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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Forced to Resign War Crime Book of Ld. Russell Cause of Stir

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 6

London, Thursday: Lord Russell, of Liverpool (59), British Army and R.A.F. judicial adviser, has been forced to resign from the Government service because he…

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Anzac Day Plan

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 5

Sydney, August 12.—The State Governor, Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott, suggested that the Returned…

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Eisenhower Flays Dea of Preventive War Against Reds

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

Washington, August 12.—The idea of a preventive war against Communist Powers was "ridiculous, impossible and completely ridiculous," President Eisenhower declared today…

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New War Dangers Molotov Tells U.k. Labor Men

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

Moscow, Thursday: A grave warning against the dangers of a new war was given by M. Molotov at a dinner with British Labor Party leaders in Moscow…

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Anzac Cove Tour Plan

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

Melbourne: A party of Australian former servicemen will land at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, next Anzac…

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War Pensioner Charged with Woman's Death

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 5

Brisbane: A war pensioner, charged with the wilful murder of his washerwoman, had slept two nights while the body was dressed up in an adjoining room, a detective told the Criminal.Court…

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The Sir Henry Parkes War Memorial Appeal (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 4

Sir,—On October 24, 1953, in Tenterfield, was launched an appeal to preserve no a memorial for all times,…

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The Barrier Mines Tuesday, August 24, 1954. Deal in War Planes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 3

THE Australian Government is reported to be investigating the possibility, of purchasing American war planes so that there would be uniformity of equipment in the…

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Soldier Had Jap Wife But Proposed To Sydney Girl

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

Sydney, August 24. -An ex-serviceman who proposed to a Sydney girl while married to a Japanese woman was today ordered to pay £1000 for breach of promise…

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Sacked Over War Book

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

Lord RusselL 59, the British Army's Assistant Judge Advocate-General, has been forced to resign…

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Soldier On Charge Of Murder

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

Lithgow, August 26.—Donald Motbey, a 23-year-old Korea war veteran, wearing…

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Soldier Faces Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

Sydney: Donald Motbey (23), of Moore Park, a soldier, appeared in the Central Court today charged with having murdered Mrs. Loma Jean Helmers in a city private…

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B.H. Man to Write War History

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 1

Canberra: Mr. Barton Maughan has been appointed to write the official war history of the siege of…

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Block for War Service Men

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 6

Sydney: A 2017 acres sheep breeding and wool growing block near Tullamore will be open for…

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'Shooting War' for 3 years

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 11

MONTREAL, A "shooting war" has been going on in the quiet little community of Forval, near Montreal, for three years…

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'Shooting War' for 3 years

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 11

MONTREAL, A "shooting war", has been going on in the quiet little community of Forval, near Montreal, for three years…

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Soldier Killed by Tree Crash

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 12

Melbourne: A Citizen Military Forces soldier was ki11ed instantly and another…

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2 Wounded in Car

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 15

Melbourne: Two men who were found wounded in a car in Elizabeth Street, Richmond, early this morning…

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To England on Quarter of Tea; Story of War

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 9

To England on a Quarter of a pound of tea. It sounds fantastic, but it's true. It happened to Edwin N. Broomhead. The Rev. E N. Broomhead, known to…

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Russia Sees War Threat

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 September 1954 · page 1

London, September 10. — Soviet Russia has served notice on the West that remilitarisation of Western Germany will probably provoke another war…

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