LOOKING BACK: Bega celebrates end of World War 2

Updated July 6 2020 - 11:34am, first published 11:13am
END OF THE WAR: Children celebrate the end of World War Two by joining the procession down Carp Street, Bega to the showground.
END OF THE WAR: Children celebrate the end of World War Two by joining the procession down Carp Street, Bega to the showground.

World War 2 didn't officially end until the surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, but Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley declared the war's end on August 15. Bega District News' edition of August 16 reported the announcement.

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