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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Something About A Soldier

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

THERE WERE wine, women and song in the King's Cross celebrations of New Year's Eve last night. The officer in…

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Huge Shipments of U.s. Parcels for Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 7

NEW YORK--Postmaster Albert Goldman, in an interim report, reveals that 34.801,701 Christmas parcels were turned over to Army postal…

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Something About A Soldier

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

THERE WERE wine, women and song in the King's Cross celebrations of New Year's Eve last night. The officer in…

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Ex-soldier Pushed Boy Down Stairs to Death

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 9

NEW YORK.--For pushing a two-year-old boy down a night of stairs to his death, Harry Hoar (21), honorable discharged soldier, has…

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Something About A Soldier

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

THERE WERE wine, women and song in the King's Cross celebrations of New Year's Eve last night. The officer in…

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Something About A Soldier

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

THERE WERE wine, women and song in the King's Cross celebrations of New Year's Eve last night. The officer…

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Wounded Should Not Be Coddled

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 7

NEW YORK.--Social workers and relatives should not coddle wounded or veteran soldiers, says Major-General Norman T…

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Nazis War On Children

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

ATROCITY.--U.S. soldier stands before the body of a six-year-old Belgian boy massacred with other children and adults at Stavelot (Belgium) during a German counter-attack…

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Pre-war Stars Help Rowing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 13

Pre-war stars have returned to Sydney Rowing Club in an effort to revive the club's standard. Three former interstate oarsmen,…

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Women War Workers As Man's Equal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

LONDON.--British women war workers have astounded the experts by their output and have proved themselves…

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Doves of Peace, Pigeons of War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 3

CARRIER pigeons which have been on active service in the Pacific for two years, and are now with an Australian pigeon section on a…

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Hitler Says Crisis Of War Passed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 3

London, Jan. 1 (A.A.P.).—In a New Year broadcast last night Hitler promised his listeners that in 1945 attacks on Germany would be warded off and German counter-strokes would finally break the Allies…

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Doves of Peace Pigeons of War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 5

CARRIER pigeons which have been on active service in the Pacific for two years, and are now with an Australian pigeon section on a…

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Doves of Peace, Pigeons of War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 5

CARRIER pigeons which have been on active service in the Pacific for two years, and are now with an Australian pigeon section on a…

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Pillage at Sydney of War Comforts

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 7

Evert parcels being sent north by the Australian Comforts Fund have been pillaged in Sydney, according to shipping men. Full extent of the losses…

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No Additional News Yet of War Prisoners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Nextof-kin could not be supplied with any more information about Australian…

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No Additional News Yet of War Prisoners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Next-of-kin could not be supplied with any more information about Australian…

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No Additional News Yet of War Prisoners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Next- of-kin could not be supplied with any more information about Australian…

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No Additional News Yet of War Prisoners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Next-of-kin could not be supplied with any more information about Australian…

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Ship Constrution in Canada Since War Began

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

Canadian shipyards have constructed between 3,000,000 and 3,500,000 deadweight tons of merchant shipping since the war began, of which 2,500,000 tons remain under Canadian ownership, the Canadian Shipping Board has announced…

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