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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Late War News. East Prussia Cut Off. Red Advance Presses On

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

Berlin announces that E. Prussia has been finally cut off from the Reich, and Marshal Cherniakovsky's troops are fighting in…

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Miracles of Heart Surgery. Spectacular progress by cardiac surgeons is saving lives on the war and on the home fronts

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

A bomb splinter tore open a gunner's chest and lodged in his heart, but he lived to tell the tale. He is now recovering from a heart…

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"Soldier"-miners

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 3

"The Bulletin":— In one well-remembered moment of bluster, the strong-arm Curtin Government had a number of striking…

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Assets About £4,000. Annual Meeting of Returned Soldiers. Concern About Repatriation

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

At the annual meeting of Taree sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Imperial League on Tuesday night, Mr. W. A. Bryan…

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Mews Of Oar Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

Soldiers spending leave in Wingham are: Jock witchard, Bill Hayward, and Frank Irvine. Mr. Kevin Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Rector's Social. Welcome Home to Church's Ex-servicemen

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

The Rector (the Rev. W. Griffith Cochranc) and Parochial Council at their last meeting decided to give a welcome home to all discharged…

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The War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 2
Also in The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate

Chungking (AAP): General Wedemeyer told a Press conference that the Japanese are aparently withdrawing from Burton…

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War News. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 6

General Wedemeyer told a press conference at Chungking that the Japanese were apparently withdrawing from Burma. He does not expect…

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Port Macquarie Patriotic and War Fund

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday, 18th January, Ald. C. A. Ryan (president)…

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Soldier's Letter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 5

Miss M. Lockton has received the appended letter from S 111608, Gnr. W. Algate, H.Q. 6th Aus. Base…

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War News in Brief

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

The Germans are on the defensive now along the whole 400 miles of the Western Front. Six Allied armies are pushing forward, and their…

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Highlights of the War News

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

Washington: General Stilwell has predicted that the Japanese Army of 4,000,000 will make a final stand on Asia's mainland. He expressed the…

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War Summary. Russians Storm Into Reich. Frontier Crossed on Broad Front

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

The Germans still seem unable to check the Russians' gigantic offensive, new in its sixteenth day. With East Prussia cut off and…

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Late War News. Will Know Fate in Week Says Berlin Radio Message

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 3

"The next eight days will be decisive for Germany," the defenders of Breslau were told on Sunday night by General Heinz…

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News Of Our Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

Sergeant Arthur Sky, RAAF, has been spending leave in Wingbam. Flight-Lieutenant Gordon Johnston spent the weke-end in Wingham…

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War News

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

Two Australian warships were damaged by Japanese aircraft during the invasion of Luzon (Philippines), the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin)…

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War Talk

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 5

London news reports that Bavarian and Austrian Alpine troops, hand-picked for their toughness and fanatical belief an Nazism, will defend "the…

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The War Russians Push Forward

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

London, Monday (AAP): "The next eight days will be decisive for Germany. the defenders of Bre[?] were told last night by General Guderian…

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Wingham and District War Memorial Hospital

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

The [?] H. W. Rouse presided at a public meeting in connection with the above, held in the supper room of the Memorial Town Hall…

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