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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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Good War Record

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 1

The enlistment record of the Bunter families of Mittagong and Bowral, who are connected with Mr. W. Bunter, Collie Road,…

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Post-war Booklets

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

Pen-pictures of wrecked lives during the last depression, suggestions, criticism and support are being received by the Department of…

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War Facts in Brief

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 4

Royal Australian Air Force squadrons at present based in Britain have flown a total of 78,304 hours, covering 12,484,900 miles in 14,003 sorties…

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War Facts in Brief

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

Australia now has over 49,000 women enlisted in the three auxiliary defence services. Approximately 1,900 Local War…

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100 Prisoners of War Working on Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

Dealing with the activities of the District War Agricultural Committee, in his report for May, the district agricultural instructor (Mr…

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American Soldier Well Provided With Goods and Arms For Battle in Pacific (Somewhere in New Guinea)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 6

For years the Allied armies suffered from want of equipment and paid the price of unpreparedness. Today the situation is vastly changed and no more striking manifestation of the industrial might of the Allies, especially that of the United…

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New Zealnd's War Expenditure

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 1

Auckland.—New Zealand's war expenses for the year ended March were over £163,000,000…

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Daily Summary Of The War

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 1

Monday.—Between 50,000 and 60,000 Germans are in danger of being trapped in Italy by the rapid Allied, move towards Rome, All…

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Soldiers Letters

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 4

In addition to our request of Parents and Relatives to let us have anything interesting in letters they receive from…

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Allied Battle Forces In Three War Areas

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 1

Top: British Fifth Army paratroops pass the bodies of two Germans who were killed when the patrol cleaned out a troublesome machinegun nest…

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Shearing Sheds Taboo for All Prisoners of War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 2

Prisoners of war must not be employed in shearing sheds. An instruction to this effect has been issued to all district war agricultural…

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Industrial Dispute Biggest of War on Wharves, Mines Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 1

The gravest industrial situation in Australia probably since the outbreak of war in the Pacific faced the Federal Government today. Developments were: 1—12 mines were idle, resulting in a loss of 45,600…

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Six Million Soldiers 112,700 Planes Ready Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 4

The Washington correspondent of the American United Press points out that the Navy Department disclosed on April 1 that 1,566,000 Navy…

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Wounded Soldiers Discharged From Army Senator Fraser's Reply Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 1

Senator Fraser last night replied to a report that wounded soldiers still is military hospitals had been told that they…

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Post-war Hope “More Jobs Than Workers”

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 2

The Ministry of Post-war Reconstruction, Canberra, believes that after the war there may be more jobs offering that there are people…

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Western Divorce Soldier Successful

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 2

The first sitting in Orange of the Supreme Court in itsDivorce Jurisdiction was held at Orange last week…

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Dramatic Truths Told About Japs' War Lust

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 3

How the peace-loving among the Japanese were swamped by the military caste, mad with lust for power is a story that history will tell fully…

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Returned Soldiers Preference Council's Appointment League Takes Exception

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

The Wellington branch of the Returned Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia has taken…

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Delegation in Sydney Dr. Evatt's Guarantee Maintain Secondary Industries in Country Prospects of S.A.F.'s Post War Activity Good

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 1

A guarantee that as far as constitutional powers would permit, everything possible would be done to maintain secondary industries established in country centres because of war needs, was given on Saturday by the Acting Supply…

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Returned Men's Acts to Support Red Cross

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 4

The worthiness of the Red Cross was well demonstrated at the June meeting of the Beni Red Cross auxiliary, when two donations were…

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