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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

The Russian war at the moment has become a battle of bombers, says the British United Press. Russian and German bombers nightly are…

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Soldier’s Luck in Black-out

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Hurrying along to a factory in the morning black-out, a woman saw a soldier hurrying up to her. For a moment she was afraid…

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By an Unknown Soldier

The Bega District News · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 1

The story of a poem by an unknown author that fluttered into a North Africa trench during the fighting there was told by General Montgomery’s…

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Th[?] School Column N.s.w. Public School’s War Service Auxiliary

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 3

Shortly after war began, a body known as the N. S. W. Public Schools War Service Auxiliary was established in Sydney under the…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 6

The Nowra District War Agricultural Committee met at Bomaderry on Monday last, when there were present: Messrs. L. Judd…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

After several days’ fighting, the Russians have captured an important hill south-east from. Vitebsk, which is the main hinge of the Germans’ central…

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After-war Dairy Produce Markets

The Bega District News · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 4

Several years are likely to elapse before it will be possible to give a clear answer to the question as to the future market for dairy produce in…

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The School Column War Service Auxiliary

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 June 1944 · page 4

During the week 2-C showed initiative by organising a tuck shop and raising £2/7/ - for the purchase of A.C.F. Adoption Schemes stamps…

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Bellawongarah War Auxiliary

The South Coast Register · Thursday 15 June 1944 · page 2

Prisoner of War Funds benefited to the extent of £8/4/ as the result of a euchre party and dance held by the Bellgwongarah War…

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Appointment of Returned Soldier to Direct Re-establishment

The Bega District News · Thursday 15 June 1944 · page 2

Mr F. R. Archer has been appointed to the Ministry of Post-war Reconstruction as Director, Re-establishment Division. Mr. Archer, who is a…

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Past-war Training Scheme Under Way

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 4

More than [?]and wannen have been arranged buy the trade and [?] Common wealth[?]…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 7

Present at a meeting of the Nowra District War Agricultural Committee, held at Kiama on Monday last, were: Messrs. L. Judd…

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Anzac House Appeal

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 1

Anzac House is no suddenly conceived idea. It has been for years the aim of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. to have established in the city of…

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Junior Farmers’ War Effort Kangaroo Valley

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 8

Members of the Kangaroo Valley Junior Farmers’ Club have completed recently a war effort which is probably one of the most novel…

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Welcome Home

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 1

In spice of the cold, inclement night, there was a large attendance at the Berry School of Arts on Thursday night last to welcome…

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Chester Wilmot, War [?]

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 3

No Australian war correspondent is better known to the troops end to A.B.C. listeners than Chester Wilmot, new in Normandy, and with a record…

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The War Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 2

American bombers yesterday raided Yanf Island, according to Tokyo official radio. A Washington Navy communique…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 3

A meeting of the Nowra District War Agricultural Committee was held at the Nowra Co-op. Dairy Co., Bomaderry, on Monday of last…

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War Agricultural Committee

The Bega District News · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 4

The monthly meeting of Bega District War Agricultural Committee was held on 27th June. Present: Messrs H. R. Hawkey…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 2

The British Information Service stated that persistent report that the Duke of Windsor was seeking to purchase suitable property in the United…

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