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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Remarks On Australian Soldiers Draw Replies

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: "If Dr. Bruce Hunt, formerly Eighth Division Medical Officer, was serious in his statement in Perth…

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District News Sandigo Arrangements to Unveil Honour Roll

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

A public meeting was held in the Sandigo Hall on Wednesday, 12th June, to make arrangements for a function to unveil the Sandigo and…

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Welcome Home Dinner On Tuesday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 7

Another of the series of Cootamundra's welcome home dinners to members of the Services was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening…

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Leeton and District War Memorial Notes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

Now that the first payment for the recent harvest of rice has been made to the growers, the committee has great expectations of receiving…

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Legacy Cares for the Country War Orphans

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

Since August, 1945, Sydney Legacy has enrolled no fewer than 420 was[?]phans whose father died as prisoners of war under Japanese…

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Walter Merriman Aids Soldiers 26,000 Acres for Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

Mr. W. T. Merriman, director of Merryville Pty. is making 22,690 acres of good country available for soldier settlers…

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Soldier Charged with Theft of Car

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Shortly after steamer a car at Wa[?]'s Bay yesterday a soldier was [?] in an ass[?] in the city, it was [?]ed…

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Cootamundra and District War Memorial Fund Objective, £10,000! in Hand, £2049/10/ The Next Step is up to you, Readers!

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 7

Cootamundra and District War Memorial Fund has benefited to the extent of £75/16/5 as the result of stalls and competitions, etc., held at…

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Soldier On Manslaughter Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Damlen Michael Masterton, aged 21, a soldier was to-day committed for trial by the coroner on o charge of…

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Improving Anzac Park Sporting Bodies To Meet

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

An important meeting of all sporting bodies, will be held in St. Patricks hall at 7.30 p.m. next Wednesday evening, when the matter to be…

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Welcome Home Committee Terminates its Activities

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 3

Last night a meeting of the Willimbong Shire Welcome Home Committee was held, when the following members were present. Cr. R. A…

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PTE. R. H. WEYMOUTH Now Posted as Killed In Action

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. A. Weymouth, of Cootamundra, received official word on Saturday that their son. Ptc. R. H. ("Ric") Weymouth had been killed in…

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War Casualty Presumed Dead

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

NX52430 Pte. EDWARD ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE. who was reported missing on September 15, 1942, is now, for official…

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Legacy Cares For Country War Orphans

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 4

THERE are hundreds of war orphans and their mothers living in the country who are being cared for by Legacy. These…

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Chinese Civil War Communist Blames U.S. Troops

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 1

NANKING, Tuesday: Communist leader Mao Tsetung, in a statement from Yenan headquarters, declared that the United suites Army and…

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Australian Woman Returns Home Lived in Germany Throughout War

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

PERTH, Monday: Life inside Germany during the war years was to Mrs. Margaret Frieda Doerr, of Noarluoga, South Australia, on…

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World's Greatest Rice Farm Wakool in Peace As in War

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 4

AS the Farm mechanisation Scheme, which I had the honour of introducing, is playing in peace as important a part in the…

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Soldiers to Ballot For Land Blocks

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday, More than 1550 servicemen and ex-serviceman are taking part in a ballot at Wagga this afternoon for 26 grazing areas in…

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U.s. Judges on War Crimes Tribunal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 1

TOKYO, Tuesday: According to the Associated Press correspondent, the N.B.C. correspondent, in a broadcast did not confirm the…

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Highlights of Post-war Motor Car Address to Wagga Rotary Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 2

At the weekly meeting of members of the Wagga Rotary Club on Monday Rotarian Norman Peek, principal of the Wagga Technical…

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