Prisoners Of War To Go North
SEOUL, Jan. 27. A.A.P.— Communist Command has agreed to take custody of pro-Communist prisoners of war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 31
Penniless War Bride Is Homesick For Sydney
NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): A penniless Australian war bride, whose husband faces a murder charge, wants to return to her native Sydney. But she cannot leave…
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LONDON, Jan. 27. A.A.P.-Reuter.—British soldiers to-day are softer than those who fought under Wellington. This is the view of General Sir Brian Horrocks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Private Hoad Is All Soldier Now
SYDNEY: Private Lewis Hoad today declined (with thanks) weekend leave. The offer was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →'Ike' Quotes Bible To Save Soldier From Disgrace
WASHINGTON, Wed., (A.A.P.): President Eisenhower today intervened to save from disgrace an American soldier who briefly joined the Communists in Korea. He quoted The Prodigal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labuan Changed Since War Days
LABUAN (North Borneo), (A.A.P.-Reuter): Lahuan, North Borneo, scene of one of the Australian amphibious landings during the closing stages of World War II, is fast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Sun" Letter Box Boer War Veterans
I have noticed that in the presentations to the Queen no mention has ever been made of the men who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Guilty of Big Fraud
TOKYO, Feb. 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Lieut. Norman Poole, an Australian Army paymaster, was found guilty to-day of having fraudulently misapplied £50,000 of army…
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Merewether R.S.L. last night decided to hold its annual Anzac service at Mitchell Park Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Inventors Rewarded: £100,000 For Jet Engine
LONDON: For eight years Britain's Royal Commission on war inventions has been assessing the worth of things like jet-engines, radar, degaussing gear, sticky bombs and hundreds of other ideas that helped win the war…
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Private Alfred White, 24, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. White, live at Pelican, is being flown…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →H.M.A.S. Anzac Here
The 2300-ton destroyer "Anzac" will arrive in Newcastle early on Tuesday morning to take part…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hamilton R.S.L. Offers Use Of Anzac House
Hamilton R.S.L. has extended the privilege of using the lower floor and kitchen of Anzac House on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Seaman Wounded In Brawl
SYDNEY, Monday.—A seaman from the interstate steamer Lowana was seriously injured in a brawl on board the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Hope In Polio War
NEW YORK (O.S.R.): United States medical scientists claim to have advanced nearer to victory over the dread infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Old Soldiers Had No Grouches
Thousands of men traditionally expert at "grouching" waited long, patiently and cheerfully at Newcastle Sports Ground yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War On Disease In Middle East
NICOSIA (Cyprus), (O.S.R.): Eradication of malaria, which only a year or two ago was Persia's main health problem, is today well under, way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aid to Indochina 'Ike' Does Not Fear War
WASHINGTON, Wed., (A.A.P.): President Eisenhower said today that every move his Government made in giving aid to IndoChina was calculated to keep the United…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War.-Mayfield R.S.L. Elects Officers
The report submitted at the annual meeting of the Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. last night showed the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gaoled By Reds; Soldier Fined
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—A British soldier who said he was gaoled in the Russian zone of Germany was…
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