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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

1,392 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 70

Returned Soldiers Inaugurate Working Parties

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Inverell sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. last Friday night the League formed a working bee for the purpose of…

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Government Challenged Preference to Soldiers SYDNEY, Friday

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

The N.S.W. Trades and Labor Council last night carried a. resolution calling on the Federal Government to reject its present…

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Soldier Settlement

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

The land settlement sub-committee of the Inverell branch of the R.S.S. A.I.L.A. wishes to advise any persons desirous of seeking information or…

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Japs.' Transfer of Prisoners of War

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. — The War Department announced that the Japanese last November moved 17 Generals. 118…

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North Star Farewell and Welcome Home Fund Annual General Meeting

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

The annual general meeting in connection with the above Fund was held at Mr. Sutton's store on January 27th. Mr. C. L. Sutton,…

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The War Against Japan Young Armidale Seaman's Experiences

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 4

Able Seaman Bill Forsyth, of Armidale, in a letter to his parents gives some interesting sidelights on the recent naval…

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Glee Innes and the Prisoners of War

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

The whole community has a duty to discharge to the men, and women, who for our sakes have entered into danger, risking their lives, their all, for our sakes. Every person in the community has a grave responsibility to meet the many resultant problems which…

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The War Against Japan Discussed by Churchill and Roosevelt

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. — The British Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill stayed aboard a British warship during…

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Wheat Problem Cost of Production War Conditions

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 7

It is announced that the Federal Government has undertaken to pay 4/3 per bushel for all f.a.q. wheat delivered at sidings next…

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Girls' Conspiracy with Germans Attempted to Aid War Prisoners to Escape Bay City, Michigan

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 2

On Charges with conspiring to aid the escape of two German war prisoners, with whom, it is alleged, they had a series of illicit dates, two girls…

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Preference to Soldiers Time Limit Suggested CANBERRA

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 1

The Government is determined to pass the Bill providing for preference to returned servicemen and women despite the opposition of the A.L.P…

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Thousands War Workers on Strike

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Thousands of war workers on the South Coast may be involved in a general stoppage soon…

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England's Advance in Agriculture War Brings Revolutionary Change

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 7

Revolutionary changes in England's agriculture, especially in the county of Devon, are reported by famous author and war…

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Aid for Ex-soldiers Guyra Fund Totals £1500 Sub-Committee to Draft Rules

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 1

With a sum in the vicinity of £1500 in hand for the relief of discharged personnel of the present war the Guyra…

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War Facts in Brief

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

By the end of October last, Canadian shipyards had launched more than 1000 vessels, including 500 combat vessels and naval craft, over…

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Nelson and War Profiteers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

From a book entitled "The Nelson Touch," by Miss Clemence Dane, we learn that Nelson was perturbed in mind by the profiteering…

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Moree-inverell Train War-time Necessity

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 6

The unsatisfactory train service. Moree to Inverell. came before the last meeting of the Yallaroi Shire Council. A letter was received from the…

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An Infantryman's War Victory to the Toughest

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 11

The man who is winning the war in Westorn Europe is the infantryman according to New York Times correspondent…

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China War 500,000 More Troops CHUNGKING

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

Five hundred thousand men will be conscripted before the end of March to meet the demand for an all-out Chinese counter-offensive…

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Grim Jungle Camp Aign War to the Death in New Guinea

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

Australian troops who are battling with the Japanese in the Aitape-Wewak area of New Guinea are up against a…

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