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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Soldier Settlement Figures: Over 1000 On Land in N.S. Wales

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 7

More than £6,019,201 has been expended on soldier settlement and over 1000 soldiers have been established…

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Next World War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.: A former member of General Sokolovsky's staff in Berlin, Lieut.-Colonel Georgi…

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A Possibility Expert On War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Thursday: War was not imminent, but was at least a possibility, the Secretary to the Army, Mr. Kenneth…

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Rye Park War Memorial Honor Roll on Display

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

A list of names to be placed on the Rye Park War Memorial Honour Roll is on display in Mr. Commens' store window…

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The Mayan Campaign Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Singapore and Burma

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

The following series of articles, written by Sergt. Fred Howe, or Boorowa, relate his experiences as a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore. For 3½ years Fred laboured in Burma on the Chang! railway and his story, written exclusively for the "Burrowa…

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Soldier Settlers to Boorowa District Shire Council to Extend Welcome

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

A proposal that a suitable welcome be extended to new soldier settlers in Boorowa Shire was instigated at Monday's meeting of…

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The Mayan Campaign Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Singapore and Burma

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 7

The following series of articles, written by Sergt. Fred Howe, of Boorowa, relate his experiences as a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore. For 3½ years Fred laboured in Burma on the Changi railway and his story, written exclusively for the "Burrowa…

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The Next War Mass-Production In Australia

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Monday: Writing in the "Daily Express" Chapman Pincher says that jet-guided missiles and…

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Stock for Soldier Settlers (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

Sir,—Some weeks ago I sold some rams to a local Returned Soldier who has a Soldiers’ Settlement block and he in turn applied…

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German Spy Trial First Since War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 5

HEIDELBERG, Wed.: Germany's first spy trial since the war will begin on Monday next when a German woman will…

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Yass & District War Memorial Fund

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Donation received: Mrs. E. Hollingsworth £5. Rubber Stamps made at shortest notice. Prices the same as…

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The Malayan Campaign Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Singapore and Burma

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 7

The following series of articles, written by Sergt. Fred Howe, of Boorowa, relate his experiences as a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore. For 3½ years Fred laboured in Burma on the Changi railway and his story, written exclusively for the "Burrowa…

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Bet on Winning the War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 4

An Austrian, Dr. Sepp Murr, has written to a Victorian M.L.A. to find the address of Dr. Moore, of Bathurst, so he can send him…

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Gunning. War Memorial Public Still Apathetic

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

District residents are to be given a further opportunity of deciding whether or not they are prepared to…

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£750 MILLION Repairing War Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 5

Progress in making good war damage in Britain is reflected in figures which have just been published. These reveal that in…

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War Memorial Fund Auxiliary Formed at Bowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 2

At a meeting at Bowning on Tuesday night, an auxiliary of the Yaw and District War Memorial Fund was…

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Pacific War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 5

The Prime minister of New Zealand. Mr. P. Fraser, yesterday revealed that if the Pacific war had dragged an,…

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War on Rabbits Minister CaDs For All Out Effort

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 5

The State Government, through its appropriate Ministers and Department, has initiated an "all out effort to destroy the rabbit pest. Mr. Graham, the Minister…

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The Walayan Campign Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Singapore and Burma

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

The following series of articles, written by Sergt. Fred Howe, of Boorowa, relate his experiences as a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore. For 3½ years Fred laboured in Burma on the Changi railway and his story, written exclusively for the "Burrowa Anti-aircraft guns went into action, each shot appearing as a ball of red hit iron soaring skyward. Brilliant flashes like flickering lightning…

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Soldier Settlers Minister’s Quick Action Mr. G S. D. Hay’s Complaint

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., is taking immediate action to remedy anomalies referred…

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