Anzac commissioned
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Ran [?] lroyer Anzac was commissioned Williamstown today, dock worker lining the decks as the ship's[?]…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
576 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 29
Five years' gaol for soldier
SYDNEY, Wed.: A soldier who had fractured a girl's skull with electric iron was sentenced the Central Criminal…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Wounded Australian soldiers from Korea were being discharged without clothing and without a period of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Drinking Heavily Since Receiving War Gratuity
âDefendant had recently received his war gratuity and has been drinking heavily since,â Sergt. Wild stated at the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recruiting head believes we are at war now
Sydney, Mon.; Making an urgent call to all men in the 19 to 25 years old age groups to volunteer for the CMF, the Director- General of Recruiting (Sir Edmund Herring) said today: “I believe we are at war now, and it is damned silliness to imagine we are not.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move to End “War” in Commons
LONDON, Tues,. Truce talks were last night offered to the Conservative Opposition on its “attrition war”—designed to oust…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Settlement VALUATIONS
Following the Annual Congress of the R.S.L., the Commonwealth Government was requested to expedite the assessment of properties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Koreans attack U.S. soldiers
TOKIO, Wed. (AAP-Reuter) : A crowd of Koreans attacked six American soldiers, killing one and wounding two in fee Tokio area…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Soldier settlers welcomed at Dederang
Close on 300 people were present at the Dederang Hall on Tuesday evening to welcome eight of the 11 new soldier…
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TEHERAN, Sun.: Dr. Abdul Hamid Zanganeh, former Minister for Education in the Persian Cabinet, died here today. He was shot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Soldiers to Wear Jap Khaki
BRISBANE, Mon.: Australia had to go to Japan to get 1,000,000 yards or khaki drill for stock-piling because she had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Turn in Paper “War”
SYDNEY, Tues.: Proprietors of Sydney’s four daily newspaper companies decided today to invite applications from the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MacARTHUR Releases More Jap War Criminals
TOKIO, Tues.: Release of nine more Japanese war criminals on parole from Sugamo prison has been ordered by General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over 3 Million Germans Lost in War
ROME; Thurs: More than three million Germans were killed on the battlefront and in air ra[?]ds during World War II…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“War” between Victoria and N.S.W. begins
From our own correspondent aboard HMAS Sydney, flagship of the combined Commonwealth fleet, at sea, Thursday: “War” began today between Victoria (Greenland) , and New…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →17- years-old to be Enlisted in Regular Army
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Approval for the reduction of the minimum age for enlistment in the Australian regular army to 17 years was announced today by the Minister for the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War stockpiling hitting housewives
SYDNEY,, Sun.: Big Sydney retail stores have sold out of sheets, pillow slips, towels and other household goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War declared on unregistered dogs
“Action is being taken and any dog found to be unregistered and whose ownership cannot be established will be destroyed.”…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap war criminals to go home
SINGAPORE, Mon.: Japanese war criminals in British territory in the Far East are to be sent back to Japan to serve what is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Every One in Next War”
SYDNEY, Tues.: “There will be no general reserved accusations is the next war in which men may escape their…
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