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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1954

365 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 19

Fight cold war, urges US. Admiral

Central Western Daily · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 2

Democracies must fight the Reds in all cold wars, U.S. Fleet Admiral William R…

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Lithgow Man At Fijian Anzac Day Ceremonies

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 2

One of seven veterans of the 1914-18 War, Lithgow resident, Mr. P. Eather, was the sole Australian representative at the…

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Bodgies Attack Young Soldier

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- A Korean War veteran was brutally kicked and bashed by two bodgies who robbed him of…

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Rescue Party Finds Soldier Well

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

FAIRBANKS (Alaska), Monday.—A rescue party yesterday reached 25 year old soldier George Argus,…

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Gifts of Rams for Soldier Setters

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 6

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Rawkins, announced to-day that eighty Merino rams have been donated…

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Wailing Banshees Thrilled the Anzac Airmen in Malta (By F/Lt, Jack Cannon, Public Relations Officer with No. 78 Wins, R.A.A.F.)

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 8

Wailing Banshees heralded dozens of thrills for Australian and New Zealand fighter pilots and groundstaff men in Malta earlier this month. The wail was not the same mournful sound that haunted the people of this island…

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Land for Soldiers Kooba Estate

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Part of the big Kooba Estate, close to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, is to be taken over by the N.S.V. Government for…

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Soldiers’ bursaries

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 3

Conditions of the bursaries awarded each year by Orange sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’…

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World War Menace Churchill Warns

National Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday: It was no e[?] aggregation to say that humanity stood today at its most fateful milestone. Sir Winston Churchill said last…

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Returned Soldiers' League Club

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 10

Mr. Sam Moffltt was elected president of the Gulgong Returned Soldiers' League Club at its…

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Lambs for Soldier Settlers Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 1

Settlers on war service land settl[?] farms who want to share in a gift of eighty merino rams should apply before Friday, June 18…

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War Veterans Lottery Chief Prizewinners

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: First prize in War Veterans Lottery No. 6 drawn today, went to M. B. Henderson, c[?]o Burwood Post Office…

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Wounded Boy Progressing

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Doctors at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital say a 16 years old boy who was shot in the head at Cobar on Sunday has a…

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Enlistments in Permanent Defence Forces

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 4

"Enlistments in the three permanent Defence Forces since the beginning of the present Recruiting Campaign…

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Rush for War Medals

National Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Since the announcement that many ex-servicemen and women had failed to obtain their war medals, there has been a…

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War Declared on Diseases

Central Western Daily · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 3

FORT WORTH (Texas).— Elaborate preparations for war against disease and despair are being…

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War on 'Hoppers Boards Must Co-operate

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Legislation approved today by the NSW Cabinet for consideration later by the State Government, will impose greater…

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Mandurama Resident Was Born in Year of Franco - Prussian War

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

MR.Nimmo Woodward, Mandurama's G.O.M., has never been quite sure of his age…

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Counter Claims in Guatemalan War

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Guatemala's anti-Communist invaders claimed in a broadcast last night that they were moving on Guatemala City, the capital, from three directions, but the Government radio…

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War Camp Crimes Murder of Prisoners

National Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

METZ, Thursday: French Socialist Deputy Delon Boutien, an inmate of the notorious Struthof concentration camp, told a French military court…

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