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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 71

Disabled Soldiers' Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1946 · page 5

An appeal for £25,000 for then club room in Railway Square. Sydney, is being made by the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers…

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Soldiers Picked By Science

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1946 · page 4

Psychology tests are given to each recruit who enters Greta camp, so that each man will be drafted to the work for which he is best fitted…

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Welcome Home at Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 6

A public welcome home will be held in the School of Arts, Toronto, on Tuesday, June 25. Former members of the Services…

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POPEYE - War!

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 11

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Seeds Of Next War Sown By Kremlin, Says Churchill

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday: "One group of very able men inside the Kremlin directs nearly a third of the population of Europe, upon whom they are already imposing the mighty…

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Ex-Soldiers Learn Painting And Bricklaying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 4

In a pavilion at the Showground 14 happy ex-soldiers can be seen building 14 walls. This is the Reconstruction Training Scheme class…

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Dismissals and Soldier Preference

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA: Order in which dismissals were made from employment was not covered by the Commonwealth preference…

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Age Limit Raised For Soldiers' Training Classes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 6

The age limit for applicants had been extended for three reconstruction training classes for ex-servicemen which, it was…

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First Post-war Royal Garden Party

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.—A milling crowd surrounded the Royal Princesses when 500 representatives of savings groups from all…

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357,116 Britons Died In World War II

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—World War II cost Britain 357,116 lives—about a third of the total in World War I—according to a White Paper issued today. This total includes over 60,000 civilians and more than 30,000 in the…

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Department of Post-War Reconstruction Secondary Industries Division

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 9

Applications are invited for the undermentioned temporary positions in the investigation Bureau. The applications should reach Director-General. Postwar…

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Police Demand Italian Prisoner Of War, Army Major Refuses

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: Superintendent James, Chief of the C.I.B., today attacked the military authorities for refusing to allow police to interview an Italian prisoner of war suspected of having attempted to rape a married woman…

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Letters to Editor No Easing of Problems That Caused War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 6

Sir,—A glance at the news in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of June 3 does not instil confidence in the masses that the problems which…

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Soldier Granted Possession of Morpeth Flat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 7

When the first application by an ex-serviceman under the recently amended National Security (War Service) Moratorium Act came…

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Italian War Prisoner Arrested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Acting under special instructions this afternoon, Detective Sergeant Payne, of Liverpool, went to…

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450 Jap War Criminals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 1

LONDON, June 7. A.A.P.—The names of 450 more Japanese war criminals have been approved at a meeting of the…

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Many War Claims For Insurance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Claims amounting to £4,700,000 have been paid in respect to deaths owing to war service, the Deputy Chairman of the…

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War Prize to Enter Dock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 4

A Japanese vessel, captured in the Islands and towed to Newcastle where it remained moored at Stockton, was transferred yesterday to the State…

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"Face Peace Problems With War Courage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) issued the following statement on the celebration of…

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War Medal for 28 Days' Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The King had approved of the institution of two new medals for service in the war, the Minister for the Army (Mr…

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