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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 35

Stockton R.S.L. Rejects Anzac Day Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 4

Stockton R.S.L. sub-branch decided last night to advise the District Council that it would disregard its decision to control all R.S.L. Anzac…

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War Memorial Unveiling

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 7

The War Memorial unveiling ceremony will take place in Civic Park on Tuesday at 3 p.m. by the Administrator…

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German Soldiers In One Body

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 2

BONN Thursday, (A.A.P.).—A former Wehrmacht officer said last night that a group of former German generals would…

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Korea War Flares As Reds Start New Push

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.Reuter). — Chinese Communist troops last night opened their second heavy attack in 24 hours on Allied lines north of the South Korean capital of Seoul. Latest reports said the fight-…

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"Terrible" War Weapons In U.S.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. A.A.P.—"New and terrible weapons of war" possessed by the United States were referred to in the Senate yesterday…

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2 Wounded Men Run Away From Wallsend Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 1

Detectives are making an extensive search for two men, one with a bullet wound in the left hand and the other with a bullet wound in the stomach, who ran away from Wallsend Hospital late last night. It is believed that the men…

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Gromyko Sees War In Pact

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. A.A.P.—A peace settlement in the Far East was impossible without Soviet participation in a Japanese peace treaty, Mr. Gromyko said yesterday…

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German Ex-soldiers Form Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 1

BERLIN, Sept. 9. A.A.P.—Fifty former senior German officers, meeting in a Bonn hotel room last night, announced the formation of…

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U.S. Soldier Shot On Frontier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 3

BERLIN, Sept. 9. A.A.P.—An unarmed United States soldier who was shot in a car by East German frontier police on Thursday night…

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Police Search For Wounded Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

Two men who went to Wallsend Hospital late on Sunday night with slight wounds, believed to have been caused by bullets, and left…

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Hand Stayed On Anzac Day March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

Newcastle sub-branch of the R.S.L. last night took no action on a decision by the District Council of the R.S.L. to control the city…

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Wounded Men Still Missing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 4

Two men alleged to be suffering from bullet wounds, who left Wallsend Hospital on Sunday night without waiting for treatment, are being…

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Wounded Man Returns Home

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 1

A man who has been missing since he was allegedly wounded in the left hand in a scuffle when a revolver was…

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Savage Battles In Korea Quicken War Tempo

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P. - Reuter): Savage hill fighting in eastern Korea yesterday marked the quickening tempo of the Korean war…

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Denial On Anzac March Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 2

A statement on control of the city Anzac Day march, made at a meeting of Newcastle R.S.L. sub-branch on Monday, was condemned…

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Fish, Oil In War On Mosquitoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 2

Thousands of small fish were liberated in swamps and pools and hundreds of street sumps were covered with oil this week, when…

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Japs. Wage Economic War On U.K., Says M.P.

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—The British were now being called on to defend their country against economic aggression by the Japanese, a Labor M.P., Mr Ellis Smith, declared last night. Mr. Smith, who is member for…

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Three Killed in Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) to-day released the names of three members of the 3rd Battalion Royal…

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War Bomb Split Boy's Personality

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 September 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.).—A wartime bomb split six-year-old Michael Stowbridge of London into two personalities…

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World War 3 Predicted By Brigadier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1951 · page 3

Brigadier F. G. Galleghan said in Maitland yesterday that he believed there would be another world war…

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