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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

348 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 18

Korean War Almost Won

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1951 · page 1

PUSAN (Korea), Sun. (AAP-Reuter). -- The South Korean President, Syngman Rhee, said…

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Land Purchase For Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Commonwealth-State legislation enabling the purchase of land for soldier settlement is legal, the High Court held to-day…

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Soldier Settlement Conference Would Be Welcomed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.--The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said to-day that while he would welcome a…

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Coffs Soldier Killed In Korea

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Wed -- Mr. and Mrs. R. Cundy, of Woolgoolga road, Coffs Harbour, have been advised that their son, Pte. Victor Bernard Cundy, has been, killed in action in Korea…

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Coffs Harbour Soldier Killed in Korea

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

Advice was received Yesterday that Pte Victor Bernard Cundy, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Cundy, of Woolgoolga…

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Soldier Preference And Retrenchment

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 2

Included in the 10,000 Public Service retrenchment scheme, decided upon recently by the Federal Government, several…

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Why Cut Soldier Settlement?

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 4

Why had the N.S.W. Government cut its 1951-52 expenditure on soldier settlement when the…

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American Soldier Wished Burial In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Australian troops from Eastern Command Headquarters formed a guard of honour to-day when a casket containing the body cf an American soldier who wished to be buried in Queensland, was…

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Anzac Back From Korea

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--The destroyer, H.M.A.S. Anzac, which braved enemy fire a number of times while…

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Germ War Warning

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--United States cities could be attacked by giant aerosol bombs…

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Wounded In Korea

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 October 1951 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tues.--A casualty list issued by the Minister for the Army, Mr. Francis, contains the name of…

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War Ended For Them

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 November 1951 · page 1

Two fur-hatted Chinese soldiers seem unhappy that for them the Korean war has ended. They were captured by Australians during an assault, part of the United Nations October offensive, which was spearheaded by the Commonwealth Division. The Australian soldiers from left are: Cpl. K. Hoare, of Broken Hill; Cpl. M. Simmons, cf Henley Beach,…

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Famous Soldier Back At School

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 November 1951 · page 3

Lieut. General Sir Iven Mackay, a former pupil of Grafton Primary School, spent a busy two hours yesterday at the school, where he was entertained by the Grafton Mothers' Club…

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Give Soldiers Chance To Settle On Land

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs. — If enabling soldier settlers to buy their own properties was socialism, he was, a…

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Egypt's Underground 'Declares War' In Canal Zone

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 November 1951 · page 1

CAIRO, Friday (A.A.P.).--Egypt's underground has "declared war" on Britons in the Suez Canal Zone and has promised to exact "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" in…

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Wife and Mother of Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 November 1951 · page 2

A graceful tribute to Lady Mackay as the wife and mother of soldiers was paid yesterday by the…

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Korean Soldiers In Land Scheme

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Federal Government had approved that ex-servicemen who had fought in Korea…

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Coventry's War Boom

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 4

COVENTRY.--Millions of pounds worth of rearmament contracts are turning Coventry, industrial…

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Egyptians Stab British Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 1

ISMAILIA, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Three British soldiers were stabbed yesterday with knives in Ismailia by a mob of Egyptian extremists…

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In Memory Of Gallant Soldier

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 2

The imposing gateway which was unveiled at Swan Creek on Sunday in memory of the late Lieut.-Colonel C. H. Green. Civic and servicemen's organisations throughout the Clarence were represented at the function. Inscriptions on the tablets read (on the left): "In memory of Lieut.-Colonel…

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