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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

174 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 9

War "Over" Next Week

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.) — Simultaneous ending of the state of war with Germany by Britain, France and the United…

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Jap War Criminals Hang Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 2

LOS NEGROS, (Manus Island), Sunday (AAP-Reuter)—Five Japanese war criminals will be hanged here tomorrow…

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Cigarette Cards Menaced Naval Security During World War Ii

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 1

AT one time most small boys collected cigarette cards, greedily exchanged greasy, dogeared scraps of coloured pasteboard. Today these old favorites have disappeared but the story behind these cards, their present value and the part they…

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War Criminals Shout "Banzai" On Gallows

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

LOS NEGROS, Monday (AAP-Reuter).—Five Japanese war criminals were hanged here to-day. There were no…

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Cricket Insured Against War

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Friday.—The Australian Cricket Board or Control has taken out an insurance policy against a possible…

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War Memorial Library W'gong J. T. School

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 2

A further appeal is being made for donations towards the establishment of a War Memorial Library for the Wollongong Junior Technical College. The headmaster of this…

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News from the United Nations Denmark's Children Buy New Bricks To Build School in war-torn Greece

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 1

THE Children of Agnandero, a remote village in Central Greece, had no school. There was nothing unusual…

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Red Cross Comforts For Soldiers In Korea

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 10

Since September last year, the Australian Red Cross has sent 57 tons of comforts, including 410,000 cigarettes to sick…

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U.S. Would Discuss End Of Korean War

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Following the broadcast suggestion by the Russian delegate to U.N.O. (Mr. Malik) that a…

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M.o. Silent on Health of Soldiers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 3

DARWIN, Sunday.—The Director General of Army Medical Services (Major General Kingsley Norris) refused to discuss…

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Red Radio Says "Long War"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Monday (AAP-Reuter).—A Peking radio broadcast today told the Chinese people to expect a…

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Start Made on Scouts War Memorial at Keira

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 12

Work on the Boy Scout War Memorial at Mt. Keira Camp commenced at the week-end. An appeal is being made for volunteers to help in this work…

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They Didn't Know The War Was Over

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday (AAP).—A Group of Japanese soldiers on Anatahan Island, 61 miles north of Saipan, who, for nearly six…

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Red Cross Comforts for Wounded

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 28

A Red Cross Hospital Visitor distributes comforts to wounded servicemen returning from Korea. Part of the…

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Boy Scouts War Memorial

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 13

Although the wet weather of the last week slowed up work on the War Memorial Cub Lair at Mt. Keira Scout Camp…

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"Grave Danger Of War"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Australian Government, armed with the most secret high level information, believed there was…

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Movies to End War with Germany

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 2

WASHINGTON, SUNDAY (AAP).—An authoritative source said last night that Britain, France and the United States…

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Russians Told Chinese To Call Off War

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).— The Associated Press diplomatic correspondent of two British national newspapers today said…

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End of War with Germany

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.—Australia, ended the state of war with Germany at noon today. Britain, the United States and…

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War Heroine's Orphan New Australian

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—The orphan daughter of an English Secret Service heroine and George Cross winner arrived…

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