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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 14, 1945
Page
2
London at Webster and McDonald Pty announce a visit by Optometrists and Opticians to Cloice Stir on an upcoming date. The schedule remains to be announced with potential events at the Commercial total venue.
The issue lists deaths and local notices from September 14 1945. Highlights include the death of Mrs Lear at Narras Weemt Hospital yesterday, and various community events such as dances, fairs, and charity drives in Gloucester and surrounding areas. Names and places feature prominently with wartime civic notices and upcoming local functions.
Sympathy extends to Cunciller 7 and Breese family as word arrives of Fred Breese’s death, among Malayan campaign casualties. The notice notes his passing around June 2 1943, with confirmation only recently received via the International Red Cross in Geneva after being stationed in Australia in 1940 and awaiting news since 1981.
Four prisoners of war are reported safe. Loyalists relay news that L/Cpl. Ger Alwyn Osmond of the 9th Division and others were rescued from the Japanese and prepared for repatriation to Australia. Families, including Mr and Mrs H Sansom, await fuller confirmation as officials note alive but uncertain statuses.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions individuals with surnames Alden and White, likely a genealogical or social notice from Ward's River and Park Bernat areas. Names appear with parental references but the piece lacks coherent context or complete events.
Personal notes record welcomes to Adin at Baywood and a new daughter for Col. Pred Taylor, with many locals sharing birthday wishes. The piece also notes recoveries and homecomings from service, holiday visits, and a death at Ryde aged 87, plus assorted society updates from Sydney and surrounding areas.
In loving memory of our brother Cpl. Doug Sheldrick QX44000 of the 2nd Aunt Mando Squadron A.L.F. and Hupruine Baaritioy at Law. Sept 3 1943. We mourn, remember, and honor his service and sacrifice in war. The family recalls his presence and the enduring ache of absence each day.
L L Rem Giddey, a British airman, survived capture after a failed escape attempt near Dusseldorf in 1943. He endured solitary confinement, interrogation, and a long POW trek through Stalingrad and Sagan before being moved to camps near Bremen. Regained freedom with a march to Lübeck and a flight to England, praising POWs and Red Cross parcels for sustenance during confinement.
The Gloucester Red Cross Society will hold its monthly meeting at Role of Arte on the 18th of September at 3 pm. All members and intending members are urged to attend. committee members McDonald and McDonald are listed as secretaries.
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