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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1945
Page
2
A local optometrists event announces visits by ophthalmic specialists from London and Wales. The schedule lists Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm and Friday from 9 am to 10 pm at the Chamberlain Hall, inviting residents to obtain eye exams and eyewear consultations.
A small town posts a VAD style notice listing a Saturday shop sale with clothes, vegetables, and a window display. It also promotes a rodeo dance at KTS OR with a banquet and music by Lane and Barry Astell, plus a charity ambulance event and a Stratford rodeo draft.
Returning servicemen from the 6th Division are welcomed home at a Mareath dance with praise for their endurance under captivity. Messages of gratitude focus on carers, Red Cross, and community support as families recount stories and honor the wounded and those who died.
A long list honors returned servicemen and others connected to Gloucester and surrounding districts. Names include Tom Collins, Arthur Purson, and many others with ties to the ALF and Air Force. The report covers postings, deployments in Darwin and Singapore, demobilizations in Australia, and hospital or care notes for families and dependents.
Notice calls all lorry owners and drivers to attend a meeting at Gloucester School of Arts on Tuesday next 1 November at 5 pm. Mr W Sherry of the Transport Workers Union of Australia will be present to speak.
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