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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Anzac Day Tomorrow

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 4

In addition to a dawn service to-morrow morning, Anzac Day will be marked by church services. School services, and a march through the city…

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Outpatients Closed Anzac Day Only Emergency Cases Treated

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

The outpatients department of the Hospital will be closed all day on Anzac Day (Wednesday). However, all emergency cases will…

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Anzac

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

Greater [?] hath no [?] this, that a man [?] down his life for his friends." Today is Anzac Day…

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Anzac Dies

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 11

Brisbane.—Mr. Francis LouieHaughie (66), of Auckland, a member of the New Zealand contingent to the Brisbane Anzac Day…

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Anzac An Inspiration

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 12

Sydney.—The remembrance of Anzac should be an inspiration to all, the Archbishop of Sydney (Cradinal Gilroy) said in a special…

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Today Is Anzac Day

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

Today throughout the length and breadth of the Commonwealth traffic will be halted in cities…

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P.M's Anzac Day Message

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

Canberra, April 24.—"On Anzac Day this year we pay humble tribute to that heroic band of Australian fighting men whose [?]tion…

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Vandals Deface War Memorials

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

Canberra—Police are searching for men who plastered the Australian War Memorial with polical slogans last night. Slogans painted in 18in…

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Immortal Name Of Anzac

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 6

Sydney.—The State president of the Australian Legion of ex-servicemen's Clubs (Mr. H. C. France) read the dedication at the…

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Cost of War

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

Washington, April 25—Officials predicted today that military expenditure this year would total 70,000 million dollars (£A31,259…

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Canberra Anzac Memorial Defaced [?]ction Slogans Revealed As Sun Rises

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

Canberra, April 25.—Hundreds of ex-servicemen attending the Anzac Day dawn service of the Australian War Memorial today were shocked to find election propaganda painted on the Anzac Commemoration Stone outside the Memorial. The base…

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City Honors Anzac Heroes: March "Best Ever" Says R.S.L Stirring Scenes At Memorial

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

Yesterday the city paid tribute to the heroes of Gallipoli. Yesterday Broken Hill mourned the sons it had lost in two world wars and honored the heroes of both wars as they…

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Reds Prepare for Sea War

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 5

Viscount Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty, described in the House of Lords recently Russian precautions for a…

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Reds in U.s. War Plants

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 11

Washington.: Communists have infiltrated into key US defence factories, the Congressional Anti-Red…

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War Fighter Back To RAAF

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 4

Melbourne.—Wing-Commander Peter Jeffery, D.S.O., D.F.C., one of the war's outstanding fighter pilots, has returned to the R.A.A.F…

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Murder May Herald Gang War Police Investigate Theories

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 6

Sydney, May 3.—Police fear that the murder of Danny Simmons, "the gentleman dead and kid," professional boxer and bookmaker's…

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Cold War In N.Z.

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

Wellington—The water front strike seems to have settled down to something resembling a cold war…

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Ex-war Nurse Found Dead

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

Adelaide, May 7.—The body of Miss Mary Wallis (about 50). World War I. nurse, was found today by women searchers in 3ft. of water in the…

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War Ace Will Lead Protest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 7

London.—Group Capt. A. G. ("Salior") Malan, famous Battle of Britain fighter pilot, will lead a torchlight procession of 25,000…

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War Criminal Found Living in Luxury in U.s

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

Los Angles, May 7.—A man, sought by the Yugoslav Government as "one of the worst war criminals," has been found living in quiet luxury at an…

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