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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1968

8 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Soldier Killed in Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1968 · page 12

The driver of a Land Rover, Private D. K. Fenn, was killed on Friday afternoon in an…

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Impressive Anzac Day March at Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1968 · page 1

The large crowd, which lined Richmond streets on Sunday were impressed by the Anzac march through the town…

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Re-dedication of War Memorial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 April 1968 · page 2

A re-dedication of the war memorial at Wilberforce will take place to-morrow, Anzac Day…

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Anzac Ceremony at High School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1968 · page 8

A ceremony to commemorate Anzac Day was held at Richmond High School last Wednesday…

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“Weeds War” Will be Stepped up

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 May 1968 · page 22

The war on weeds in rural areas is to be step up by the appointment of Weeds…

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A Swing From a Soldier

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1968 · page 20

Lance-Corporal Leslie Darcy, of Riverstone, keeps two Vietnamese girls occupied while their parents wait to receive land grants in the village of Ap Suoi Nghe, two miles north of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. The village, which has been fostered and aided by the 1st…

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America Will Never Win “Containment” War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 September 1968 · page 27

The war In Vietnam will never be won while it was fought by the United States as a “war of containment. ”…

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Auxiliary Started as War Chest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 December 1968 · page 30

During the First World War a group called ”The War Chest” was formed to work for the troops. In…

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