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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Order to Kill All Jews in Russia General’s Admission At War Crimes Trial Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 4

NUREMBERG, January 4.— Major-General Otto Ohlendorf told the War Crimes Tribunal to-day that when the German attack on Russia was launched special S.S. men were attached to the German Army with orders to kill every Jew…

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Bogus Soldier in Trouble Feigned Malaria

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday— A man who feigned malaria and pretended that he was a returned soldier got into trouble at…

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Ammunition Train Blows Up 11 British Soldiers Killed

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

Eleven British soldiers were killed and four injured when a series of explosions occurred in trucks of an ammunition train…

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Australia’s -War Effort in Borneo

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE sat —bright Chapter in Australian war effort, will close on January 10, when the British south —East Asia…

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The Mary To Carry War Brides

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK Jan 4 — The [?] Queen many having completed her ninth last Atlantic crossing since V.E Day as a troop…

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Escaped From Greta Italian Prisoner Of War

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, an Italian prisoner of war escaped from Greta military camp. He had been In custody there with a…

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American Soldiers Demonstrate

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 3

MANILA Jan. 7.—Military police broke up a crowd of several thousand angry American soldiers marching on GHQ on…

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Murder of Australian Soldiers Accused Japs Ordered to Stand in Silence

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 2

Five Japanese officers accused of murdering Australian soldiers were ordered to stand in silence for their victims at Ambon…

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Transfer to Civilian Jobs Soldiers' Organisations Perturbed

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 3

Returned soldiers' organisations are perturbed about the chances of Servicemen being rapidly absorbed into industry in…

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Stroud Welcome Home

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

A record crowd filled the Stroud School of Arts on the 15th December to extend a welcome home to Corporal Fitzsimmons, Private Dee and…

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Welcome Home At Denman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

DENMAN, Tuesday. —Arrangements are well in hand for a “bumber” dinner and social to welcome home the discharged…

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Australian War Cemeteries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

The following Australian war cemeteries have been established:— Middle East: El Alamein, Halfaya, Salum, Tobruk, Acroma, Benghazi…

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Singleton’s War Loan Effort

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

SINGLETON Tuesday.— Commander Marks addressed a gathering of-War Loan officials and business representatives at a…

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Rumours of War with Turkey Denied Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, January, 8. — The Soviet news agency, quoted by Reuter, denied rumours which the French newspaper, Paris Matin, is allegedly spreading that Russia bas declared war on Turkey. This [?] alleged that fights…

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Goering Curses Ss at War Criminals’ Trial Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

January 8.—Flushed with anger, and customary mocking smile, Gorging cursed Genera Zelewski and called him “a dirty dog and a traitor” when the witness was given damning evidence incrementing the…

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Soldiers and National fitness (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

Sir,—The mails have arrived, and as usual I received my copies of your paper, the "Eagle," from the folks at home in Cessnock. The transport…

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Discontented American Soldiers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. Hal Boyle, Manilla correspondent with Associated Press of America, says: "Going home has developed into a mental epidemic and is…

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Soldier Falls 80 Feet. Fatality at Military Hospial. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Sergeant Frank Arthur Cox (32), A. I. F., was Killed instantly last night when he fell 80 feet from a window of a ward at the Yaralla Military…

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Soldiers Demonstrate At Manila

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

MANILA January 8.—Twelve thousand protesting soldiers packed the shell-battered ruins of the Philippines’ Hall of Congress…

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Largs Soldier Entertained

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

At a party organised by the Largs School of Arts committee, Private Ron Knox was entertained by the citizens of Largs Patriotic…

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