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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

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Contributors' Column. [We welcome contributions to this column.] APRIL 25th (St. Mark's Day) Anzac Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 19

Eight years ago, in the cold and gloom of an April morning, an army awaited its hour of trial. All was silence on the precipitous peninsula of…

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Wyong. Unveiling Soldiers' Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 9

Saturday, 21st April, will never be forgotten by all who were present in Railway Square when the Soldiers' Memorial was unveiled. Many…

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The Anzac Ball. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 7

Sir,—Am writing this letter hoping that by drawing attention to certain things through the medium of your valuable paper, a possible future…

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Anzac Day in Woy Woy. Further Details

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 2

The commemoration ceremonies in Woy Woy on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1923, were the first of the kind in the town, and great pleasure is expressed…

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Anzac Dat Afternoon. a Trip Bound Brisbane Water

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 20

A happy thought inspired the Committee of the Woy Woy celebrations, when it was mooted that the distinguished visitors for the day might…

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Gosford War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 15

Men from Gosford district gave splendid service in the fight for liberty and Empire in the Great War. Many of them forfeited their lives in…

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Gosford Soldiers' Memorial. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 18

Sir,—Years ago, when the above was first being discussed, and a site for the Memorial was under consideration, I suggested the angle of Gosford Park,…

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War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 9

Mr. D. E. Mobbs, the Hon. Secretary of the War Memorial Committee, has called a meeting for Friday afternoon in the Gosford Park at 4.30 p.m. The…

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"First Shot in the War."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 14

A. McK. Mason writes to the "S.M. Herald":—In your issue of to-day is published a statement by one who signs himself "One Who Does Not Forget"…

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Gosford War Memorial. Public Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 12

A public meeting was held in the School of Arts Committee Room on Tuesday night to further matters in connection with the proposed War…

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Returned Soldiers' League Gosford Sub-branch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 17

The general extraordinary meeting called for May 4th, met with ready response, from members who were anxious to hear the good news of the…

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Gosford Soldiers' Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 10

Sir,—As the most suitable site in Gosford for the above War Memorial was decided upon at a public meeting in and immediate and definite action is…

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Welcome Home

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 3

It is good to know that Mr. Albert H. Warner is knocking round, after his enforced spell in a private hospital. While he was away there seemed to be…

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Woy War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 16

A meeting of persons interested in the proposed Memorial to Woy Woy district soldiers, who fell in the Great War, was held in the supper room of…

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Council and Returned Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 3

A letter from Matcham Branch of the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W., forwarded by Mr. W. O. Marks, Hon. Secretary, raised a little discussion on…

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Woy War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 2

A further public meeting was held on Thursday night in the supper room at Woy Woy Cinema, when an organisation was created with the object of…

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First Shot in the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 18

R. J. Cummins, Woollahra, writes:—Mr. A. Mason is quite correct in his statement, published in a recent [?]e of the "Times," that the Fort Nepean…

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Council and Returned Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 4

The case of a returned soldier employee of Erina Shire Council was again under notice at Monday's meeting of Councillors, when Mr. Engineer Fenton…

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Returned Soldiers' Medals

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 8

We have been requested by the Military Department to insert a notice in our news columns requesting returned soldiers who have not yet received all…

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Gosford War Memorial

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1923 · page 13

The Committee in connection with above has advanced matters to the extent of approving of plans for the erection of a suitable Memorial in Gosford…

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