Ex-Soldier Tells Of Own 'Death'
An ex-serviceman told the Cultural Centre Architectural Committee last night that, according to his old school, he had been dead more than 30 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1952
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 31
Soldier Captured: Misses Wedding
LONDON.—When Dennis Condon, 26-year-old private in the Royal Australian Regiment serving…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police War on Clubs, Gaming
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Police Commissioner (Mr. Delaney) to-day ordered an immediate campaign against S.P. bookmakers and people breaking other gaming and liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Medical History To Be Published
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—"Clinical Problems of War," the first volume of the official medical history of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Memorial Site Sought
Lower Hunter Shire Council decided yesterday to inquire on buying of land at Bolwarra for a new site for the centre's war memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holt's Views On War Called "Optimistic"
SYDNEY: The Federal Minister for Labor and National Service (Mr. Holt) was an optimist when he said that Australia might not face attack for 20 to 40 years, Lieut.-Genera! Gordon Bennett said today…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Anzac Day Challenge Regretted
It was to be regretted that the President of Hamilton R.S.L. sub-branch (Mr. T. Fitzgerald) challenged the…
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Although it was agreed that individual sub-branches had the right to conduct their own dawn…
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TOKIO, Mon. (A.A.P.-Reuter): The Australian Air and Navy Minister (Mr. McMahon) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Land-Air "War" At Canberra
CANBERRA, Sunday.—A platoon of 38 paratroops yesterday jumped 1000 feet from two Dakota aircraft near Tharwaa, 15 miles from Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Head Flies To Jungle War
LONDON: Bound for Malaya, Mr. Alec Peterson, a Shropshire grammar school headmaster, left…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Eisenhower for War Zone Visit Details Prepared
SEOUL, Nov. 24. A.A.P.—General Mark Clark arrived in Korea by plane to-day to work out details for the visit of the President-elect (General Eisenhower)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bomb Moscow" Only End to Korea War
TORONTO, Mon. (A.A.P.): The Korean war could be ended only by the bombing of Moscow, the South Korea President (Mr. Syngman Rhee) declared today. In a Korea interview…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Cannot Go on Alone" France Feels War Burden
WASHINGTON, Mon (A.A.P.): France cannot carry the Indo-China war alone the French Defence Minister (M. Rene Pleven) said today…
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Australian ex-servicemen had been retrenched and their places taken by Italian migrants, the President of…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) has appealed to former non-commissioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Korean War Began Its 30th Month Yesterday Soviet Dashes U.N. Hopes Of Settlement
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. A.A.P.—Profound pessimism about the chances of a Korean peace settlement followed Mr. Vyshinsky's categori[?] on of the Indian compromise plan yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Newcastle Sun" Letter Box Lonely Soldier
I should be most grateful if through your newspaper I could contact an Australian girl who would…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Aid Soldiers In Mental Hospitals
Newcastle District R.S.L. Council last night decided that the three trustees of the council's newly formed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →3 U.k. Soldiers "Seek Asylum"
BERLIN, Nov. 27. A.A.P.—Three British soldiers had asked East German authorities for political asylum, an East…
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