Welcome Home Social
The attention of all residents of Kiama and District is drawn to an advertisement appearing in this issue advising that the Sixth Welcome…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
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Dvr. Reg. Aiken Comes Home First Prisoner of War to Return to Kiama
Dvr. Reg. Aiken, A.I.F., came home to Kiama on Thursday night last after an absence of more than five years, during four of which he has been a prisoner of war in Italian and German hands. It was a great occasion for his relatives and friends, some forty of whom gathered at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home At Jerrara
There was a large gathering of relations and friends at the residence of Mr. S. Noble, Jerrara, on Thursday night last, to welcome home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputation to Water Board Post-War Problems
At the meeting of the Kiama Council on Wednesday night last, Ald. Boyd and the Town Clerk (Mr. H. Lyons) presented a comprehensive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homes for Soldiers
The need for adequate homes for returned soldiers was stressed at the second annual meeting of the Wollongong and District Repatriation Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Current Jottings. Fight to Get a Soldier's Pension
Believing that a great injustice has been done to a local returned soldier, Wollongong and District Repatriation Committee has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home Social
As the date originally fixed for the Sixth Welcome Home Social to discharged servicemen and women clashed with the Annual Diggers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Agricultural Committee
In opening the meeting of the District War Agricultural Committee at Kiama last week, the chairman, Mr. M. A. K. McDonald, extended a welcome to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's War Effort Britain's Finances Have Stayed Sound
The British Government White Paper on the United Kingdom War Effort has astounded the whole world by its revelations of the degree of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's War Effort Britain's All-Out Effort Against Japan
In blunt words, Mr. Churchill at the Alexandria Conference in February, 1945 told President Roosevelt that the British Government was…
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The Gerringong Council has decided to call a Public Meeting to form a Citizens Committee to arrange all details in respect to the welcoming…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan Surrenders Six Year War Ended
With the news received at 9 a .m. on Wednesday last that Japan had accepted the ultimatum sent out from Potsdam by the Allied Nations, practically a six year war period came to an end, The surrender terms are in process of being signed, and all delays in the ratification of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home At Kiama
What was generally agreed to be one of the best and most enjoyable welcome home socials held in Kiama eventuated at the Oddfellows'…
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On Tuesday last the 14th August, a very large crowd gathered at the Band Hall to attend a welcome home tendered to Private W. Freeman, late…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plastics Get a War Release
Used on every battlefield in the world, where they have successfully survived great extremes of climate, British plastics are already turning to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Played Its Part in the War
When the full story of the part played by Australia in the war, in all its theatres, is told, it will be found that the Illawarra district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wollongong Soldier in New Guinea Clash
Main assault on the Japanese stronghold of Ulupu, south of yamil in New Guinea, was carried out by elements of a famous Victorian unit. Taking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sea-soldiers Who Fought Everywhere
Not only at sea, but on land and in the air also, the Royal Marines have fought in every theatre of operations where there have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Britain's War Effort British Pioneers of the Atomic Bomb
Statements by Mr. Winston Churchill and by President Truman have revealed the majort part played by United Kingdom scientists in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Is Over, But?
Letters of appreciation for mid-year A.C.F. parcels received by members of the Australian Fighting Services from the Wollongong Branch of the…
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