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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 31
ISTANBUL.—Turkey is making plans to build an impressive national memorial to the 55,000 soldiers of the Ottoman Army who died in the Dardanelles campaign of World War 1. The scheme calls for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SEOUL, Sept. 22. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Australian airmen in Korea have adopted a Korean orphans' hospital. They are buying food to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STRASBOURG, Wed. (A.A.P.): Whisky ousted politics from the Council of Europe for five minutes yesterday as Scots and Irish fought a wordy battle over the merits of their native liquors. Puzzled Continental…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK: American scientists are "feeding" new phosphorus compounds into plants as part of a renewed attack on insect pests. They feed the new phosphorus compounds into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thurs.: Another war began on the Thames Embankment this week and, as is often the case at the beginning of wars, it was difficult for the casual onlooker to realise that hostilities had actually been joined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The District R.S.L. sub-branch will be asked to contribute to a fund to provide amenities for ex-servicemen in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →STOCKHOLM: Poland is being converted into a giant factory carrying out war work for Soviet Russia. Armor plating, tanks, anti-aircraft guns and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY: A chance roadside meeting by two fugitive war prisoners in Germany will have its sequel in Adelaide shortly when Gerda Nowak, (26), marries her Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON: American servicemen in London complain of being exploited by "near-beer" clubs trading on the ignorance of newcomers. The clubs sell nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. A.A.P.—The threat of the Soviet Union's starting a war between now and 1954 has lessened, General Bradley said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.)—Japan will redeem her prewar dollar and sterling bonds in full, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT their Federal conference in Adelaide this week members of the War Widows' Guild will make another move to have "an insult" removed from the Repatriation Act…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday. — A detective was shot in the abdomen after an elderly man terrified residents of Unara-street, Campsie, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Senator Cooper denied to-day that his department was paying war widows' allowances only after their morals had been approved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton R.S.L. sub-branch will strongly oppose any attempt to commemorate Anzac Day on any other day than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No additional travelling concessions are to be allowed, the Minister for Transport (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PUSAN, Oct. 1. A.A.P.—Forty-five Chinese prisoners of war were killed and 120 others wounded in a battle with guards on Cheju Island to-day. In defiance of camp orders, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Government has approved of increases in the rates of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Australian Government did not approve and did not encourage marriages between Japanese girls and Australian servicemen, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—Lance Corporal Leo Clarence Holden, of Taree, has been wounded in action in Korea…
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