Soldiers' Name Released
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The name of the member of the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, who was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
565 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 29
War Statues Stir
MELBOURNE: The Returned Servicemen's League may play only a token role…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — About 1500 people attended the opening of the Australian Convention, on Peace and War in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Ask For Check On War "Souvenirs"
Following an accident at Cardiff yesterday when the warhead of an old anti-tank shell exploded, the Superintendent of the North Eastern Police District (Supt. J. Rayner) has appealed to the public to hand in all such war souvenirs…
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WASHINGTON, Sun. (A.A.P.)—The United States Army is collecting evidence of "hundreds of Communist war crimes" in Korea and will probably lay the material before the United Nations. An army spokesman said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Dead" Soldier Walks in 38 Years Later "Herald" Service
LONDON, Sept. 27.—Fusilier Frederick Walker, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, came home last week from World War I. For 38 years his family believed he was dead—killed on…
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Following an accident at Cardiff on Sunday, when the warhead of an anti-tank shell exploded, injuring three,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— War was inevitable if the United Nations Organisation failed, the N.S.W. President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£100 Damages To War Pensioner
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A war pensioner was awarded £100 damages in the District Court to-day against a neighbour who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jap Wife Travel Ban Makes Soldiers "Mad"
SYDNEY: An Army order forbidding Australian troops to travel from Japan to Australia with their Japanese wives had made the men 'fighting mad,' an Australian soldier said on his return by Qantas from Tokio today…
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LAUNCESTON.—Mr. William Hunt, described as Australia's oldest living exserviceman, celebrated his…
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LONDON: Five skeletons found buried in sand at the mouth of the River Adour, near Bayonne…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →War Games In Siberia "Herald" Service
TOKYO, Oct. 1.—Marshal Georgi Zhukov is or has been recently in Siberia supervising large-scale manoeuvres by the Red Army and inspecting new…
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LONDON, Fri., (A.A.P.): A court-martial in Dorset yesterday sentenced to a year's gaol a soldier who refused to wear uniform and stayed naked in a barrack cell for 30 days. The court also ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallaby Team Has Noisy Welcome Home
SYDNEY. — More than 200 friends, relatives and fans gave a wild welcome to the Wallabies when they…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Plans For Anzac Club Building
Plans and specification for Gallipoli Legion Anzac Club's building in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, are expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pope Wants War Crimes Punished
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 4. A.A.P.—The Pope yesterday called for clearly-defined international guarantees for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War On Nairobi Terrorists
NAIROBI, Oct. 5. A.A.P.—More than 500 police, supported by a battalion of British troops, to-day launched a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hands Off War Prisoners, General Warns
MUNSAN, October 6. A.A.P.—The United Nations Command would not condone force or coercion against anti-Communist war prisoners, General Mark…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Can Buy Navy Land At Soldiers Pt
The Federal Government has decided to give Port Stephens Shire Council the opportunity to buy all of the land at Soldiers Point at present held by the Australian Navy. Disclosing this in…
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