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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

9,843 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Allies Closing in on Burma Rail Town Road to Mandalay Opening Our War Correspondent, T. L. Goodman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

BURMA, Jan. 8.—Advance units of the 14th Army are now only four miles north-east of Shwebo. This is the last important town before Mandalay on the railway from Myitkyina, and brings the Allies to…

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Germans Fall Back in Salient New Threat To Strasbourg From Our War Correspondents and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 8.—To avoid being caught in an Allied trap the Germans have begun to withdraw their armoured forces from the western half of the Ardennes salient…

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Soldiers Robbed of Comforts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—"To our great joy a ship carrying Christmas comforts docked in port a few days ago, but to our dismay we found that…

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Death of Soldier After Dive at Baths

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- After he had dived into 15ft. of water at St. Kilda Baths early this afternoon. Sgt. A. Biggins,…

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Soldier Misfits; R.s.l Gives Cases

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 5

Instances of unsatisfactory placement of ex-servicemen by the Manpower Department were quoted by the secretary of the RSL (Mr. J. R. Lewis)…

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27 A.w.l. Soldiers in Civilian Prisons

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

Twenty-seven of 32 soldiers sent to civil jails in New South Wales last year Were guilty only of having been A.W.L. Pensions-welfare officer of Chatswood-Willoughby…

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Soldiers Face Grave Peril Along the Piccadilly Front

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--There's peril in Piccadilly these nights for soldiers home from the front, who are facing greater hazards than robot bombs or even provost men. THESE benighted men are running…

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Soldiers Face Grave Peril Along the Piccadilly Front

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--There's peril in Piccadilly these nights for soldiers home from the front, who are facing greater hazards than robot bombs or even provost men. THESE benighted men are running…

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Soldiers Face Grave Peril Along the Piccadilly Front

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--There's peril in Piccadilly these nights for soldiers home from the front, who are facing greater hazards than robot bombs or even provost men. THESE benighted men are running…

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U.S. Soldier Allegedly Took Pot Shot At Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--If Sir Eric Teichman had been a squirrel he probably would be alive today, it was revealed at a United States court-martial held near Norwich. PRIVATE GEORGE SMITH, of…

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Soldiers Face Grave Peril Along the Piccadilly Front

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--There's peril in Piccadilly these nights for soldiers home from the front, who arc facing greater hazards than robot bombs or even provost men. THESE benighted men are running…

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Soldiers Fight Fire At East Lindfield

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

A large number of soldiers, firemen and more than 50 civilians are fighting a bushfire covering more than two square miles near East Lindfield, north of Roseville golf links. SIX houses are threatened in Mel…

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Soldiers Face Grave Peril Along the Piccadilly Front

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--There's peril in Piccadilly these nights for soldiers home from the front, who are facing greater hazards than robot bombs or even provost men. THESE benighted men are running…

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Soldiers Fight Fire At East Lindfieid

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

A large number of soldiers, firemen and more than 50 civilians are fighting a bushfire covering more than two square miles near East Lindfieid, north of Roseville golf links. SIX houses are threatened in…

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Soldiers Face Grave Peril Along the Piccadilly Front

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--There's peril in Piccadilly these nights for soldiers home from the front, who are facing greater hazards than robot bombs or even provost men. THESE benighted men are running…

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3,000 Miles Nearer Japan's Heart in Pacific, 1944 Was a Year of Victories From H. J. SUMMERS, Our War Correspondent in the Philippines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

General MacArthur, standing astride the Philippines, is 3,000 miles closer to Japan than his most advanced troops were a year ago. This fact emphasises that the year just closed has seen greater progress in the task of rolling back…

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War Eagle Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 8

War Eagle was withdrawn yesterday from the Anniversary Handicap, to be run at Randwick on January 27…

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Mounting War Cost

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 7

NEW YORK, Wednesday--Incomplete figures compiled by the Department of Commerce, estimate the cost of the war to…

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Mounting War Cost

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 7

NEW YORK; Wednesday--Incomplete figures compiled by the Department of Commerce estimate the cost of the war to…

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R.a.a.f. Pilots Report Location of Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 2

An R.A.A.F. Boomerang pilot, flying above a Bougainville battle, reported the position of a wounded Australian, and added he appeared to have been shot in the knee…

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