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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Old Soldier Faded Away

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 2

Rochester (New York). Sun.: James Hard—the oldest veteran of the American Civil War—died…

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Anzac Day Plans for Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 5

Anzac Day celebrations in Broken Hill this year are expected to be the biggest yet attempted by the Returned Servicemen's League. They include the…

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Anzac Day Plans for Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 5

Anzac Day celebrations in Broken Hill this year are expected to be the biggest yet attempted by the Returned Servicemen's League. They include the…

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No Extra Holiday For Anzac Day

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

Sydney March 24: NSW will not recently an extra days as a holiday this year for Anzac Day, which falls…

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War Lessons to Doctors

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 3

Seoul, Tuesday. — Three senior Commonwealth Air Force medical officers have arrived in Korea for a tour…

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Cold War Truce in Peace Offer?

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 6

Paris — "Peace Talk in Moscow was being treated with great caution in Paris doplomatic quarters. They said the talk…

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Rationalist Attack] On China Could End Korean War, Says Cho[?]ult

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

Washington, March 23.— Major General Claire Chen[?] says Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist Chinese forces…

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Soldiers View Effects of Atom Explosion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 12

Las Vegas, Tues.: An atom explosion, possibly from the warhead of America's atom artillery shell, gave soldiers in foxholes today a taste of the battlefield…

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War to Start From Formosa

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

Tokio, Wednesday—The U.S. Supreme Commander in the Far East (Gen. Mark Clark) arrived in Formosa today. He had two conferences…

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Jap War Relics

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 9

Adelaide.—There was no justification for the withdrawal of Japanese war relics from the Australian…

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Jap War Relics

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 9

Adelaide.—There was no justification for the withdrawal of Japanese war relics from the Australian…

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Anzac Day Incident Feared

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

Canberra, March 29.—Observers in Canberra believe that the Anzac Day service at the Australian War…

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War Neurosis Patients

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

Canberra: Success of the Repatriation Commission's psychiatric programme was shown by the fact that the…

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"Not yet acts of war"

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

Lord Ismay, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, said that the latest…

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War Memorials in New Guinea

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 5

Sydney—Fitting memorials to the Australian dead are nearing completion at three war cemeteries in Papua and New Guinea…

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Privileges For Korean Soldiers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney, April 1.—The N.S.W. Government has accepted the principle and service in Korea counted…

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Soldiers Swear Less

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

London, Wednesday—Hard swearing, hard drinking soldiers, are disappearing from the British Army…

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Welcome Home for Jap Bride

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 1

Adelaide.—"I am very thrilled that my son is bringing his Japanese bride home with him," Mrs. S. E. Rice, of Two Wells, said today…

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No Anzac Holiday On The

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

The following letter from the Chief Secretary and Minister for Immigration, Mr. C. W. Kelly, was before…

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Soldier To Pay Compensation To Owner Of Yacht He Stole

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney, April 2.—A 19-year-old soldier who stole a £4,000 yacht to elope to New Zeland was today ordered to…

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