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

The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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GUNNING Anzac Day; Memorial Gates Dedicated

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 3

On Anzac Day, 100 members of the R.S.L., Legion, of ex-Servicemen, and 40 members of the Junior Red Cross marched from the…

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Anzac Day Dinner

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 8

In the Anzac Day report, which a[?]rea in the last issue of the "Gra[?]te," it was reported that the Anzac dinner was held at…

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Gunning News Anzac Day at Gunning

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 6

Wednesday, 25th April, was commemorated in Gunning by a march of ex-servicemen and members of the Junior Red Cross to the…

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Taralga And District War Memorial Hall

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 8

The committee has received advice from the cement company that cement is unavailable, except for the building of…

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Soldier Settlement Minister Attacks Federal Members

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 4

Recent statements made by Mr. Anthony, Acting Minister for the Interior, and Messrs. Failes and Treloar, M’s. M.R., showed…

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Took Snake Into Hotel Bar Anzac Day Drinkers Scatter At Parkes

Boorowa News · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

Toasting and conversation was at its height on Anzac Day in the saloon bar of the Royal Hotel at…

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U.s.a. Not Ready for War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: The United Sates was not in a position now to accept General MacArthur's programme for victory in Korea, the Secretary for Defence, General George Marshall,…

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Soldier Settlement

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

Four properties approved by State Parliament for resumption will provide 39 farms for soldier settlement, states Mr. Renshaw,…

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Young Boy Seriously Wounded by Rifle Bullet Accident At East Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

A young boy was seriously wounded yesterday afternoon when a .22 rifle accidentally ploded while he was playing with a friend…

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Ex-soldier Suffocated

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE: An elderly incapacitated ex-soldier was suffocated by smoke when fire broke out in his home at South…

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Bradley on Risk of Global War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: General MacArthur's Korean war proposals would increase the risk of global war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Omar Bradley, declared yesterday…

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"War Unlikely"

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 5

Admiral Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy who visited Australia during Coral Sca Week, said that although war was…

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Present Soldiers No Match For Veterans, Says 1898 Campaigner

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

A 79-ear-old Goulburn Boer War veteran. who fought in Egypt with ex-British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, claims that present day soldiers "aren't patch on the old ones."…

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Anzac Dead

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

Field-Marskall Lord Birdwood died yesterday, at Hampton court Palace,…

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Fought On Train: Soldier Fined £1

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 5

Fol'owing a disturbance in a railway carriage of as train travelling between Moss Vale and Goulburn on…

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39 Farms for Soldier Settlement

Boorowa News · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 6

Four properties approved by State Parliament last week for resumption will provide 39 farms for soldier…

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Korea War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 5

Senator Robert Taft, US. Reublican Party foreign policy leader, said at the week-end that…

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Linton War Veterans’ Home Appreciated (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

Sir,— Having just returned to the city after benefiting from ten days at the War Veterans’ Home…

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Editorial the War Memorial

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

The time is overdue for a total re-orientation of the proposal to build a war memorial to the Second World War, at Crookwell. The first public meeting to discuss the…

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How Does the Standard Oe Hockey To-day Compare with Pre-war Years?

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 5

"How does the standard of hockey to-day compare with that of pre-war years?" was the question asked Mr. Sam Carmichael, who returned to Adelaide last Thursday after…

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