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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

6,874 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Movie Stars Shy of War Publicity

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 14

HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday.--Screen heroes returning from the wars have not been anxious to publicise their service at the front, but Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has gone to further…

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Queensland Judges to Assist Jap War Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 5

THE Chief Justice of Queensland (Sir William Webb) and Mr. Justice Mansfield, of the Queensland Supreme Court, will leave shortly for…

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Queensland Judges to Assist Jap War Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

THE Chief Justice of Queensland (Sir William Webb) and Mr. Justice Mansfield, of the Queensland Supreme Court, will leave shortly for…

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Nazis Lack Interest In War Leaders' Trial

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 10

FRANKFURT, Wednesday.--German interest in the international Military Tribunal at Nuremburg is still lukewarm, according to American Intelligence authorities at General Joseph McNarney's Frankfurt headquarters…

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Queensland Judges to Assist Jap War Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 5

THE Chief Justice of Queensland (Sir William Webb) and Mr. Justice Mansfield, of the Queensland Supreme Court, will leave shortly for…

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Queensland Judges to Assist Jap War Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

THE Chief Justice of Queensland (Sir William Webb) and Mr. Justice Mansfield, of the Queensland Supreme Court, will leave shortly for…

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Queensland Judges to Assist Jap War Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

THE Chief Justice of Queensland (Sir William Webb.) and Mr. Justice Mansfield, of the Queensland Supreme Court, will leave shortly for…

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Nazis Lack Interest In War Leaders Trial

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 10

FRANKFURT, Wednesday.--German interest in the International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg is still lukewarm, according to American Intelligence authorities at General Joseph McNarney's Frankfurt headquarters…

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State Advances Corporation. War Housing and Workers’ Dwellings

Construction · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

The Annual Report for the State Advances Corporation of Queensland for the year ending 30th June, 1945—the Thirty-fifth year of the Corporation’s activities—contains some interesting…

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Home From Denmark Lived Under Nazis During War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 6

Seven years ago a young Sydney girl. Miss Helen Locke, went to Denmark to marry a Danish woolbuyer. Almost immediately after…

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American War Shipping Administration. Procedure of Returning Ships to Owners

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

The U.S War Shipping, Administration recently announced its administrative procedure for the return of surplus…

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Only Nine Australian Prisoners of War Untraced 19,246 Men Recovered

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

Only nine Australian soldiers who are known to have been prisoners of war have not been accounted for by the…

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War Damage Insurance in Britain. £271,281,171 Already Paid Out

Construction · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 15

The British War Damage Commission has recently given a reasonably close estimate of the total material damage suffered to structures and buildings and that total is impressive…

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Civil War to End in China Executive Headquarters at Peiping New Programme for the People

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 11

An immediate cessation of civil war has been ordered by the Chinese Government and Communist representatives…

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Disabled Soldier Has Lost His Land Resumed by Housing Commission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

The Housing Commission has resumed 1¼ acres of land in Victoria Road, Ermington, the property of a totally disabled…

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No Aid to Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

Sir,—After discharge last September I applied to the Repatriation Commission for a loan of £150 to start my own business, and was refused…

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Adelaide Returned Soldiers Plan New Building

Construction · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 7

Membership of the Returned Soldiers‘ League in South Australia has nearly trebled during the war, and when demobilisation is completed, it will reach the 50,000 mark, according to the State…

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Former Soldier's Strange Death

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 3

A woman told the district coroner (Mr. J. G. Wright) at Campsie Court today that she found her husband in the…

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Two Soldiers on A.g.h. Staff Die

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 11

Two soldiers on the staff of the 113th Australian General Hospital, Concord, died early yesterday morning. They were: Private Herbert Hallam…

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Soldier Killed While Leaning Out of Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

SIGNALLER GEORGE THOMAS (30). A.I.F.. was killed instantly when his head struck a stanchion while he was leaning out of a tram…

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