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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 43
NEW YORK, October 24. A.A.P.—The United Nations must be prepared to use force to curb aggression, President Truman said to-day. At the same time it must continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When Senior-Lieutenant Denisov made the offer to burn the file on my offences I was amazed. "I have to express my deep gratitude to you, Comrade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was a "silly thing" to say that one Australian soldier was equal to three Germans or 12 Japanese, the Deputy Director-General of Recruiting (Lieut-General Sir Iven Mackay) said at Maitland Rotary…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →SYDNEY.—Ace fighter pilot of World War I, Capt. Frank Follett collapsed and died in his car near his home at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The first television transmission ever made from mid-air has been carried out in Britain. The cameras and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY: A group of Australian war brides in America is planning to charter a special airliner to bring them home for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →So I decided to confide in Kutchuk. I told him the whole story. "Perhaps it would be simplest," he said, "if you were just to give in." "But, if I don't give in, how will it end?"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When I got back to camp that day it was swarming with soldiers. We were told that our battalion was to leave at once on army practical exercises. The first speech was held by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Enlistments in the three services totalled 214 in the first week of the official campaign, 294 in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This year's floods like those of last year would appear to have again paved the way for another exceptionally good season on inside grounds for amateur fishermen, during the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →CAREFULLY, we studied the habits of the guards. Then my two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY.—An injured soldier, who disappeared last night from Concord Hospital after a smash in which a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wyee Younger Set is organising functions to raise funds for an honour roll bearing the names of the district's 26 ex-servicemen, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOKIO, Mon. (O.S.R.) : It is ironical that war and destruction in Korea mean peace and prosperity for Japan. Twelve months ago the question of a peace treaty for Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DARWIN, Monday.—Fifty-eight Greek refugees from Yugoslavia, including many children, arrived here by K.L.M. Skymaster to-night from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Private Tervor Blackett (far right), of Newcastle, who was killed in action in Korea, seen with other Australian troops in Japan. He is believed to be the first Newcastle casualty in the Korean war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Tuesday—The Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CHONGJU, Tues.: Lieut-Col. Charles Green, D.S.O., of Grafton (N.S.W.): 30-year-old commander of the Australian Battalion m Korea, was critically wounded yesterday. Commanding Officer of the Australian Contingent in Korea. Lieut.-Colonel Green, who is now reported to have been critically wounded. (See story.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It was a gross anomaly that while under the Landlord and Tenant Act, ex-servicemen and widows of the second-world war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Cancer in a single year kills nearly as many Englishmen as the British Army lost in the six years of World War II, according to the estimate of the Registrar-General, (Mr…
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