War Precautions In Hongkong
HONGKONG, May 17 A.A.P.-Reuter—Some Government departments in Hongkong are taking precautions against an attack in the event of war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 35
Soldier's Grim Watch
Lance-Corporal Mark Nayland, of Victoria, an Australian soldiers fighting in Korea, displays a grin face to the front as he holds his sub-machine gun in readiness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Birdwood, Storybook Soldier
The death of Field Marshal Lord Birdwood at 86 marks the end of a romantic chapter in the history of the British Army. He was a storybook soldier,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Korea Visit Urged By Ex-soldiers
SYDNEY: The N.S.W. branch of the R.S.L. and the N.S.W. Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women will ask their Federal executives to urge the Federal Government to send the Minister of the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Senator: Korean War A Failure
WASHINGTON, May 20. A.A.P. —Senator Robert Taft, Republican foreign policy leader, said last night that America's participation in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Soldier Obliged
This veteran North Korean soldier, with a wispy beard flowing untidily over a dirty padded army suit, adopted an eager-to-please expression when interrogated by American officers after he had been taken prisoner by a foot patrol in Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Victim Homeless
This tiny Korean child with the quizzical glance was rescued from the fighting on the central front. The child is typical of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ball Funds To Aid War Memorial
Proceeds of the New South Wales Insurance Institute (Newcastle Centre) ball at the City Hall last night will go to the Cultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.Z. Would Send All Troops Overseas In War
CHRISTCHURCH, May 22. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Holland) said to-night that on his recent visit to Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →12 Years For Soldier
VIENNA, Wed. (A.A.P.J.—Sgt. Harry Long, of the Royal Army Service Corps, was given 12 years by a court-martial yesterday for espionage after…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Race Meetings On Anzac Day
An agenda motion for the next State R.S.L. Congress "that race meetings held on Anzac Day be conducted by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →U.K. War Pension Officer's Visit
Mr. H. F. Calder representing the British Minister for Pensions in Australia will visit the Newcastle District from May…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R.A.A.F. To Enlist Boys As Clerks
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Minister for Air (Mr. McBride) today announced a R.A.A.F. plan to enlist 50 boys aged between 15½…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Criminals' Executions Stayed
WASHINGTON, Thur. (AAP) —Federal Judge Walter Bastian today stayed the execution of seven Nazi war criminals…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Will Mean Dark Age, Truman Warns
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.:) The world would go back to the dark ages if a third world war broke out, President Truman warned today. He was speaking at a Press…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jap. Profits From War In korea
TOKIO, Sat. (O.S.R.).—Japan has earned more than 320 million dollars in special wartime orders and services from the United Nations during the first 10 months of the Korean war, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Of Future
These boys were a rapt audience for an Army display at the Recruiting Hut in Wolfe-street yesterday. Recruiting Sergeant A. V. Smith, Royal Australian Regiment, shows points of interest in an anti-tank gun to (left to right), Stewart Thompson, 12,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Widows' Guild Fresident's Visit
Mrs. G. A. Vasey, O.B.E., Federal President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia, will visit Newcastle on June 12…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newspaperman Killed By Mine In Korean War
TOKYO, May 27. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Derek Pearcy, an Australian Associated Press-Reuter war correspondent, was killed when his jeep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blamey: "His Country's Best Soldier"
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, who died in Heidelberg (Victoria) Repatriaton Hospital after a long illness yesterday, was a truly great soldier. "A Commander-in-Chief is not…
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