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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1976

4 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

When War Came to Australia

Western Magazine · Friday 6 February 1976 · page 3

Next Sunday is the anniversary of the day when war came to Australia for the first time. On February 15 of 1942 the “impregnable fortress” of Singapore…

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Anzac Day Arrangements

The Western Herald · Friday 23 April 1976 · page 1

Arrangements have now been finalised by the Bourke Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. for the Commemoration of…

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"Beach of the War Gods"

The Western Herald · Friday 23 April 1976 · page 7

Jimmy Wang Yu, the new king of Kung Fu, is shown a barbaric big screen battle in "Beach of the War…

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War Museum seeks relics

Western Magazine · Monday 6 December 1976 · page 14

If anyone has relics of the Japanese prisoner of-war cam at Cowra, the Australian…

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