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The wars & local soldiers, 1981

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Disco to help war veterans

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 January 1981 · page 14

Two Sydney students will hold a disco next month to raise money for Israeli war invalids. They are Mark Temple and Carrie Engel…

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Reburial for Jewish War Hero Communal Wrong Has Been Righted

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 January 1981 · page 3

Daniel Terry, the World War I Jewish veteran who was denied the rites of a Jewish burial when he died in July 1978, has at long last come to rest in the…

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Polisario takes desert war deep Into Morocco

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1981 · page 9

Western Sahara is a small former Spanish colony in the north-western African desert. In the last days of Franco's Spain, it was handed over to Morocco and Mauretania who divided it between them…

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Readers Write War Memorial “No Sad Tears”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 January 1981 · page 14

My late father Gordon Samuel Keesing, ARIBA, FRIAA, a decorated officer of the first AIF in World…

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Soldier jailed

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 January 1981 · page 9

JERUSALEM: An Israeli soldier who refuses to serve in the occupied territories has been…

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Army Man Says Community Is Not “Doing Its Duty” “More Jewish chaplains than there are soldiers”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 February 1981 · page 7

It is time for Australian Jewish youth to “stand up and be counted” by joining the Australian Army Reserves, Lt. Col. Brian Nebenzahl said fast week. At the same time, he…

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Top Moriah pupil is Israeli soldier girl

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 February 1981 · page 3

A former Moriah College student at present serving in the Israeli Army will receive a prize in absentia at the Moriah College annual high school speech night on March 3…

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The Soldiers

Tharunka · Tuesday 3 March 1981 · page 24

What does the Regiment do? Well, the year commences in January with the Regiments Annual Camp. This year, that camp was held in two stages…

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No Jewish Ceremony on Anzac Day

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 March 1981 · page 20

No communal commemorations for Anzac Day will be held this year because April 25 is also the seventh day of Pesach…

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Straight Talking with Uncle Fred The Outspoken Anzac

Tharunka · Tuesday 17 March 1981 · page 7

Me nephew tells us that some of the remarks I made in THERONKAN last time 'ave caused a bit of a rumble with what he prefers to call "the more…

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The new cold war Haig tells why

Tribune · Wednesday 18 March 1981 · page 6

USA: The purpose of US "global leadership" is to assure access to raw materials. "Vital American…

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Smelter Campaigners Declare War

Tribune · Wednesday 25 March 1981 · page 3

Dr Jim Cairns told the rally that the campaign is having an effect on the company. "Those who feel nothing can be done are wrong," he said. Five or ten years ago a company would have…

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7.3.81. War preparations

Tribune · Wednesday 25 March 1981 · page 14

In reference to H P Mansfield's letter (Tribune 25.2.81) I would like to answer as a Christian and a socialist…

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El Salvador: background to the civil war

Tribune · Wednesday 25 March 1981 · page 11

Civil and political violence is not a new phenomenon in El Salvador. In the late 19th century there were many rural uprisings as peasants and Indians fought to regain the land that…

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Yom Kippur War Report Might Be Election Issue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1981 · page 11

TEL AVIV: The Agranat Commission report on the Yom Kippur War might be published before the June 30 elections, sources close to Prime Minister Menachem Begin said this week. They said the matter has…

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ledereen is wat in de war geweest

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 27 March 1981 · page 5

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Uncle Fred REGULAR Straight Talking with Uncle Fred The Outspoken Anzac

Tharunka · Tuesday 31 March 1981 · page 14

Me timin was a bit off last Wensdy the Boozer. I’d polished off a goodly few scooners of Extra Special Reserve Bin Muscat and then forgot to have a…

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Nuclear War Strategy

Tribune · Wednesday 1 April 1981 · page 14

The emphasis you gave and the story on the B52s in Tribune March 18, was timely and valuable. It is very important to stress the role of…

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Judge to Head War Memorial Investigation

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 April 1981 · page 6

District Court Judge, Harvey Cooper will head a committee of inquiry into the future of the NSW Jewish War Memorial Community Centre, War Memorial Council chairman Sydney D. Einfeld said…

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Tribune Exclusive Australia observes Timor war games

Tribune · Wednesday 8 April 1981 · page 3

EAST TIMOR: Australian and ASEAN observers attended large-scale Indonesian military exercises in East Timor last…

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