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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

4,891 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 245

Recruiting Spurts 709 Enlistments This Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 5

The Deputy Director of Recruiting, Mr. C. F. Lewis, said last night that 709 men had enlisted in the permanent…

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709 More Enlist in the Services

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 7

Enlistment of 709 men in the Services last week has brought the total to 2757 since the recruiting…

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Orders to guards worry soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

IN KOREA, Thurs.--Many British soldiers in Korea are worried about hew orders to sentries which restrict the use of weapons. The new orders follow…

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Ending a 'state of war isn't peace Though West Germans soon won't be 'enemy aliens' to most of the Democracies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 8

NEW YORK reports say that the United States Congress will soon follow the recent…

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Clerk Seriously Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 5

At the Book makers Clerks' Club, in Wilmot Street, City, detectives last night found a bookmaker's…

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New system for Korea war news

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.).--Washington had "stripped" General MacArthur of authority to speak freely on the Korean war, Keyes Beech said today…

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War refugees flee across icy river

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 3

REFUGEES fleeing from the Chinese Communist invaders in Korea are experiencing many hardships. Here men, women, and children, many carrying family belongings, wade through ice flakes across a shallow…

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"No Arrests in Egypt" Denial By War Office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 12 (A.A.P.). —The British War Office yesterday denied an Egyptian Press report that British…

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Australia supports plan for Four-Power talks on Korea Bid to avoid Far East war

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--A general Far Eastern war would be a disaster, Australian delegate Keith Shann told the United Nations Political Committee today…

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Supermen for Armies of the Future Philosopher Bertrand Russell predicts armies of supermen for the future, bred simply for war

The World's News · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 15

INTO a city cafe of the future strides a man about 6ft 4in tall. He takes a seat, orders dinner. He's a fresh-complexioned chap,…

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Old Soldier Won't Fade Away Now

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Fri.--Corporal Sam Hardy learned today that, on instructions from "very high up," his demobilisation order has been postponed…

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A soldier letter-writer Joy of Youth, Letters of Patrick Hore-Ruthven. London: Peter Davies

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 10

THE letters of Patrick Hore-Ruthven, killed in action in the Western Desert in 1942, have more…

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Thai Soldiers First Sighted Snow In Korea

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 2

HONGKONG, Saturday. --Thai soldiers fighting with the United Nations' forces in Korea saw snow…

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Few Enlist in Services

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 12

CANBERRA, Saturday.-- Only five people in the A.G.T. have been enlisted in the armed forces…

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Few Enlist in Services

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 11

CANBERRA, Saturday.-- Only five people in the A.C.T. have been enlisted in the armed forces…

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Thai Soldiers First Sighted Show In Korea

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 2

HONGKONG, Saturday. --Thai soldiers fighting with the United Nations' forces in Korea saw snow…

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Few Enlist in Services

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 11

CANBERRA, Saturday.-- Only five people in the A.C.T. have been enlisted in the armed forces…

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Munichers On Rampage Over Korea War

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.—A selection of extracts from Australian morning newspapers advocating the abandonment of the Korean campaign was…

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A Grazier's "War-baby" Sought a Job (and he had the grazier puzzled)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1951 · page 3

A Murrumburrah (N.S.W.) grazier has received more than 100 letters from people in England because a columnist there published an article on the Australian wool industry. The grazier is Mr…

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Judge Critical On Enlistment

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 14 January 1951 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Saturday.— "Australian university students should do a bit of self-examination on why they had not…

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