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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Land Aid For Korean Soldiers

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney, April 2.—Soldiers who served in Korea or Malaya will soon come under the provisions of the…

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No Monday Holiday For Anzac Day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 4

"There are substantial reasons why Anzac Day should be observed on April 25 — the actual day of the…

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Warm Welcome Home For Tito

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

PRESIDENT TITO OF YUGOSLAVIA gets a big kiss from his wife on his return late last month after his five-day visit to England. She was waiting at their villa at Split, Dalmatia, where President Tito landed. They then left by special train for Belgrade…

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Police War on S.P.

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 4

Wellington (N.Z.). — Now that off-course betting agencies are established in most parts of New Zealand,…

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Welcome Home For First Battalion

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney, April 8.—Nearly 125,000 people gave a har[?]s welcome to the 1st Battalion, Royal…

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Vital For Anzac Appeal To Succeed, Says Chairman

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

Launching the Anzac Appeal for 1953, the chairman, Mr. H. G. Rosevear, pointed out that this is…

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Cliff Ordeal of Wounded Boy

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 7

Sydney.—A 15-year-old boy with a bullet wound in his chest lay on a narrow cliff ledge 225ft above the ocean at North Curl Curl, a Sydney beach suburb, for three hours…

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Germ War Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 5

Hong Kong, Monday.— Peking radio today described as "illegal" the resolution of the United Nations Political…

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Indo-China War Ambitious Red Operation

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

Hanoi, April 13.—Forty thousand Communist troops have hacked a way through…

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War Widow's Champion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 11

MRS. G. A. VASEY, Federal president of the War Widows' Guild of Australia, will go to the…

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War Graves Gathering

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—British, Commonwealth and French representatives will meet in London tomorrow to…

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Anzac Day Service

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 2

The annual Anzac commemoration service will be held in the Town Hall next Sunday, at 8.30 p.m…

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Warships For Anzac Day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 5

Canberra: Three Australian warships will take part in the Anzac Day and Coral Sea Week commemorations…

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Anzac Service

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 5

An Anzac commemoration service is to be held in the Town Hall on Sunday night. The change from the…

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Anzac Service On

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 6

A special Anzac Commemoration Service is to be held in the Town Hall on Sunday night at 8.30 p.m…

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Navy Men for Anzac Day Service

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 1

Members of the Navalmen's Association are requested to attend the Anzac Day memorial service at the…

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Turk To See Anzac March

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 8

Adelaide.—A Turkish Army officer will see the Anzac Day march in Adelaide ne[?] Saturday from…

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Large Gathering At Anzac Day Service

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

The attendance at the special Anzac Commemoration Service held in the Town Hall last night was the best for several years. The service was arranged by the Returned Servicemen's League in conjunction with the Ministerial…

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Anzac Day Plan for Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 1

Saturday next, Anzac Day, will be observed as a close holiday in Broken Hill. Because the Holiday Act provides that the Anzac holiday shall be observed on the day on which it falls, most employees will only benefit by a half day…

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No Bets on Anzac Day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 11

Hobart.—Bookmaking operations on Anzac Day in Tasmania are banned under the Bookmakers Act…

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