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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Sir Edmund herring, distinguished soldier, judge and churchman

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 8

Hour after hour the guns flashed and boomed, while the noise rolled across the sand dunes like thunder. Crouched in shallow slit trenches staring across the desert, Australians of the Sixth Division waited for zero…

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War Danger Recedes, Mr. Eden Declares

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.: The British Foreign Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) said in a broadcast last night that the…

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41 sentenced for war-time massacre

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 7

LUCCA (Italy), Mon.: Forty-one former Italian Communist partisans, who were found guilty of being involved in a massacre…

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Oaklands War Memorial Hall Queen Competition

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

A committee meeting of Central Fund held in the Oaklands School of Arts on Tuesday evening, 1st inst., selected…

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War Service Settler Forfeiture of Lease Recommended

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 6

A Special War Service Land Settlement Board meeting was held at Deniliquin on Mach 25 to inquire into the question of…

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Soldiers' Day Appeal Wear a Tin Hat on Anzac Day

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 7

As a prelude to Anzac Day, the United Returned Soldiers' Fund is distributing [?]minature Tin Hats, which will be gold to help those…

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4000 killed or wounded in Bolivian revolt

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun.; Victorious Right-Wing rebels yesterday consolidated their hold on Bolivia, foreswore reprisals…

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And the War Memorial

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 2

After a full year’s lapse during which the project has been all but forgotten, Albury City Council has decided to discuss the Second World War Memorial to be built on Monument Hill. Since the 1951 Floral Festival, when…

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High Honor for War Hero’s Wife

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: A Philippines-born woman who had no Australian visa was allowed to land today because of…

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Ward’s move to try “stop” World War III

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Mr. E. J. Ward, MHR, said today he would ask the ALP to call on all British Commonwealth…

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Truman extends his war-time powers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wed.: President Truman yesterday signed legislation extending until June 1 some 60 of his war-time powers,…

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Soldiers' Day Appeal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 3

"After 37 years the dawn of April 25th, seems remote, especially with the folly of another war to obliterate this memory and the new…

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Anzac Day arrangements at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 2

The address at this year’s civic service at the monument en Anzac Day, April 25, will be given by Brigadier B. Evans, former…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Service at Henty

The Observer · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Mr. L. G. Nelson, assistant secretary of Henty R.S.L. subbranch, informs us that arrangements are well in hand…

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Wear a Tin Hat on Anzac Day

The Observer · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 3

After 37 years the dawn of April 25th, 1915, seems remote, especially with the folly of another war to obliterate this…

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Wodonga Graziers Declare War on Marauding Dogs Threat to take council to court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 5

A story of knife-carrying Hew Australians, proposed court actions against Wodonga Council, and agonising deaths of sheep was unfolded at Wodonga last night as farmers launched an…

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Returned Soldiers' Monthly Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the Corowa sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. was held at the club rooms on Wednesday…

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Soldier Settlement Eligibility

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 3

Servicemen from both the Korean and Malayan campaigns will be eligible for the New South Wales soldier settlement…

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Albury churches’ Anzac Day services

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 8

Arrangements for a combined Protestant Anzac Day Church service on April 25 were announced yesterday by…

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Man wounded in shooting affray must now serve two gaol sentences

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Charles Henry Mills, 27, of South Melbourne, who was wounded in the [?] following a shooting affray in the St. Kilda district last night, limped into General Sessions Appeal Court at Hawthorn this…

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