War Historian
HISTORIAN. Major-General S. W. Kirby, Chief of Staff on the Germany Control Commission…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
565 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 29
Famous British War Chiefs Have Coronation Roles
LONDON, Thurs. (AAP): Five of Britain's most famous war leaders will attend the Queen when she is crowned in Westminster Abbey on June 2. Men honored by…
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SEOUL, Jan. 14, A.A.P.—A United States Medical Corps private treated his first combat casualty in Korea recently without at first realising the dying man was his twin brother. Private Irwin Rietz, 21, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commission To Maintain War Cemetery
The Imperial War Graves Commission will take over the maintenance of the Sandgate War Cemetery from…
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The Imperial War Graves Commission last night thanked Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. for its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parade Ground War Commander To Greet Trainees
Colonel P. W. Dobson, who was commander of Newcastle Fixed Defences in World War II, will return to Fort Scratchley on Wednesday night to welcome National Service personnel to 13 Medium Coast Artillery Battery…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—The annual cost of £40,000 for 486 war pensions covering the Korea-Malaya operations was…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Argentine ants would be eradicated in Sydney in the next 2½ month, if present progress…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Soldiers Face Trial
TOKYO, Jan. 16. A.A.P. Reuter.—The courtmartial of the Australians, Private Leslie Arthur Sinclair and Private…
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The Anzac Day march In Newcastle will follow the same route as last year. The City of Newcastle…
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WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Two former American soldiers pleaded not guilty today to…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 20. A.A.P.—The Korean war was "one of bafflement because one sees no end to the…
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TOKYO, Jan. 20. A.A.P.-Reuter. — A court martial to-day sentenced two Australian privates to four years'…
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LONDON, Thurs. (A.A P.): Stalin has ordered renewal of the class war in Russia. The occasion chosen for the announcement was the 29th anniversary of Lenin's death and with it went a declaration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parade Ground Anzac House Ready Soon For T.V.
Hamilton R.S.L sub-branch will soon be ready and waiting for television to begin in Newcastle. Anzac House, headquarters of the sub-branch and its…
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CANBERRA, Friday.— The Minister of Defence Production (Mr. Harrison) said to-day that he had appointed…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.— A boy accidentally shot himself in the chest while he was rabbiting near Bacchus Marsh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Powers For Egypt
CAIRO, Mon. (A.A.P.). —The Egyptian Government has published a decree under which it can…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Germans Fooled British Secret Service In War
LONDON, Mon. (AAP): German Intelligence chiefs hoodwinked the wartime British Secret Service into parachuting, virtually into their hands, 54 Allied spies and supplies intended for the Dutch Underground, according to a book published in London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brake On French War Power
PARIS, Jan. 26. A.A.P.— The Minister for Defence (M. Pleven) said in the French Defence Budget debate yesterday…
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