AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS
INCREASE IN PENSIONS Canberra, March 20. After a 26-hour sitting the House of Representatives passed the Commonwealth Repatriation Bill by which soldiers’ pensions are increased 20 per cent. Attempts to increase them by 33 1-3 to 50 per cent, were not successful. New and important amendments to the Bill include the establishment of a Parliamentary committee of six members to report on all repatriation problems. Full pension benefits for tuberculosis soldiers of this and the last war; free medical and hospital treatment for totally and permanently incapacitated, blinded and tuberculosis soldiers: and: increased benefits for orphaned children of members of the forces.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 67, 22 March 1943, Page 4
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104AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 67, 22 March 1943, Page 4
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