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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Better Bus Service to Soldiers' Point

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 4

The bus service to Soldiers' Point is, according to the residents there, unsatisfactory…

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U.s. Soldiers Fried by Russia

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 8

LONDON: The U.S. Army headquarters at Heidelberg, Germany, announced that the Russians have freed two U.S…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

State Cabinet this week approved expenditure of over £600,000 for additional land for war service land…

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ANOTHER £600,000 For War Service Land Settlement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

State Cabinet this week approved expenditure of over £600,000 for additional land for war service land…

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Won't Work Freighter Wharf-labourers' Stand Servicemen's Aid to Be Enlisted Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

Wharflaborers again refused to work the British freighter Radnor this morning. The Labor Minister, Mr. Holt, is expected…

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Anzac Day March at Bulahdelah

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

An Anzac Day march will be held in Bulahdelah on April 25. The procession will start…

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Soldiers’ Inquest To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: Inquest into the deaths of two army trainees in the Stockton Bight on March 8 will be opened…

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Anzac Day Remembrance Services

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

Members of East Maitland sub-branch of the R.S.L. will take part in a dawn service at 4 a.m. on Anzac Day…

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Witness Says Stockton Bight Selected As Most Suitable Site for Amphibious Training Coroner’s Enquiry Into Death Of Two Soldiers Opens At Raymond Terrace

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 3

Stockton Bight, where eight army amphibious vehicles sank on the morning of March 8, was part of an chosen by the America commander in the Pacific during the war as the most suitable for holding amphibious operations a lieutenant-colonel of the C.M.F. told the Raymond Terrace district coroner (Mr…

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Anzac Day Arrangements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 1

Anzac Day Remembrance Services on Sunday, 25th April, will start with a short service at the Dungog War…

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Anzac Day Appeal

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 7

Anzac Day will be celebrated on Sunday, April 25. It marks the landing of the Australian and New Zealand…

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Anzac Day Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Returned Servicemen's League which was held on Friday last, discussed…

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Anzac Airmen Will Cheer Their Queen in Malta

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 8

Four weeks after Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh have sailed away from Australasian waters, a…

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British Soldiers Ambushed in Egypt

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 3

CAIRO: Three Egyptian gunmen yesterday ambushed a British army car, fatally wounding a private who acted…

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To-day’s Leader A Lot of Capitalists Indo-china War: French Defenders Hold on in Grim Fighting One Outpost “Abandoned To Rebel Forces”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 1

HANOI: French Union defenders of Dion Bier Phu yesterday cleared Vietminh rebels who were-entrenched on the wrecked fortress airfield. The French High Commend announced that a fortified outpost at the extreme north-western tip of the jungle stronghold had been abandoned to the rebels…

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Anzac Day Muswellbrook Arrangements for

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

The commemoration of Anzac Day on Sunday next will commence with a dawn service at the Muswellbrook War…

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Helicopters For War Against Malaria (By o Reuter Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 6

FORT WORTH (Texas): Elaborate preparations for war against disease and .despair are being made in Colombia, with an army of doctors and medical technicians preparing themselves for an aerial assault…

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Soldier Settlement Finance Col. Bruxner's View

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

Under the soldier settlement scheme in New South Wales, the soldier was not carrying the capital cost of the land, the Leader of the State Country Party, Lt.-Col. M. F. Bruxner, pointed out in the…

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Raymond Terrace Anzac Day Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 5

RAYMOND TERRACE: Easer passed quietly tot the Raymond Terrace Bowling Club, There were no visitors during…

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Anzac Day Service At East Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

Members wd friends of East Maitland RSL sub branch are Invited to attend the dawn and afternoon…

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