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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Medical Chief Visits Wounded in Japan

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 9

RECOVERING. — Pte. Max Garrett is visited in Britcom General Hospital, Kure, Japan, by the Director-General of Medical Services, Major - General F. Kingsley Norris, who exchanges a joke with him. Pte. Garrett is recovering from shrapnel wounds…

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Denial On Posting Of Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. — Reports that a wounded Army sergeant had been sent back to Korea with a bullet in his…

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Soldier Settlement Defended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. Cahill) and Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) to-day defended the State's…

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South Korean Role In War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. A.A.P.—The Defence Department said last night it had long planned to turn over the defence of Korea to the South Koreans…

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Grim Outlook in Korea Becoming War Of Attrition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Oct. 31. A.A.P.—The battle for Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge in Korea is turning into the thing all troops and generals dread—a battle of attrition…

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Soldier Dies in Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A 21-year-old soldier was fatally injured to-night when a motor-cycle outfit, in which he was…

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Holland Pays Half War Damage Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 9

THE HAGUE. — More than half of the war damage claims in The Netherlands will have been paid…

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Stop War Now, Casey Urges U.n

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Nov. 2. A.A.P.—The United Nations Assembly would have to keep on trying to stop the fighting in Korea, Mr. R. G. Casey, said to-day…

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More Exhibits For War Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—The Australian War Memorial is to be enlarged to include relics from the 1939/45 war as well as other wars in which Australian servicemen have…

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Search for Forger of War Bonds

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY.—No trace has been found of the man who yesterday cashed five £50 spurious war savings…

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Hamilton Anzac House

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 5

Structural alterations, estimated to cost £8500, to Hamilton R.S.L. subbranch's headquarters,…

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No Say On War Criminals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday. —All nations who contributed to the allied victory in the last war were not consulted…

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Revival Of Gang War "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, No. 4.—Leftover operators from the old "Murder Incorporated" gang have started killing each other…

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War Pensions Tribunal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA: The Federal Government has decided to appoint an additional war pensions appeal…

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War Crimes Men on Parole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 9

TOKYO, Nov. 6. A.A.P.-Reuter —The United States Clemency Board had approved the release on parole of five…

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R.S.L. Thanked For Interest In War Cemetery

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 6

The Imperial War Graves Commission has thanked the Waratah R.S.L. sub-branch for its interest in…

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Ex-Soldier Sackings Condemned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 7

Concern was growing at the dismissal of ex-servicemen from Rathmines R.A.A.F. station and other places while…

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Soldiers' March On

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 2

Remembrance Day will be observed in Newcastle on Sunday with a march through the city and a service in Civic…

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Threat Of War 'Fading'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The threat of war was diminishing, but the seriousness of the world economic situation was…

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Storm Raised By War Book

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 4

FRANKFURT: Most dramatic novel yet written about the last war in Russia, "Moscow", by the German writer Theodor Plievier has aroused controversy in West Germany…

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