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

The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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40,000 Soldiers in Celebrations

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY: More than 40,000 army personnel will take part in the N.S.W. Coronation festivities, the Eastern…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 13

Nightly Monday to Friday inclusive, 7 to 8 p.m. Afternoons Tuesday and Thursday, 2 to 5 p.m…

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War Humour For The Odeon

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

Many British film studios have produced dramatic stories of the war and the part played in the deadly conflict by English…

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Korean War "All Over Bar The Signing" But

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): London morning newspapers to-day generally regarded the Korean War as…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 3

Nightly Monday to Friday inclusive, 7 to 8 p m. Afternoons Tuesday and Thursday, 2 to 5 p.m…

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Rugby News Welcome Home

Boorowa News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 5

On Saturday night last, a "Welcome Home" was tendered to Cpl. Hilton Apps in the Rugby Hall…

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100 Stud Rams For Soldier Settlers

Boorowa News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

It was announced in a national A.B.C. news bulletin recently that Mr. W. T. Mcrriman, managing…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 4

Nightly Monday to Friday inclusive, 7 to 8 p.m. Afternoons Tuesday and Thursday, 2 to 5 p.m…

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Rugby News Welcome Home

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 4

On Saturday night week last, a welcome home was tendered to Cpl.Hilton Apps, in the Rugby Hall. Corporal Apps has Just returned…

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Brighter Anzac Day Wanted

Boorowa News · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 1

Two of the biggest subbranches of the Returned Servicemen's League in Victoria have voted in favour of…

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War Window In Tenancy Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 2

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a local war widow asked for the tenancy of a house owned…

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Fourth Year of Korean War, But No Truce

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, Thursday: The fourth year of the bloody Korean War was ushered in quietly to-day, and hardly a shot was fired where thousands of men struggled the day before…

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Legacy's Home For War Widows £5300 Appeal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Legacy to-day launched an appeal to cover the estimated cost of £5300 of purchasing and renovating a Cowper Street home, which will be used to provide accommodation for war…

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War Widow Gains Part Of Home

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 3

In the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a war widow was granted possession of her house,…

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Soldier Settlement Boosts Production

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, has quoted the 34,000 acre “Gragin” Estate in the Inverell district to…

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Stock for Soldier Settlers

Boorowa News · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 2

Soldier settlers owed a debt of gratitude, not only to the Falkiner family for their splendid ram gift, but also to…

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Returned Soldiers May Have Own Club Rooms in Memorial Hall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 3

YASS RSL which meets monthly in the Lecture Room, Memorial Hall, may have its own rooms in a few months. On Saturday night Mr. L…

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Jap. War Prisoners

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 7

The Federal Government will return to Japan 150 Japanese war criminals on Manus Island. Japan has promised that the…

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"No New War" Eisenhower Declares

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: President Eisenhower has assured the South Korean President, Syngman Rhee, that the United States will strive for a United…

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Editorial The "War" On The Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

Six people were killed every day in motor vehicle accidents in Australia last year, according to a report of the Road Safety Council last week Multiply that figure by 365 and the fatalities total…

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