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The wars & local soldiers, 1981

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Anzac day speaker

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 April 1981 · page 24

Sir Asher Joel will be guest speaker at North Shore Synagogue’s Anzac Day service…

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Uncle Fred The Outspoken Anzac

Tharunka · Sunday 12 April 1981 · page 25

For those of youse who didn't read me in the Theronkan previous to this one, open up with a quick resumay: This ding-bat homo tried to give us a poke up…

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Anzac reunion for AEC ex-servicemen

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 April 1981 · page 3

An Anzac Day re-union commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 3rd and 22nd Australian Employment Companies will take place at the Hakoah Club, Bondi, on April 24…

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RAPE: a tool of war

Tribune · Wednesday 22 April 1981 · page 16

Women have marched in Anzac Day parades since at least 1977 to protest about rape, in war and in peace-time. This year in Canberra, women will participate in their…

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Navon Seeks Embargo on Yom Kippur War Audit

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 April 1981 · page 9

JERUSALEM (JCNS): President Yitzhak Navon has appealed to Prime Minister Menachem Begin not to allow publication of the full report of the Agranat Commission which inquired into the early failures in the 1973 Yom Kippur War…

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Uncle Fred The Outspoken Anzac

Tharunka · Tuesday 28 April 1981 · page 22

It makes youse wonder sometimes just what's happenin to the young strappers nowdays. Back when I was still wet behind the ears and comin to grips with…

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The Anzac Spirit? Cops bust rape march

Tribune · Wednesday 29 April 1981 · page 1

Women marching to commemorate women raped in all wars before police attacked them (see story page 3)…

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Sydney Anzac Day

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 May 1981 · page 9

Deux drapeaux en tête — celui l'Association des anciens combattants Français et celui de l'Association des Français libres — non moins…

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Cold war

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1981 · page 14

Despite the clear divisions on political, social and cultural questions in Australia most people are likely to agree that the world…

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Anzac Day in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 May 1981 · page 1

President of the Federation of Australian Jewish Exservicemen and Women (Fajex) Myer Nathan, of Melbourne, attended the Anzac Day Service in Israel. He is pictured here with Australian Jewish Times correspondent, Dr Wolf Matsdorf, laying wreaths at Beersheba Cemetery…

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with Uncle Fred The Outspoken Anzac

Tharunka · Tuesday 19 May 1981 · page 28

Last Sunday I caught young Kevin (me youngest) scratchin' his nether regions in the bathroom. He was supposed to be gettin' ready for the Mother's Day lunch…

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A Middling Meeting the War Council in Chifley Square

Tharunka · Tuesday 19 May 1981 · page 7

On Friday, the 8th of May, the Students' Union Council had what must be the most extraordinary "Extraordinary Council Meeting" to date…

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Traditional Australian picnic marked Anzac Day in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1981 · page 10

JERUSALEM: This year’s Anzac Day commemoration in Israel had a particularly Australian flavor, concluding with an Australian type picnic at a Keren Kayemeth picnic ground near the Gaza Strip…

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New War Memorial at North Shore Temple

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1981 · page 7

A simple but evocative new War Memorial has been unveiled at the North Shore Designed by artist Lou Rose, it consists of six asymetricaily placed candles…

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An unusual view of post-war history

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1981 · page 14

Willy William Katz — “Ein judisch-deutsches Leben” (A Jewish-German Life story) 1904-1939-1978…

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East Timor war crimes tribunal

Tribune · Wednesday 27 May 1981 · page 6

PORTUGAL: The Australian, Indonesian and US governments will go on trial next month for crimes against the East…

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USA Civil War veterans’ Sydney service

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 May 1981 · page 16

The “Yanks Down Under” Post No. 1 of the American Legion will once again this year hold their Memorial Day observance at the grave site of three Jewish American Civil War…

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Straight Talking with Uncle Fred The Outspoken Anzac

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 June 1981 · page 31

It does the old ticker a power of good to see the young strappers pullin' their heads out of their backsides and payin' a bit of attention to the hard-nosed voice of…

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Sino-viet Border War

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 June 1981 · page 9

China's military action in the border area with Vietnam aims at hammering the latter's general offensive in Cambodia, Nationalist Chinese specialists observed…

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Ceasefire in Eritrean civil war

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1981 · page 6

ERITREA: The civil war may end between the Eritrean Popular Liberation Front (EPLF) and the Eritrean Liberation Front…

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