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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1946

191 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 10

Soldiers' Memorial Public Meeting Endorses R.S. League's Preference

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 2

The public meeting called by the Shire President, at the request of the Braidwood branch of the R.S.L., on Saturday last was one of the largest…

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Land for Soldier. Settlement. Governments Rushed with Offers, Sats Bruxner

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 1

So much land had been offered for solder settlement to the Federal and State Governments by the so-called "hungry" landholders that the…

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Welcome Home to S.gt. Ken Jack

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 4

The welcome home to Sgt. Ken Jack at Charley's Forest on 30th November can only be described as an outstanding success, one of the largest crowds…

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Post-war Cabin Camps

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. reports that the first two of the post-war "cabin camps" being specially constructed in N.S.W. on ambitious lines so popular…

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Appeal. for Disabled Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 4

An Appeal is being made for £25,000 for the War's Forgotten Men:The Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers…

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Disabled Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 2

The Totally Disabled and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association of Australia, N.S.W. Branch, is appealing for £25,000 in order to build a club…

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Insufficient Funds for Road Work. War's Effect on Main Road Board Activities

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1946 · page 1

A striking position of how the position of the Main Roads Board has changed as a result of the war years was given in the Legislative Assembly…

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Soldiers' Banquet and Ball

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1946 · page 2

There was a great crowd, numbering well over 500, at the final ball at the Showground Pavilion on Saturday night, when one of the most…

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Moior's Welcome Home

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 2

The final welcome Home to returned service personnel will be held in the Major's Creek Rail on Friday night, 20th instant. The official welcome will…

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Why Soldier Settlement Is Delayed Amazing Federal Duplication Op State Activity

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 4

An astonishing example of how State and Commonwealth activities were duplicated was given in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. S. T. Stephens (CP.,…

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No Soldier Settlement in Coastal Areas Diarymen Automatically Debarred

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 8

Although the thickly settled areas of the North Coast provided thousands of men for the forces, they were automatically debarred from sharing in the…

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