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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 105

WALLY— Post-war Reconstruction

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 9

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Exhibition of War Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 6

The exhibition of war drawings and pictures by the Official War Artist, Captain Ivor Hele, will be opened in Nesca House at 2.30 p.m…

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Fine American War Effort Eisenhower Lauds Nation's Fight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, June 20. A.A.P.—A strenuous day for General Eisenhower ended with an official dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,…

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Court-martial Finds Soldier Not Guilty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A District Court-martial found Norrie Field, 25, not guilty of charges of having used threatening language…

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Soldiers for Trial on Assault Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—William Douglas Lavers, 24, and Francis Ernest Walker, 51, soldiers, were committed for trial at Central Court…

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Wallsend Soldier III

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 4

Matron V. M. Currie, of Young Wallsend, who is on leave from the Australian Women's Army, has received news that her son, Gunner…

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War Artist's Exhibition Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 4

Lieut.-Colonel Dobson, who opened the exhibition of pictures by official war artist. Captain Ivor Hele, at Nesca House yesterday, looks over some of the brilliant drawings, which depict phases of Army life in New Guinea. The exhibition will remain open until the end of the month…

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Interest in War Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 7

An interested throng of people—schoolchildren, housewives, business men and girls—have inspected the exhibition of war drawings and…

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Flying U-boat Weapon in Next War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 1

LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.—The Royal Navy discovered in a factory at Travemunde, where the Germans were building midget submarines, a…

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21,000 Men to Aid Housing Plan Left to War Cabinet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Production Executive of the Federal Cabinet decided to-day to leave it to the War Cabinet to determine the…

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Wallet Returned To Soldier's Wife

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY.— A Redfern working woman last night returned a "wallet containing £115 lost by a young soldier's wife on Wednesday…

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Reemployment of Soldier Issue Debated

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 6

The case of a returned soldier of this war, who, it was claimed, had not yet been found employment, although the Repatriation…

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Exile for German War Leaders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

LONDON, June 22. A.A.P.—The German High Command and General Staff are to be exiled for an indefinite time in small prison…

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Nazi Plan for Third World War

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.— Nazi plans to organise strategic industries for a third World War had been captured, the Chairman of…

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Big Four To Consider War Crime Trials

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: The Big Four talks on war crimes, which are to be held in London next week, will decide, first, Who are to be tried, and then how, and by whom. BRITAIN will be represented by…

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Mass Jap Capitulations First Since Pacific War Began

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 1

OKINAWA, Saturday: Thousands of Jap soldiers, fed by their officers, surrendered to Americans when resistance on embattled Okinawa (325 miles south of Japan) ended yesterday…

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Trial of War Criminals Four Powers to Confer in London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 1

LONDON, June 22. A.A.P.—A Four Power Conference on war crimes, and the trial of major war criminals, is expected to begin in…

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"Circus-like Reception" Soldiers Appeal for Privacy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—A moving appeal from a repatriated prisoner of war and his comrades to keep their home-comings private and…

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Unknown Soldier Was First Newcastle Methodist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 4

CENTENARY WEEK, to be observed by Newcastle Methodists next week, commemorates the opening of the first Wesleyan…

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Russia to Release Older Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.—Russia is preparing to demobilise soldiers in the older age group. The draft law for this was formally submitted at the…

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