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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Attend Wounded Chinese Soldier

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 1

Captain Charles S. Marsden (examining bandage) and Captain William Q. Wu (right), medical officers of the U.S. Army Y-Force Operations Staff, attend a wounded Chinese soldier who was brought in on an improvised stretcher from the fighting near Tengchung in south-western…

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10,000 Teachers Needed Federation Foresees Post-War Shortage SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 4

An additional 10,00 teachers will be needed in Australia in the post-war period, the General Secretary of the Australian…

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U S. Part in War Mrs. Roosevelt Receives Critical Letters WASHINGTON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 4

Mrs. Roosevelt told a Press conference that she was receiving letters asking why American boys are dying for the sake of European…

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Papuan Downpour Soldier Tells the Story in Verse

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

Soldier verse, much of it of very high quality, continues to be published in various magazines. The Army Journal "Salt"…

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Typical Aussie Airman Portrait For War Museum

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 1

News comes from Warwick that a portrait of Flying Officer George Edward M. Lindenberg, who was recently awarded the D.F.C., is…

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Brighter News treatment of Prisoners of War

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 2

Following on recent stories of brutal treatment of prisoners of war by the Japanese comes much more cheerful accounts from the…

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"Well and Working" News of Glen Innes Prisoners of War

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 4

Cards have been received recently from two Glen Innes members of the A.I.F. who left Australia for Malaya together,…

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Finding Jobs for Ex-soldiers R.S.L. Criticises Manpower Methods SYDNEY

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 1

Criticism of methods in finding jobs for discharged Servicemen and women was voiced by the Chairman of the Returned Soldiers' League…

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Zoot Suits for Civilians Made For Soldiers, Now Released to Public MELBOURNE

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 1

The Army has decided to release to the public over 10,000 suits made for the issue to discharged soldiers. The suits are described as "high…

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Air Transport Post-war Use SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

Belief that Air Force Transport Commands would operate for a long time after the war—perhaps indefinitely—was expressed by Air…

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Air Transport Commands Will operate After War, Says Vice-Marshal SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

Belief that Ain[?]orce transport commands would operate for a long time after the war—perhaps indefinitely—was expressed by Air…

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Soldiers' Christmas Cakes Inedible Arrived in New Guinea Mouldy SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 8

Tens of thousands of Christmas cakes sent to soldiers in Guinea in Australian Comforts Fund hampers were found to…

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Soldier Hampers Mouldy Cakes Many Thousands Inedible SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

Tens of thousands of Christmas cakes sent to soldiers in New Guinea in Australian Comforts Fund hampers were found to be…

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1939 Car Models After the War

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday—Lord Nuffield denied yesterday that he proposed setting up a…

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£1000 Loans for Soldier Land Settlers

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 1

The Commonwealth Government has approved of a special loan of up to £1000, and payment of a living allowance to eligible…

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Soldiers' Christmas Cakes Inedible

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

Ten of thousands of Christmas cakes [?] to soldiers in New Guinea in Australian Comforts Fund hampers were found to be…

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Guyra Soldier Accidentally Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

Following on the paragraph appearing in our last issue, reprinted from the "Wollongong Mercury," in relation to Sapper…

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Evacuate Allied Wounded in Burma

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 1

Arriving in ox-carts, in which they had ridden five and a half miles (8.8 km.) from the fighting front in Burma, wounded Allied soldiers are being transferred to a U.S. ambulance Diane for evacuation to hospitals far in the rear. British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. Allied…

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New Models Post-war Cars

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 4

The re-organisation of the automotive industries of Great Britain. America, Canada and Australia when production of war equipment ceases…

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City Council and Returned Men Lack of Sympathy is Alleged Armidale Sub-branch Complaints Answered

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

An emphatic denial that there had been any discrimination against a returned soldier, B. Walker, in reduction…

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