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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

8 stories in Central Coast's papers

War Neurosis Victim Is Fined Wore Uniform Illegally

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

Maxwell Vernon Gifford, a war neurosis case, who is out on a three-year good behaviour bond on a bigamy charge, was…

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Lt-General Gordon Bennett Unveils Somersby Honour Roll "Signpost To Madness" Hope For World Peace In Atlantic Pact

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

Speaking at the unveiling of an Honour Roll in the Somersby Hall on Sunday afternoon last, Lt-Gen Gordon Bennett, CB, CMG, DSO. VD, said if the Honour Roll served only as a record "of those who…

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Anzac Day Services Big March in Gosford on the

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 4

Most Gosford district sub-branches of the RSS&AILA will conduct their Anzac Day services next Monday, which…

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Men Of Two Wars Honour Another Anzac Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Returned servicemen of World Wars I and II marched through the main street of Gosford on Monday last to once more pay tribute to those who died in battle and to honour their pledge to keep the memory of their sacrifice fresh in the minds of all "Lest We Forget". Part of their pledge to the dead is the tribute they pay to Legacy for the up keen and rare of war [?]hans. A collection a' this service raised more than £50 for this cause…

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Mainly Social Former Gosford War Widow Off On Long Tour

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

Mrs M. Ingram, of Kogarah, widow of former Gosford Japanese POW Robert (Bob) Ingram, who died at Singapore during the war, left last week in the Ormonde with a 6ft loom…

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Freedom From War Is Aim Of World Government

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 1

Speaking at the evensong service in Christ Church, Gosford, last Sunday night, the Rev Cyril Francis reviewed the…

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New Secretary For Returned Men's Sub-Branch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 6

Mr E. K. Conrick, of Gosford, has been appointed secretary of the Gosford sub-branch of the RSS&AILA…

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Gosford District Sub-Branch Notes Gosford Sub-Branch's Support For Higher War Pensions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 3

The Gosford sub-branch of the RSSAILA strongly supported the case for increased war pensions, said the president, Kir Errol Hickey. The RSSAILA is seeking an increase in the…

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