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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

3,142 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 158

Wilmot was war writer

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 2

Australian Chester Wilmot, one of the victims of the Comet crash off Italy was…

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Drama of civil war

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 19

The producers of Kansas Pacific (Civic) were almost tempted into the dangers of…

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Yesterday In The Churches Australia 'must join war on Communism'

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 22

Australia would have to join the fight against Communism for the souls of the peoples of Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Cumming Thom said in Haberfield…

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Yesterday In The Churches Australia 'must join war on Communism'

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 22

Australia would have to join the fight against Communism for the souls of the peoples of Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Cumming Thom said in Haberfield Presbyterian Church yesterday…

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Yesterday In The Churches Australia 'must join war on Communism'

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 22

Australia would have to join the fight against Communism for the souls of the peoples of Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Cumming Thorn said in Haberfield…

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Red Says War Was Near

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

BERLIN, Jan. 11 (A.A.P.).—An East German Deputy Premier, Mr. Otto Nuschke, to-day said that…

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"War" Canoe for Prince Charles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).— The Queen has accepted a model of a Maori war canoe…

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Scribbled Histories Exhibition of war documents

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 13

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Much of Australia's military history has been written in pencil on scraps of paper as well as in blood on distant shores…

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World War I prisoners in Siberia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 13

FRANKFURT (Kemsley).--Several thousand German soldiers from the 1914-18 War still are…

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World War I prisoners in Siberia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 13

FRANKFURT (Kemsley).--Several thousand German soldiers from the 1914-18 War still are…

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World War I prisoners in Siberia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 13

FRANKFURT (Kemsley).--Several thousand German soldiers from the 1914-18 War still are…

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The Queen Lays Wreath on Wellington War Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

The Queen's visit to Wellington will be the most crowded week in the New Zealand tour. ABOVE: The Queen laying a wreath at the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial. The Duke is on the right. RIGHT: The Duke watches a flooring machine during a visit to a motor plant at Wellington yesterday…

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Soldier steals a kiss

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 5

WELLINGTON (NZ), Tuesday. -- A pretty young member of the NZ Women's Army…

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War admiral is dead

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 22

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Admiral William Blandy, who commanded the first US atomic task force at Bikini Atoll in 1946, died today, aged 63…

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Crayfishermen Were Talking Of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday.—Fishermen of the crayfishing fleets at Fremantle are talking of arming themselves to…

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Border Force "Could" Start World War"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

JERUSALEM, Wed. (A.P.). -- Any attempt to alter Israel's border by violence might start another war. British Left Wing Labor rebel Aneurin Bevan,…

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Eisenhower speech restated US war policy

Tribune · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

THE much publicised “State of the Union” message of President Eisenhower merely stated once more the cornerstones of the…

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Border Force "Could Start World War"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

JERUSALEM, Wed. (A.P.). -- Any attempt to alter Israel's border by violence might start another war. British Left Wing Labor rebel Aneurin Bevan,…

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Border Force "Could Start World War"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

JERUSALEM, Wed. (A.P.). -- Any attempt to alter Israel's border by violence might start another war. British Left Wing Labor rebel Aneurin Bevan…

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War Exploits of "Tinlegs" Bader on Screen

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Wed.--Richard Burton will be called upon for his hardest acting part when he portrays the legless air ace, Group Captain Douglas ("Tinlegs") Bader in a…

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