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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Mangoplah war memorial is unveiled

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 2

An impressive ceremony marked the opening and unveiling of Mangoplah's War Memorial at Mangoplah yesterday afternoon. The memorial was unveiled…

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Jugiong Plans to Improve War Memorial Park

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 4

The residents of Jugiong intend to carry out extensive improvements to the War Memorial Park at the…

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Boorowa Block for Soldier Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 2

A 1044 acre soldier settlement yock in the Boorowa district was opened for application as from lost Monday, the Minister…

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Jugiong Plans to Improve War Memorial Park

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 2

The residents of Jugiong intend to carry out extensive improvements to the War Memorial Park at the village,…

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Visiting Junee From Sth Africa Made Home There After Boer War

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 5

A gentleman who went to the Boer War with the Australian contingent and then staved on to live in South…

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P.M.'s High Praise of Budget Best in World Since the War

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday — Nobody would find anywhere in the world anything which produced so…

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FURPHIES from the Soldiers Club Bowls

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 3

A fine day brought a good roll up on Saturday and the competition went to Payten, Ted Smith and Phillpson…

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Boorowa Block For Soldier Settlement

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 6

A 1044 acre soldier settlement block in the Boorowa district will be open for application on Monday, September 14, the Minister…

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FURPHIES from the Soldiers Club Bowls

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 September 1953 · page 2

Inclement weather and a wet green interfered with bowls on Saturday last and only a few hardy souls faced up to the cold,…

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Soldier Settlers Organise for 'Hopper Threat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 3

Soldier settlers at Carrawobitty, near Forbes, have organised for the defence of their crops against the threat of…

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Former War Ace's Matrimonial Mix-up

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday —A much decorated World War II fighter pilot who shot down 32 planes admitted at the Old…

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Visit Of First Grade Sydney Side St. George to Play on Anzac Park Next

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 12

On Sunday next the football season will be officially wound up in Gundagai, when the crack city first grade side St. George will meet Gundagai. The match will be played on Anzac Park, commencing at 3 p.m…

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Merryville Rams for Soldier Settlers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—One hundred Merino rams, donated by Merryville Pty., Ltd. for men on war service land settlement…

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Leeton Returned Soldiers Women's Bowling Club

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 1

Two teams of women bowlers recently journeyed to Sydney to take part in the Coronation Country Week, these bowlers…

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Scot Won't Go Home From War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Friday (AAP): A mother in West Lothian (Scotland) wept last night as she heard a B.B.C. announcer…

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Work Commences on New Tumblong War Memorial Hall

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 3

Work has started on construction of the new Tumblong War Memorial Hall, and it is confidently expected that the building will be officially opened early in 1954. The first sod, in the digging…

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Wounded Woman's Condition Serious

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 2

The condition of Joanna Jean Waters, 28, who was found in a critical condition suffering from a bullet wound…

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War Homes Priority List

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.: The rush of applicants for assistance to build under the War Service Homes Act had been…

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Rush for War Service Homes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday—The rush of applicants for assistance to build under the War Service Homes Act had been so great…

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Proposed Coolamon War Memorial Swimming Pool Committee Meeting

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 3

The committee meeting to further consider the proposed War Memorial Swimming Pool was held on Monday last in the School of Arts…

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