Anzac Day Dinner Servicemen of Two Wars Foregather
Once again the ex-servicemen held a dinner at the Royal Hotel, where Mr. and Mrs. McMillan provided a real banquet. The big dining room had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1953
44 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
Q’beyan Boys Celebrated Anzac Day in Korea
A letter from a young Queanbeyan man tells of an Anzac Day parade conducted by United Nations Forced in Korea. In the parade the sons of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Capt. Tongs Reports on Korea Queanbeyan Soldiers He Saw Were Fit and Well
“Despite my personal desire to see all the boys this district who are serving in Korea, I was able to meet and speak with only two of them,” Captain Bede Tongs told The Age in an interview on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For Soldier Settlers Rams Given by Yass Stud
For men on war service land settlement farms, 100 Merryville rams have been donated by the managing director of Merryville Pty. Ltd. Yass,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Korean Truce is Welcomed Here Families of Queanbeyan Soldiers Rejoice at End of Fighting in Korea
Among those Queanbeyan people who have boys with the Royal Australian Regiment in Korea, immense relief and a desire to rejoice was the general reaction to the news that fighting had ceased along the entire 155-mile battle-front last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Phalaris Seed Gift for Soldier Settlers
A gift of 400lb of phalaris seed had been given for men on war service land settlement farms in the Goulburn district by one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Black Shags Guns Along the Molonglo
A combined drive against cormorants or black shags, along the Molonglo and Queanbeyan Rivers Is planned by Queanbeyan branch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Money for War Memorial
No objection will be raised by Queanbeyan Council to the proposal that monies held in trust for a war memorial be used in that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Land Tax Not Needed for Soldier Settlement" "Loan Monies Recklessly Spent," Says Bruxner
The Leader of the Country Party (Lt. Col. Bruxner) said yesterday that there was no justification whatever for the statement by the Cahill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Bride in America Former Qbn. Girl, Home on Holiday Now U. S. Citizen
A former Queanbeyan girl who is now an American citizen is back in town spending a six-months vacation with her parents. She is Mrs. Roland Dudley of Houston, Texas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Increase in War Service Homes
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. C. B. Cutler vigorously contested charges that the Federal Government had Tailed to provide war service homes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Cormorants No Shooting in Town
Queanbeyan branch of the Monaro Acclimatisation Society has been informed by the police that permission cannot be granted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement Block at Boorowa
A 1044-acre soldier settlement block in the Boorowa district is open for application from now until October 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merino Rams for Soldier Settlers
The 100 merino rams given by Merryville Pty Ltd., for men on war service land settlement farms are now open for application, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Memorial to Prisoners of War Anglican Venture
In western New South Wales a Memorial (the first in Australia) for P.O.W.S. who died in the Par East is to be built. It will take the form of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese War Bride Arrives
FIRST JAPANESE WAR BRIDE to come to Queanbeyan arrived here a weak ago. She is Mrs. Kiyoko Smith, pictured here with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kiyoko is Kay to Her New Family First Japanese War Bride Arrives in Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan’s first Japanese war bride, petite, charming Mrs. Ronald Smith, arrived at her new home with her husband last Friday afternoon. The couple, with their small son…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Settlers Ballot for Merino Rams
Ex-servicemen on war service land settlement farms were reminded today by the Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Memorial Unveiled in Papua
THE UNVEILING by the Governor-General, Field Marshal Sir William Slim, of the Cross of Sacrifice at the Bomana war cemetery at Port Moresby, Papua…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settler Did All This in Five Years
The remarkable extent to which one Solder settler had improved his 1,100 acres property in five years was mentioned, by…
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