save Wounded Woman Receives a Million Units of Penicillin and Blood Transfusion

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 2

Mrs Nellie Monahan, aged 27, of Erskineville, who, with Pte. Ronald Williamson, aged 33, was critically wounded in Martin Place, Sydney, on Saturday night by her husband, Desmond Monahan, aged 29, who then…

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Soldier Found Dead

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY Monday.—Private Charles Clarke, 35, a soldier at Ingleburn Camp, was found lying dead in Castlereagh st. Redfern…

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Settling Soldiers on the Land

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday.—Addressing the Namoi Shire Repatriation Committee, the Minister for Lands Mr. Tully, said he would…

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Returned Soldiers' League Hunter Valley District Council

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 3

The Hunter Valley District Council of the Returned Soldiers' League held its annual meeting in the rooms of the West Maitland…

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War Crimes Trial

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 4

TOKIO Feb 19.—Allied Head quarters has charged Major Yelchi Rikitake, Commander of the war time prison camp at Fukuoka…

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Stores Rust at War Dumps

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1

Goods worth more than £100,000,000 are at the R.A.A.F. Stores Depot at Dubbo—one of the most costly war dumps in Australia…

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Personal Proposed War Memorial for Scone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1

An important meeting of members of the Scone sub-branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L. of Australia is convened for to-morrow…

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Central War memorial For Maitland (Contributed)

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

In three previous articles the history of war memorials In Maitland has been briefly set out. The achievement In that direction…

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Stalin States War Cause Capitalism and Monopoly

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1

Generalissimo Stalin, in a speech on the eve of the Russian elections, declared that the recent war was not the result of chance, but was the…

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