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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Soldier Settlers' Payments Early Application Necessary Under Conversion Legislation

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 6

People who want to take advantage of tin substantial concessions in annual payments that are available to holders oi set (lenient…

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Starting Official Fatally Wounded

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday — Donald Eglinton, 43, secretary of the Commercial Travellers' Association, was fatally wounded…

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Victims of the War in Korea

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

Many children have lost their parents in the fighting in Korea. In Seoul an orphanage was destroyed. Forty or more of the children were killed, or were missing, according to a U.N. information officer on the root. Some 50 children survived the…

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Aust. War-Bride at Last Joins Husband in U.S.

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

LONG BEACH (California), Sunday (A.A.P.): It took six years, but former American soldier Cecil Yeadon, of Salt…

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Cootamundra Boy Wounded in Korea

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 2

Mrs. J. Davis, of 58 Crown street, was notified yesterday that her son, Pte. Norittan Hardy, had been wounded in…

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Complacent Aussies and Korean Trouble Wounded Men's Escort Gives Serious Warning

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Australian do not realise how serious things are and how bad conditions were in Korea, Corporal D…

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Britain Says Russia Wants War to Go on

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 2

Sir Gladwyn Jebb (Britian) stated that "it was clear that Russia did not want to step the Korean fighting" when…

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Boom in Enlistments For All Branches of the Services

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—The number of enlistments in the Permanent Navy, Army and Air Force in the week ended…

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Boom in Enlistments for Permanent Forces "An Excellent Sign"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The number of enlistments in the Permanent Navy, Army and Air Force in the week ended Sunday, January 14, have been exceeded only once since the special recruiting…

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Australia Stops Recruiting for Korean War

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:—Australia has stopped recruiting men for Korea, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) said…

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Boom Enlistments for Permanent Forces

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

The number of enlistments in the permanent Navy, Army and Air Force in the week ended Sunday, January 14, have been exceeded only…

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War in Asia Strategy Police Action or War? (Extract from the American magazine "Time")

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

If the U.S. had reacted to the Pearl Harbour attack merely by trying to clear the "Japanese out of Hawaiian waters. World War…

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War in Korea Refugees— the Greatest Tragedy From "Time," American Magazine

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

By the roadside, a mile from Seoul, lay the frozen body of a barefooted little boy, face down in a tangled knot of abandoned…

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'Furphies' From the Soldiers' Club BOWLS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

The official opening of the Soldiers' Club bowling season took place on Sunday last, when we had the honour of entertaining the President of…

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War Prisoners Bayoneted-Decapitated

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 1

LOS NEGROS, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Japanese whose comrades had been killed during an air raid by R.A.A.F. in Timor…

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Mosquitoes Help in Rabbit War

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

Mosquitoes are assisting to keep down rabbit numbers along the Murray River. Recently, field officers of C.S.I.R.O…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) states that a war service land settlement farm that had been witheld from…

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Road Injuries Worse Than War Casualties

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

The campaign to educate the public about the calamitous effects of road carelessness is being intensified. In addition to…

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Cause and Conduct of Korean War Gen. MacArthur's Part

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday — Beverley Baxter. canadian-born journalist and British politician wants the State Department to…

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Red China Outlines New Terms for Settlement of Korean War Ready to Discuss All Far Eastern Problems

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS (Tuesday) — New terms by Communist China for a settlement of the Korean and other Far East issues were submitted to the General Assembly Political Committee yesterday…

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