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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Anzac Day At Uralla Commemoration Service Draws Large Crowd 82-Year-Old Veteran Leads March

The Uralla Times · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 1

The Anzac Day commemoration service held in Hampden Park, Uralla, on Monday last was attended by a gathering of citizens which, in the opinion of some observers, was…

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Anzac Day Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

The march of ex-servicemen was a colourful pageant. The parade was assembled at 10.30 a.m. near the bridge in Bridge…

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Guyra News Anzac Day Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 10

The people of Guyra did not forget on Anzac Day, 1949. The day broke clear and sunny, and before 10 a.m…

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Local and General Gilgai Anzac Service

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

A united Anzac memorial service will be held at Gilgai memorial at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 1…

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2 % Interest on War Service Homes ?

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

A meeting of the Glen Innes R.S.L. sub-branch decided at the request of the Federal Executive that the local Federal…

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New U.K. Lightships To Replace Those Lost in War

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

A fleet of modern light vessels giving their crows "luxury" conditions compared .with prewar ships, and with many techuical improvements, are now taking the place of those lost by Britain in the war. Instead of hammocks and…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Combined Service in Soldiers Memorial Hall 400 People Attend

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

Anzac Day was celebrated with much enthusiasm in Warialda this year. Headed by the Inverse Brass Band, the large…

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U.S. Air Force’s Role in the Event Of War

The Inverell Times · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.—A 48 group United States air force can do no more than guarantee prevention of early defeat and bring hope of eventual victory, General Hoyt Vandeberg warned in a…

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U.S. Soldier Charged With Three Deaths

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 4

STUTTGART, Monday.—An American soldier is under close arrest here on charges of shooting dead a German woman and two…

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Soldier Settlers Cabled Managers

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 6

WAGGA Soldier settlers were just managers, they did not own their forms Mr. David Fairbairn told the Federal Rural…

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U.S. Soldier Charged Stu[?]gart

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

An [?] is under close [?] [?] [?] dead [?]…

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Soldiers' Reunion

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

The gathering of ex-servicemen in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall on Anzac night was the largest for many years…

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U.s. Soldier on Shooting Charge

The Inverell Times · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

STUTTGART, Monday.— An American soldier is under close arrest here on a charge of shooting dead a German woman…

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Free House Mans For Soldier Settlers

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Plans and specifications of houses specially designed are being offered by the Department of Lands to…

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Plans for Soldiers’ Homes

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Plans and specifications of houses specially designed are being offered by the Department of…

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War Medals Issued To Civil Pilots

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 8

Two hundred Civil Airline pilots who operated transport and ferry services in war areas will received war medals…

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Delay with District Soldier Settlement

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

Action to ascertain the reason of the delay in making Paradise East, which has been acquired for solier…

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A Welcome to Soldier Settlers

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

Inverell sub-branch of the Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women will welcome ex-Servicemen, who drew blocks on…

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Collaboration With West Urged by Moscow Radio Spokesman War-Time Unity Cited As Evidence Of Feasability LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 1

On the eve of the lifting of the Russian blockade on Berlin, a Moscow radio commentator last night broadcast an appeal for economic collaboration with the Western Powers…

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The Soldier Settlement Lottery

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 4

THE SIXTEEN EX-SERVICEMEN who in the normal course of events will Save blocks on Inverell Station confirmed to them to-morrow will receive no more hearty congratulations than those of their 1100 comrades who missed…

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