23 May - 29 May 1942

[NormanStewart]

I think you missed one small but interesting event around this time – a deranged killer was caught and he’s in our Army:

Soldier held in 3 murders (5-23-42)

The Sydney Morning Herald (May 23, 1942) U.S. soldier detained Murder inquiry in Melbourne Melbourne – (Friday) Following investigations by detectives and military police into the murders of three women in Melbourne this month, an American soldier was taken into custody at the City Watch House and held there under an armed guard from the U.S. military forces. Detective-Inspector H. J. Carey, who has been in charge of the investigations, accompanied by Detective-Sergeant S. H. McGuffie and …