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‘Table Tops’ No. 1, Monday 4 June 1945 Newspaper as received by Sapper Kingsley Charles MOHR, WX26433

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1 Aust. Press Unit (First Australian Army Press Unit)

1945

Overview

A beige newspaper with black print consisting of four (4) demi-quarto pages outlining the closing stages of the Second World War in Europe and Asia, along with local news from Australia including current affairs and sports reports. The Rising Sun is located in the top right-hand corner of the masthead with the newspaper’s name adjacent. “FINAL EDITION” and “FREE TO THE TROOPS” appear above the masthead and below the masthead in smaller print is the issue number, the issuer of the newspaper and the date.

Historical information

‘Table Tops’ was a free daily newspaper distributed to troops and other personnel and was produced by “AIF News”, part of the First Australian Army Press Unit. The newspaper consisted of 4 pages in the Monday to Saturday editions while the Sunday newspaper had eight (8) pages.
Editions were produced in Atherton, Queensland, for those serving in Australia while regional editions were produced in Balikpapan, Morotai in the Maluku Islands and Brunei in Borneo.for those serving overseas.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2023.14.23

Item type

Newspapers

Themes

Communication

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Ink

Paper (Newsprint)

Width

219 mm

Height or length

285 mm

Weight

7 g

Inscriptions and markings

“FINAL EDITION / FREE TO THE TROOPS / TABLE TOPS / No 1 / Issued Daily By The Australian Military Forces Abroad / Mon.,4 June, 1945”

Contextual information

This newspaper was received by Kingsley Charles MOHR (WX26433), who enlisted at Guildford on 9 August 1941. A Sapper in the Australian Mechanical Equipment Company he spent 1495 days on Active Service in Australia and 625 days on Overseas Service from September 1943 – August 1944 and 10 March – 6 December 1945 before being discharged at Karrakatta in Western Australia on 24 January 1946. MOHR had lived in Denmark, Western Australia, before enlisting and returned there after the war.

Keywords

Second World War

Newspapers

Place made

Morotai, Indonesia

Year

1945

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