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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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The War in Korea

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 3

British forces of the United Nations Land Forces in Korea are now being issued with "winter kit" which they will wear during the intense Korean winter. The kit, described by the War Office as "warmer clothing," weighs about 50 lb, and is about 30lb heavier than the clothes of an…

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Hot War In Malaya

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

Since 1948 the Communists in Malaya have murdered 1300 civilians, including 870 Chinese. The Colonial Secretary, Mr…

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Believe War with Russia Inevitable

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 5

Dr. L. S. Rogers, Professor of Surgery at Baghdad's Royal School of Medicine, now visiting Dunedin, his…

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War Service Land Settlement Board. Muswellbrook Sitting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 8

The War Service Land Settlement Board, under the chairmanship of Mr. Percy, sat at Muswellbrook to-day. Mr. Adamson was the other Board…

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Soldier Settlers' Repayments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 4

Soldier settlers, during November and December, repaid £360,000 of the advances made to them. The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw), announcing…

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Soldier Fined For Going To War TOKYO

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Private Hedley Cooper, 25, of West Australia, went AWL—to join his mates and fight to Korea…

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Lyche Gate War Memorial to Be Blessed and Dedicated by the Bishop of Newcastle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 3

Dungog's first War Memorial in memory of those who laid down their lives in the Second World War, 1939-1945, will be blessed and dedicated…

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War Lull Continues Rumoured Talks With Red Leaders At Moscow (A.A.P.-Reuter) TOKYO

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

Powerful elements of the American First and Ninth Army Corps yesterday advanced to within 15 miles of Seoul, the fallen South Korean capital, against little opposition in an area that once held the vanguard of the main Chinese…

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Soldier Gaoled For Ten Years TOKYO

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

A British shiny driver, Robert Fargie, 29, was sentenced by court- martial to ten years imprisonment and then discharged…

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War Correspondent Injured (A.A.P. Reuter) TOKYO

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

Warren White, AAT-Reuter, correspondent, was slightly injured near Suwon to-day, while reporting the Allied advance,…

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Korean War Plays In Moscow (AAP-Reuter). BELGRADE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

MOSCOW theatres have produced two plays on the Korean war, according to the Yugoslav Communist literary weekly…

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Wounded From Korea Darwin

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

Ten wounded Australian soldiers from Korea, including two stretcher cases, and a wounded New Zealand naval signalman…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said that a war service land settlement farm that had been withheld from settlement in…

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Dungog War Memorial. Dungog

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

The Dungog Church of England memorial to members of the nongragation who lost their lives in the Second World War, a lych…

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With Singleton Trooper When He Died in S. AFRICA Stockton Man Recalls Boer War

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

TO BOER WAR veterans —and there are still plenty about—the name of Piernaars River…

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Soldier Settlers Repay £360,000

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

Soldier settlers, during November and December, repaid £360,000 of the advances made to them. The Minister for Lands Mr. Renshaw), announcing…

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Soldier Settlers Help Comrades [?]

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

Evidence that the Digger spirit —the urge to help a comrade in time of need—is still alive, was manifest at the annual meeting…

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War on T.b. Carried to Singleton Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. James T. Gell, group survey officer of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association of NSW, addressed singleton Municipal…

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Dungog New War Memorial

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

Dungog Church of England has erected a war memorial to the members of the congregation who lost their lives in…

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War Memorial At Sandgate Cemetery

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

The president of Waratah Mayfled [?]ub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League (Mr. S. Wobb) told members that the Now…

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