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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

4 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Wrecked German Piano Industry

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 6

LONDON.— Several hundreds of g[?]d pianos in various stages of completion, lie rotting in the famous St[?]inway factory on the outskirts of…

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Crowds Jeer Japs at Singapore Surrender 100,000 Men Ashore (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 1

A message from Singapore states: Before reading out the surrender terms to the Japanese at Singapore yesterday, Admiral Lord Louis…

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Scottish Express Wrecked 39 DEAD, 200 Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 1

A message from London states:—After 28 hours' incessant work, a rescue crew has reached the buried coach of the wrecked Scottish…

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From Middle East to Far East Sapper Dick Lawlor Home Shipwrecked and Bombed as P.O.W.

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 2

Captured in Java early in 1942, when his Unit was coming back from the Middle East, Sapper O. R. ("Dick") Lawlor was in a wide area of the Japanese occupied territory in the Par East before returning to Austalia last week…

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