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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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U.S. Casualties In Korea War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 4

WASHINGTON. Wed. (A.A.P.).—Announced U.S. battle casualties in Korea reached 131,928 today, an…

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Commons Cheers New Bid To End War Churchill Says He Is "Hopeful"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The British Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) told a cheering House of Commons last night that China's truce proposals offered new hope for ending the Korea war…

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Old Soldier's Death

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

SAN JUAN (Argentina). Wed: (A.A.P.).—Juan Jose Rivero, veteran of the war which preceded…

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Cold War Tactics Reversed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, April 2. A.A.P.—The Soviet Union's snowballing peace…

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Parade Ground Newcastle C.M.F. Camp "Biggest Since War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 4

Permanent staffs of six Newcastle Army units are preparing for the biggest C.M.F. camp in New South Wales since the war. It will be the 14 Infantry…

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Soldier Given Bond For Yacht Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.— A soldier who stole a £4000 yacht to elope to New Zealand, to-day was ordered to…

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Shots At Park Meeting Young Migrant Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 26-year-old Albanian was shot at a meeting of a patriotic association in a Randwick park to-day. The man, Ramus Kerma,…

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Big Batch Of Japanese War Brides Arrives

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE: The troopship New Australia, which brought the First Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, home from Korea yesterday, also brought 39 New Australians and their children—the Japanese wives and families of Australian servicemen…

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Ex-Soldier Seeks Lost Treasure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 2

MANILA, April 5. A.A.P.-Reuter. — A former Japanese soldier and two Formosans reached Manila to-day to join…

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Cardiff Anzac Dinner

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 11

Cardiff Workshops Ex-Servicemen's Social Club has arranged to hold its annual Anzac dinner in…

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War Veteran's Head In Stove

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A Korea war veteran was found dead with his head in a gas oven in a King's Cross flat…

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Chinese Widen P.O.W. TALKS Could Lead To End Of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

TOKYO, April 6. A.A.P.-Reuter-Taken at its face value the Communist attitude on the P.O.W. talks seems to points to a general exchange of prisoners and a possible end of…

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Anzac Service At Sandgate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 7

Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. sub-branch will hold its annual commemoration service at Sandgate War…

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Wounded Marine Freed By Chinese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

TOKYO, April 7. A.A.P. — Chinese Communist soldiers carried a badly-wounded…

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War Service Act Extended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Legislation extending the provisions of the War Service Land Settlement Act to cover men…

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Hope That Korea War May End This Month

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Agreement in Korea on the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners has raised official hopes here that the war will end soon Pretty Japanese wife on board the New Australia was Mrs. S. Franklin, whose husband is a sergeant with the 1st Battalion. Here she is nursing Eileen Perkins (2 years) and her own daughter, Margaret (also 2)…

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War Neurosis Sufferer 'Not Fair"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1953 · page 6

A war neurosis sufferer was told by Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.M., at East Maitland Court yesterday, that by not carrying a…

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£66M. War Wool Not Taxable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—About £66 million paid to Australian woolgrowers by the Federal Government from profits…

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Tito Says Cold War Not Ended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, April 13. A.A.P.—Marshal Tito says the Soviet union's new conciliatory attitude is a repudiation of…

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War Leaves More Women Than Men

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 11

NEW YORK: Females are increasing more rapidly in number than males in most areas of the world, according to statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. This trend is seen not…

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