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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Ball For Anzac House

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 1

Preliminary arrangements for the Dubbo Victory Ball were made last night at a meeting of representatives of…

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War Agricultural Committee

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Mendooran War Agricultural Committee, the secretary (Mr. N. McMahon) submitted the…

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Prisoner of War Safe

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 2

Mrs. Linke of Gilgandra. has received the good news from her son Mick saying he is safe and well and experts to be home…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Soldiers on Leave

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. reminds parents and friends of soldiers who are home on leave that is is an offence for a car to be driven by anybody…

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Soldiers Letters

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 4

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

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War Criminal Hanged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.—The first war criminal to be tried, Joss Pfitzner, Lord Mayor of Prague from 1939 to 1945, was sentenced to death and hanged…

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Trustees for Anzac House Appointed Club Room Lease Now Finalised

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 1

Trustees of Anzac House—the building in which the Dubbo Sub-Branch RSSAILA Servicemen's Club will be located—will be Messrs. V. C. Lark, C. L. Freeman, and W. J. Munden…

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War Loading. Industrial Conflict Will Follow Lifting. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 1

Commenting on the announcement of the N.S.W. Industrial Commission that war loading would be lifted from firemen's…

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Deadly War Gas

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—Germany had war gas a hundred times more deadly than the mustard gas used in last war. One drop of which on the skin would…

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Soldier Aid for the Harvest Special Leave For Army Groups

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 5

Soldiers individually and in groups are to be granted leave to help to take off this season's cereal hay and grain crops. By special arrangement between…

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War Memorial Fund

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 4

A committee meeting of the War Memorial Fund was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Saturday, 8th September. Mr. E…

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War Agricultural Committee

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 4

A committee meeting was held on Saturday night last. In the absence of the President (Mr O. R. Gavin), Mr. E. A…

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Jap Treatment Of War Prisoners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Including six killed this year, 17 Australian prisoners of war were executed by the Japanese in Amboina. All were…

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Mail From Prisoners of War

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for Australian Red Cross representatives in Morotai and New Guinea to accept messages from liberated…

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Jap War Lords Commit Suicide U.S. Sergeant Gives Blood for Tojo Mountbatten Accepts Jap Singapore Surrender

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 1

Field Marshal General Sugiya ma, War Minister in the 1944 Japanese Cabinet, and several other Japanese war lords have committed suicide. An attempt at Hari-Kiri has been made by General Tojo and he is…

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Soldiers Letters

The Western Herald · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 4

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

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Eumungerie Notes Welcome Home

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 2

A public meeting was held in the Memorial Hall, Eumungerie, on Saturday for the purpose of forming an organisation to welcome home all…

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War Damage In Russia

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday—The Soviet State Commission established to investigate results of German occupation of…

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Japanese War Criminals United Nations Taking Action

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—The United States is hoping for quick and vigorous action against the Japanese war criminals, paralleling the measures taken against the German war criminals…

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United States Ultimatum to Japs Two Days to Yield War Criminals 16,000 Allied War Prisoners Home By

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 1

TOKIO, Friday.—The Japanese Government has agreed to round up Japanese nationals wanted for questioning in relation to war crimes but the Americas Associated Press says thai if the Government does not get results m two days the Americans will again step in and arrest…

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