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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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"Must Liquidate Those Who Started War"

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—"One of our first tasks after the victory is won must be, in a spirit of firm relentless justice to liquidate the…

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Score Card Tells Its War Story

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 3

Destruction of 17 German. 3½ Italian, and seven Japanese aircraft is the story of the traditional score card on the fuselage of the Spitfire flown by Group Captain Clive Caldwell. R.A.A.F. Top-ranking Australian fighter pilot, he is now with a Spitfire…

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Tweed Heads Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of Tweed Heads Soldiers Comforts Fund, presided over by Mrs A. E. Davey, a large number of…

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Moree Town Clerk Suspended: Not Returned Soldier

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

MOREE, Sunday.—Suspended by Moree Council because he is not a returned soldier, the Town Clerk (Mr. E. H. selby) last night said…

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U.s, Doctor Saves Life of Chinese Soldier

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 5

A U.S. Army surgeon (centre) and two aides administer blood plasma to a seriously wounded Chinese soldier in a field hospital near the Salween River front in south-western China. Following this transfusion, a major abdominal operation was performed and the soldier's life was saved. The Americans are members of the Y-Force Operations Staff assigned to the Chinese Army…

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Anzac House Art Union Drawing on February 26

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

The Lismore Anzac House Art Union will be drawn on Monday, February 26. The sale of tickets will cease on Monday, February 19, so…

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Treatment of War Prisoners

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

Sir,—I have read with interest and sympathy the letters by "Disgusted A.I.F. Soldier" and "Returned Airman." I can well…

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Commonwealth Plans For Post-war Migration

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

Keen interest is being shown in London in the question of post-war migration to Australia, states a Department of Information spokesman. The Commonwealth Migration Officer and the Australian News…

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Govt. Plants To Undertake Commercial Production After War

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced at the secondary industries conferences to-day that the Commonwealth Government proposed after the war to have its factories undertake…

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Enlistments Sought by R.a.a.f, Unit

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 4

An R.A.A.F. Recruiting Unit from Brisbane, which arrived in Lismore yesterday, received a number of enlistments. Applicants…

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Two Ex-Soldiers Recommended For Taxi Licences

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

At a meeting of the Works and Traffic Committee of the Lismore Municipal Council last night a recommendation was made for the granting of two applications for taxi licences, by returned soldiers…

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Luncheon For Sudan War Survivors

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) said to-night the Government would entertain survivors of the Sudan contingent at…

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News From Prisoner of War

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

Mrs M. Withers, of Tweed Heads, has received a letter from her son, Pte George Jordan, who is a prisoner of war in Japanese…

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Doctors Work Hard In Jungle War

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 6

(From our correspondent, Gordon Holland, somewhere in New Guinea). A 24-year-old Manly, New South Wales, doctor who saved the life…

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Roosevelt Emphasises High Employment After War

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

New York: President Roosevelt's recent budget message to Congress aroused the greatest interest in…

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Increased Pay For War Prisoners Likely

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holloway) said lie was preparing a recommendation for Cabinet on…

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Peace Officers Replace Soldiers on Wharf Duty

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Commonwealth authorities anticipate a reduction in pillaging on wharves now that military…

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Soldier Murdered

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Lance Corporal Duke Edward Lloyd, 26, of Toowong, Brisbane, was found murdered in Balcombe camp this…

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Rail Commissioner Fined For Soldier Employment Breach

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a Special Federal Court to-day the New South Wales Commissioner of Railways was fined a total of £4 on…

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Welcome Home to Servicemen at Tyalgum

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 2

Tyalgum residents tendered a welcome home, social to Mr E. Dawes in Tyalgum hall. On arrival he was greeted with "He's…

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