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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

23 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

War Widow Entitled To Leniency: SM

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 1

Mr. M. J. McCauley, SM, at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, said that a war widow who…

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15 Enlistments From Gosford In Past Year

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 1

Fourteen men and one woman had joined the services from the Gosford district since February, 1951, Mr. E. H…

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Long Jetty Soldier Wounded In Korea

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

Sergeant Terry Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Smith, of, Long Jetty, and brother of Mrs.: R. Prewin. has been wounded…

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Returned Soldiers Assisted

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

The Brisbane Water District Council of the RSL last year sent more than £450 to affiliated sub-branches to help…

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Swarms Of Soldier Beetles

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

Heavy infestations of soldier beetles had occurred in the Gosford district, the officer in charge of the Gosford Citrus…

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War Service Homes Greater Aid For Building

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 1

The Federal government believed that ex-servicemen who bulk new homes should be given greater…

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Anzac Services, Reunions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 5

Representatives from most district branches of the RSL will attend the dawn service at the Gosford Cenotaph on…

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Anzac Day Trade

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

Friday is a holiday for Anzac Day. Batchers will close on Thursday and reopen on Monday…

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Anzac Reunion

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

The Gosford branch of the RSL will hold its reunion immediately after the 11 am service at the Cenotaph tomorrow…

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Schools Join In Tribute To Anzac Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 6

The story of Anzac was a great chapter in Australian history, Geoff Thorneley, fourth year pupil at the Gosford High School, said at the school on Thursday…

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200 Marched on Anzac Day Big Crowd At Cenotaph

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

Two hundred men marched along Mann Street, Gosford, on Friday morning on the 37th anniversary of Anzac Day and the people who watched did not intrude on the men's thoughts. People neither cheered nor applauded. The marchers had the music…

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Three Boer War Veterans March At Hardy's Bay

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

Three Boer War veterans, a band of 1914-18 ex-servicemen, one of them a DCM and MM winner and several men wearing Gallipoli stars were among the 60 returned men who marched…

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Mangrove Mt. RSL Anzac Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

About 60 ex-servicemen and their relatives and friends attended the Mangrove Mt branch of the RSL Anzac service in…

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Maple Honour Roll In RSL Branch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

The Ourimbah-Lisarow branch of the RSL decided at its monthly meeting to erect a maple honour roll, on…

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General Army Enlistments

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 1

The Acting Deputy Director of Recruiting Mr. P. J. Hynand, has given details of general Army enlistments…

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Returned Men Acknowledge Assistance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 5

The Gosford Sub-branch of the RSSAILA at its monthly meeting last Friday night presented Mrs G. Margin, of…

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War Record Saves Man From Gaol

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 3

A good war record saved George McDonald, 45, a cleaner of Parramatta, from going to gaol when found guilty of assaulting a 76-year-old pensioner, Charles Harrigan, of Umina…

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Veteran of 1st World War Dies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 4

Members of the RSS & AILA attended the funeral of Mr. Frederick James Beaton, which left Gosford for…

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Post-war Lines Are Best

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5

Nylon fishing lines completely overshadow anything which we used in the prewar years…

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Former War Reporter Is New Editor of the "Times"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 1

Mr. Barry J. Young, one of Australia's leading journalists, whose brilliant despatches an a war…

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