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The wars & local soldiers, 1969

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Legging van krans en deelname optocht op Anzac Day

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 18 April 1969 · page 2

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An Outline of French Histo (Ill) the Hundred Years’ War

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 18 April 1969 · page 6

UNDER the development of the French Monarchy was to be checked more than a century by the Hundred…

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Vietnam and the Anzac Tradition

Tharunka · Tuesday 22 April 1969 · page 7

I think most people are coming to realize that Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war has degraded and corrupted everything it has touched. It has degraded our language: — 3 million tons of bombs on Asian peasants becomes ‘forward defence’, torture becomes ‘water…

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Ex-diggers to hold Anzac function for peace, not war

Tribune · Wednesday 23 April 1969 · page 12

SYDNEY: Official use of Anzac Day for the glorification of war will be sharply challenged at an Anzac Day meeting here called by the Ex-Services Human Rights Association. The meeting will be held…

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Peace "Offensive" Launched to End Nigerian War

Tribune · Wednesday 23 April 1969 · page 9

LONDON: A new "offensive" to secure peace in war-torn Nigeria was launched in London last week. The peace drive is organised by the British Committee…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 April 1969 · page 19

Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Regular services are held. Classes: Sun., 9 a.m. Headmaster…

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Israeli casualties since Six-Day War

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 April 1969 · page 12

According to figures released recently, Israeli casualties since the Six-Day War in June, 1967, both in sabotage and border incidents, have totalled 281 killed and 1115 wounded 330 of them civilians. (These figures…

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Tourists report on war atmosphere in Egypt

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 April 1969 · page 9

HAIFA: “The deepest impression Egypt left on us is dirt, and squalor, overcrowded cities and everybody trying to sell you something, especially for foreign currency,” a tourist couple who arrived here…

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The story behind the most famous picture of the war ITZIK the reluctant hero

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 April 1969 · page 11

Before the 4th of June nobody knew him, except his family, friends and neighbours. He has become one of the symbols of the war, although he did nothing outstanding; he only fought bravely, as did all…

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We present Miss Anzac

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 29 April 1969 · page 1

This old cannon conjured up thoughts of Gollipoli for our Anzac girl, Gail Lawrence. Gail, who is 18, lives at Guildford. Prepared for the nip of the Autumn weather,…

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Jewish Community Remembers Anzac

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 May 1969 · page 1

Peace was the main motive of this year's Anzac Day commemoration of the Sydney Jewish community. “Peace is very simple and…

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Original Anzac Speaks to Pupils

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 May 1969 · page 5

One of the first ashore at Anzae Cove, 90-year-old Touv Lindsay Joseph gave an unforgettable account of what Anzac means to pupils of Horiah College last week…

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Dayan: “No War This Summer”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 May 1969 · page 10

TEL AVIV: Defence Minister Moshe Dayan last week declared that while the Arabs are not in a position to launch an all-out war this summer, they may well [?]ry to heat up" the frontlines, and even attempt commando raids. Mr. Dayan was answering questions on Galei Zahal —…

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To Fight the Virus of War

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 May 1969 · page 15

Professor Albert R. Sabin, the famous discoverer of the Sabin vaccine that is wiping out poliomyelitis, set out in 1967 to fight an even more formidable virus —war in the Middle East. Head…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 May 1969 · page 23

Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Regular services are held. Classes: Sun., 9 a.m. Headmaster:…

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Australian Jewish Times Supplement Happy Motoring... War on the Roads

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 May 1969 · page 11

IN spite of the emphasis in the Bible on obedience of the law in ancient Israel, there isn’t much…

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detroit– the post–war blues

Tharunka · Tuesday 6 May 1969 · page 16

Any survey of Detroit blues in the post-war years necessarily brings about comparison with the Chicago style city blues of the same period. A number of pertinent differences will then be noticed - first and…

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Gorton's doctrine: "space" bases and pursuit of lost war

Tribune · Wednesday 7 May 1969 · page 3

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S abjectness in conceding new base areas to the secret demands of American military space planners is not even matched by its spendthrift wastage of Australian lives in a Vietnam war that is already lost…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1969 · page 19

Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Regular services are held. Classes: Sun., 9 a.m. Headmaster:…

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$1,200,000 centre for Israel's war disabled Mrs. Eshkol Elected President

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1969 · page 4

JERUSALEM —About 10,000 of Israel's ex-Servicemen and women are disabled and in need of special medical treatment and rehabilitation, and the number is growing as incidents multiply…

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