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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Children's War Savings Army. State-wide Campaign for Recruits

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 3

Recruits For the children's War Savings Army are enrolling at the rate if 500 at week, and with the help of voluntary organisers it is…

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Big Sales for War Savings Stamps 2 12 Million Bought Monthly

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 4

Average sales of 6d. war savings stamps throughout Australia now amount to nearly £62,000 monthly, equivalent to almost…

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"It's Great to Be Free" Letters From Liberated Soldiers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 2

Mr and Mrs. W. A. Craig, of "Craigielea," West Wyalong, have received the following letter from their son, Pte. Vernon Craig, who was recently liberated…

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Suicide Air War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 1

British and United States fleets are always prepared to encounter the Japanese "suicide" air technique, but it cannot prevent…

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No Picnic War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 1

Veteran 9th Division, Australian Imperial Force, soldiers who have been waging bitter battle with the Japanese on Tarakan Island, Borneo, since 1st May…

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War Facts in Brief

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 2

There are 11,000,000 men and women in the services in the United States of America. War casualties among British…

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Woollen Mills and War Lambs Versus Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 2
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write:—Similarly to experiences during the 1914/18 war, inability to secure supplies of woollen fabrics from Great Britain and the…

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This Is Your Legacy! An Urgent Appeal for War Orphans

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 4

The benefits of Legacy are extended only to the dependants of men of all arms of the Services who died whilst serving in combat areas in this war and the…

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Ex—nx Stand Aside, Soldier

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 2

Sherman said "War is hell". He should have known — because he made his remark after his victorious Army had cut a sixty mile swathe…

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Soldiers' Political Party

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 2

Temora Diggers decided to recommend to the State Congress that the RSSAILA constitution be altered to enable the League to form a…

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Tennis Tournament Reaches Pre- War Standard Delightful Weather after Rain

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 4

THE fourteenth annual open tournament of the Forbes Tennis Club, which opened on Saturday, and continued till yesterday, will go down as the most successful during the war years, in fact, it is doubtful whether entries in pre-war years have been…

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War News WASHINGTON

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 2

Captain John Armstrong has revealed that H.M.A.S. Australia survived five, suicide plane attacks in the Philippines in January this…

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War Facts in Brief

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 6

The first stage of the plan for the development and expansion of Australian postal and tele-communication services is expected to occupy…

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War Criminal's and Their Fate

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 2

To the outsider it would appear that much more summary methods are called for in the handling of war criminals…

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Navies in War Turned Tide, Says Admiral Hamilton (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states: Admiral Sir Louis Hamilton, in an interview in Melbourne, said possession of undisputed maritime power…

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Appeal From Blind Soldiers Repatriation Responsibilities

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 1

When Bland Shire Council received at their last meeting a request for a donation from the NSW War Blinded Welfare Committee, great indignation was…

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Advance Subscriptions For Next War-Loan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 1

Although dates.amount and terms of the next War Loan have not yet been fixed, a campaign for advance subscriptions is now under way…

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Fight to Death Says Jap. War Minister (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 1

A message from Now Yoik states: Japanese War Minister Anami is quoted by Tokio Radio to have said "In the forthcoming battle on the…

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Air War on Japan Heavier Assaults Planned (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 1

A message from Guam states:—Air experts have said that despite the coming ten weeks' typhoon season, air assaults on Japan will grow…

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