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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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War Agricultural Committee

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 1

Matters dealt with at the last two meetings of Nowra D.W.A.C. included the following:— COMMITTEE CHANGES…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

American armies which landed on Luzon have secured a 15 mile bridge. head in the Lingayen Gulf and have made deep penetrations inland…

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The War Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr A. V. Alexander, said the striking power of the British pacific fleet will be formidable “ The war in the Pacific…

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Post-war Government Controls

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 8

During the war years there has been built up by the Government of this country a huge bureaucratic machine of unparalleled…

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The War. Latest This Horning

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 2

British forces have made yet another landing on the Burma coast and established a mile-deep bridgehead north-east of Myebob Peninsula,…

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The War Latest Australian News

The Bega District News · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

During a brawl at the Highway Hotel, Claremont, South Australia, late yesterday, between an Australian sailor and an American sailor, another…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 2

It has been officially announced that President Roosevelt, Mr Churchill and Marshal Stalin, meeting at a Black Sea port, have reached a complete…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

American submarines operating in the Far East have sunk 31 more enemy vessels, including a light cruiser, 21 cargo vessels, three tankers, and…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 2

Great columns of smoke rose into the sky over the Rhineland yesterday as rocket and cannonfiring planes blasted German strongpoints which had…

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The War Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 2

Mr Churchill scored a personal triumph in the House of Commons on Wednesday when the amendment to his confidence motion was defected by 396…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 2

The new R.A.F. bomb, weighing 22,000 lb, or nearly ten tons, was dropped for the first time yesterday, when Lancasters attacked rail tagets in…

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Wyndham Soldier in Big Attack on Japs

The Bega District News · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 2

Exploiting to the full the value of manoeuvre, surprise, and deception, Australian troops in the Aitape sector of New Guinea recently forced a strong…

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The War. Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 2

Washington State Department announces that each nation would have one vote at the San Francisco conference…

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The Commonwealth Bank in Post-war Reconstruction (To the Editor)

The Bega District News · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 1

Sir,—At the termination of this war there will be very little in the productive sphere that the workers of Australia cannot do. Our colossal war…

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The War Latest the Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 2

It has now been revealed that the Burgomaster of Aachen, Franz Oppen-hof 41, lawyer who was appointed by the Allies was underfed last Sunday…

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Welcome Home at Kangaroo Valley

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 1

Under the auspices of the district Patriotic and War Fund, a “welcome home” was tendered a number of local soldiers released…

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Kameruka Soldier Honored

The Bega District News · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

Mr and Mrs J. A. Henwood, of Kameruka Estate, have received the following notification:— Honors and Awards:…

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War Facts in Brief

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 3

Of a total national income of £5,457,000,000 i the five war years (1st July, 1939, to 30th June, 1944) the amount expended by Australia…

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Anzac Day Arrangements

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 2

The usual Anzac Day Service will be held held at the School of Arts on Wednesday next, April 25, at 11 a.m. Returned soldiers,…

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The War Latest This Morning

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 2

The English Army in Italy has captured Argenta, the only remaining centre of resistance in the area west from Comachio Lagoon, The town is…

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