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Weddings, 1942

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Cannot Buy Wedding Dress

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 2

Clothes rationing will prevent women being married in full bridal array before November 15. This is because purchase of a bridal…

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Wedding at Strathfield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 7

A dusty-pink dinner gown was worn by Miss Grace Hebden at her marriage last night at St. Anne's Church, Strathfield, with Sergeant Robert Norman…

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Can Save Coupons On Wedding Day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 5

If she doesn't want to spend 51 clothes coupons, a Sydney bride can hire her wedding dress, veil, gloves,…

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Old-time Athlete's Golden Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Wally Williams are 50 years married tomorrow. To celebrate the occasion they are being tendered a party by their…

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Old-time Athlete's Golden Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Wally Williams are 50 years married tomorrow. To celebrate the occasion they are being tendered a party by their…

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Old-time Athlete's Golden Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Wally Williams are 50 years married tomorrow. To celebrate the occasion they are being tendered a party by their…

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Old-time Athlete's Golden Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Wally Williams are 50 years married tomorrow. To celebrate the occasion they are being tendered a party by their…

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Two Weddings--But Different Settings

The Sun · Sunday 21 June 1942 · page 1

In Hospital: Yesterday was the wedding day of Miss Mary Megniness, of Bosisto-street, Richmond (Melbourne) and M. A. C. Dudley, of Victoria-street, West Brunswick. The bridegroom broke a leg in a motor accident during the…

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O.K Needed For Yank Weddings

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 June 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Monday.--Marital complications, which have arisen in the lives of some American soldiers since they have arrived in Australia, are said to be the chief reason for a War Department edict forbidding marriages of American soldiers overseas without the permission of their superior officers…

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O.K. Needed For Yank Weddings

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 June 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Monday.-- Marital complications, which have arisen in the lives of some American soldiers since they have arrived in Australia, are said to be the chief reason for a War Department edict forbidding marriages of American soldiers overseas without the permission of their superior officers…

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O.K. Needed For Yank Weddings

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 June 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Monday-- Marital complications, which have arisen in the lives of some American soldiers since they have arrived in Australia, are said to be the chief reason for a War Department edict forbidding marriages of American soldiers overseas without the permission of their superior officers…

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O.K. Needed For Yank Weddings

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 June 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON Monday. --Marital complications, which have arisen in the lives of some American soldiers since they have arrived in Australia, are said to be the chief reason for a War Department edict forbidding marriages of American soldiers overseas without the permission of their superior officers…

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Daily Mirror Helps Marriage Romantic Wedding by Cable

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 1

LAST WEEK, the Daily Mirror told how Lieut. Paul Spitzmiller, U.S. Army, "Somewhere in Australia," married his home-town sweetheart, Mary E. Foster, of Cape Griardeau, Missouri, by cable. These are the two young people who figured in the unique ceremony. On June 6,…

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Daily Mirror Helps Marriage Romantic Wedding by Cable

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 1

LAST WEEK, the Daily Mirror told how Lieut. Paul Spitzmiller, U.S. Army, "Somewhere in Australia," married his home-town sweetheart, Mary E. Foster, of Cape Griardeau, Missouri, by cable. These are the two young people who figured in the unique ceremony. On June 6,…

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Daily Mirror Helps Marriage Romantic Wedding by Cable

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 1

LAST WEEK, the Daily Mirror told how Lieut. Paul Spitzmiller, U.S. Army, "Somewhere in Australia," married his home-town sweetheart, Mary E. Foster, of Cape Griardeau, Missouri, by cable. These are the two young people who figured in the unique ceremony. On June 6,…

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Wedding

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 6

The marriage of Miss Lynette Winks, of Bollon (Queensland) with Mr William Graham Sowter, son of Mrs C. M. Bennett, of North Springwood, was…

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Wedding Bells TRENORDEN—GYDE

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 5

A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Aidan's Church of England, Blackheath, on June 17, when Ailsa Margaret, elder daughter of Mr…

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Wedding Bells Simons—wood

The Broadcaster · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 3

The marriage of Miss Dorinda Wood, third daughter of Mrs. Wood, and the late Mr. Wood, of Stimson Street, Guildford to Mr. David Simon, only child of…

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Wedding Bells [?]—Wood

The Broadcaster · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 1

A pretty [?] took place on June 13, St. Marry's Church of England, Guildford, when Alice, eldest daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. A. E. Wood, of…

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Weddings of Town and Country Interest An Old-World Gown And Broidered Veil

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 18

The marriage was solemnised, with Nuptial Masa, at the Sacred Heart Church, Boggabri, by the Rev. Father F. Hogan, P.P., of…

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