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Mouquet Farm in France. Weir returned to Australia at his own request at the age of 50 in late 1916, when he was appointed as the first South Australian Public Service Commissioner. In 1917 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and was mentioned in dispatches for his performance at Pozières and Mouquet Farm. On his retirement from the Australian Military Forces in 1921, he was given an honorary promotion to brigadier general, only the second South Australia-born officer to reach this rank. Before his retirement as Public Service Commissioner in 1931, Weir was the chairman of both the Central Board of Health and the Public Relief Board. He led an active retirement, contributing to several religious, charitable and welfare organisations. (Full article...

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... that Sahwat al-Khudr is named after an ancient Byzantine church in the village dedicated to Saint George, who is known to Muslims as "al-Khudr"?
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, killing at least 480 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.
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1951 – American journalist William N. Oatis was arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
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