Soldier on slaying charge
SYDNEY, Mon.: Detectives investigating the death of a 17-year-old army trainee who was struck on the head by a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
489 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 25
No extra holiday for Anzac Day
SYDNEY, Tues.: The N.S.W. public would not receive an extra day's holiday this year for Anzac Day, which falls on a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War to be waged on noxious weeds
Control of noxious weds in Holbrook Shire was discussed at considered length by council yesterday…
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WAGGA. Tues.: A 17 year old army trainee died at Kapooka camp from injuries after being struck by a bottle thrown at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Squadron leaves for Coronation
MELBOURNE, Wed.: HMAS Sydney and HMNZS Black Prince, the warships taking the Australian and New Zealand Coronation contingents to the United Kingdom, would be known as the “Anzac Squadron.”…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jap war relice are hidden away
CANBERRA, Thurs.: Relics of the Japanese surrender in 1945 have been withdrawn from view at the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foreign diplomats barred from wreath-laying at Canberra on Anzac Day
CANBERRA, Fri.: Heads of overseas diplomatic missions are not to lat wreaths on the war memorial here on Anzac Day. Officially, it has been denied that change…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier for trial over girls’ deaths
SYDNEY, Fri.: John Arthur Griffiths, 19, national service trainee of Mortdale, was today committed for trial on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reds ready to accept Allied plan to exchange sick and wounded P.O.W.
TOKIO, Sun.: The Chinese Communist Government has decided to accept a U.N. Command proposal to exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war and has also proposed an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldier Killer Back From Korea
DARWIN, Sun.: Private Ian Dowling Cupit. formerly of Newcastle, who was found guilty but insane on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move For More “Restricted” N.S.W, Anzac Day
New South Wales North Coast sub-branches of the Re[?]rned Servicemenâs League are [?] a more ârestrictedâ Anzac Day…
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CANBERRA, Mon.: There was a strong difference of opinion amongst members of the board of control of…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: An Australian soldier, formerly of Newcastle, who was found guilty but insane on a charge of murder by a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Memorial to Be Moved
Wodonga war memorial will be moved to a more central position in Woodland Grove and face in a northerly direction…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our war dead not forgotten
SYDNEY. Tues.: Memorials to Australian war dead are being completed at three war cemeteries in Papua and New Guinea…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Minister’s move on Jap. war relics
CANBERRA, Tues.: The Acting Minister for the Interior (Sir Philip McBride), has instructed the Board of Management of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →No finality reached at soldier settlement talks
CANBERRA, Tues.: A conference of Federal and state authorities today failed to reach any agreement on the future of soldier settlement in N. S. W., Victoria, and Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on Rats
Mr. C. Platt, Health Inspector to the Jerilderie Shire Council, makes an appeal to all householders to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bright honors war nurses who died
The new lamps on the memorial gates at the entrance to Bright swimming pool, were dedicated to the memory of nurses who paid…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tender accepted for painting War Memorial
A tender of £339 by Mr P. Carson for the painting of the War Memorial on Monument Hill was accepted by Albury City Council…
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