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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

3,142 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 158

War on hoppers goes on

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. --Farmers in the Hunter Valley are waging an unceasing battle against…

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Luddenham's "Picnic" Show Tug-o-war Contest

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

AN ADDED attraction at Luddenham Show, to be held on Friday and Saturday, February 12 and 13 will…

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Egyptians kill British soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 6

CAIRO, Wed.--A British soldier died of wounds yesterday after Egyptians attacked him near Port Said. British Canal Zone H.Q. said the Egyptians…

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Australia learning she must fend for herself A visiting American columnist finds that in the four years since the war we have gained confidence and cut the apron strings of Britain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 30

SYDNEY--There has been, it seems to me, more than a subtle change in Australia…

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Archibald won twice World War Ii Artist

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 9

Ivor Hele, who won the Archibald Prize today, lives at Albinda, 30 miles from Adelaide. He entered two…

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Indo-china War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 16

French paratroops make their way through thick elephant grass as they push forward to link up with French Union forces in the battle against Communist-Icd Vietminh soldiers in Indo-China…

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Drug "cocktails" for Indo-China wounded This Will Save Thousands in War and Peace French Army doctors hit on successful new method of staving off fatal shock

The World's News · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

AMERICAN and Allied medical chiefs are studying a new technique of saving life in combat which has cut the death rate in the…

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Prisoners of war refuse to quit zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Prisoners of war refuse to quit zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Prisoners of war refuse to quit zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Prisoners of war refuse fo quit zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Prisoners of war refuse to quit zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Prisoners of war refuse to quit zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Prisoners of war refuse to quit zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Prisoners of war refuse to quit zone (D.M. World Cables)

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

PANMUNJOM, Sat.--Indian guards last night abandoned in the neutral zone Royal marine…

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Flying Cats Famous World War II flying boats are chalking up new achievements Are still on the prowl

The World's News · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 21

AS this modern age continues to develop better and faster jet aircraft, the Catalina, the most remarkable flying machine to come out…

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Berlin War Of Propaganda Festim Air

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 9

LONDON, Saturday.—A propaganda war has already started in Berlin, where the Big Four Conference of Foreign Ministers will…

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Books of the Week War hero ace of test pilots

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 45

"HOPE he learns to fly better than he can play cricket." Those were the parting words of an English railway station…

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Bottle for life of wounded qirl

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Mon.-- Doctors at Monto Hospital are waging a desperate battle to save the life of a 15-years-old girl who was shot on a Monto dairy farm on Saturday night…

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Battle for life of wounded girl

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Mon. --Doctors at Monto Hospital are waging a desperate battle to save the life of a 15-yeors-old girl who was shot on a Monto dairy farm on Saturday night…

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