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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Firefighters' 'Private War' with Chief Sec

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Volunteer bush fire fighters in the Warringah Shire will not officially resume duties until…

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Another District Property for Soldier Settlement Billabong Under Consideration By Department

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

THE Gundagai District property “Billabong” at Nangus, of 9,300 acres, is under consideration for…

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Gen. Eisenhower's Warning on Another War Would Throw World Back to Dark Ages

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

General Eisenhower, who is in Rome for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Conference, has recently been tipped as a…

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U.S. REARMAMENT As Fast as World War II

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—American rearmament, including the production of [?]antastic new weapons," is…

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District Property for Soldier Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 2

The Gundagai district property Billabong," at Nangus, of 9,300 acres, is under considerations for soldier settlement…

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Big rise in enlistments

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Last week's Army enlistment of 182 men had been exceeded only once since the recruiting…

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Wounded Wagga home from waring Korea

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

Mrs. D. D. Boyton, of Gurwood Street Wagga on Tuesday afternoon for Sydney come her 25-year-old son David, who from Korea yesterday morning with 12…

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Prices for Soldier Settlement Land

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 1

The increased prices fo[?] soldier settlement land that are to be covered by legislation in the New Year have…

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War Against Rabbits Efforts to Eradicate Pest On the M.I.A.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 2

A determined bid is being made to eradicate rabbits on the M.I.A. Co-operating in the project are the New South Wales Forestry Commission,…

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Korean War Resumed As Reds Make Big Bid for Air Supremacy Misreading of Orders Brought Strange Cease-fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Friday.—Communist Jets, in record- breaking numbers, streaked through the clear Korean skies yesterday in a challenge to Allied air supremacy…

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Wounded Wagga Man Home From Korea War

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2

Dave Boyton, 25-year-old Wagga soldier, who was wounded in Korea, returned home on Saturday. Bronzed from months of…

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R.a.a.f. Sister Nursed 1000 Wounded in Korea

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2

An RAAF Nursing Sister, who has spent 1951 flying to and from Korea and Japan nursing wounded United Nations…

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Atomic plants —from peace to war in U.K.

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP): The British Government is planning to switch atomic research plants from…

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Korean War Hits Every Australian Why We Are in Trouble

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2
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Australia has a relatively small force fighting in Korea, but few Australians realise how profoundly the fighting there has…

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Salvaged Material From World War Ii Plays Big Part in Korea

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 6

World War II material salvaged from Pacific Island junk heaps is helping the United Nations forces in Korea in many but little known ways. The story of “Operation Roll Up”, as the greatest salvage drive in history is…

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Allied Aircraft Take War to the Enemy Battle for Supremacy Intensifies

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Monday—Allied aircraft carried the war to the enemy yesterday with day-long attacks over North Korea. The United States Fifth Air Force announced…

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Frozen Stiff While They Slept Cowra Soldier's Experience in Korea

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2

Korea is no place to be in the winter,tune says Private Andy Ke[?] who has just returned to Cowra after 12 months service…

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Clashes at Suez Killed and Wounded on Both Sides

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

CAIRO, Tuesday—Britain and Egyptians suffered casualties yesterday in two clashes…

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Four conditions would end Korea war on field

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): It appears that the Communists could have an unofficial but real ceasefire in Korea any time they want it by following four conditions, American Associated Press reported from Seoul…

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