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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Returned Soldiers Monthly League Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 3

Gosford Sub-Branch, R.S. & S.I.L.A.. held its monthly meeting at the Brisbane Water District Club on Monday night. There were present Messrs R…

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Soldier Orchardists' "Ghastly Failure"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 3

The last of the soldier settlers on Montavella orchard at White Bock, Bathurst, has thrown up his holding, and intends to restart in farming in…

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A Soldier Settler's Calendar

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 10

The following verses, written by H. E. Home, M.L.C., are republished by courtesy of "The Bulletin." They are more concerned with the wheat…

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Seventh Anzac Ball Gosford's Fine Gathering

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 6

The annual Anzac Ball, held in Gosford Hall on Friday evening last, was again an unusually fine entertainment, and another satisfactory achievement…

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Gosford's Anzac Day Honoring the Men who Fell Great Crowd Attends Celebrations in Brilliant Sunshine

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 1

Ideal weather marked the Twelfth (1927) Anzac Day—Monday, April 25. The sun shone brightly, aud there was a pleasant light breeze…

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Empire's War Dead. Over a Million Graves. Chain Round World

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 14

How the graves of 1,075,038 men and women who died for the Empire in the Great War form a chain around the world is graphically described in…

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Anzac Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 10

During the Anzac Day procession, a number of citizens, through thoughtlessness, missed the opportunity of performing an act of courtesy which…

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Anzac Day at Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 2

Anzac Day commemoration services at Woy Woy this year excelled previous efforts, and has been generally proclaimed the "best yet." All…

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Gosford War Memorial. Meeting of Committee

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 2

After a recess of some two years, a meeting of the Committee in charge of Gosford War Memorial, with representatives of the Anzac Fellowship of…

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An Anzac Day Service. (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 8

Sir,—Rumor has it that a well known Anglican cleric north of Gosford omitted to have the National Anthem sung, at a recent Anzac memorial service…

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An Anzac Day Service. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 13

Sir,—In answer to "Patriot's" letter in your last week's paper, I would like to contradict the rumors that have been circulated regarding the omission…

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"The War Horse."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 11

"The Unknown Soldier" has been honored by each of the allied nations in the war; but, while the grateful peoples of the earth were paying…

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War Widow's Success

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 14

The remarkable ingenuity and energy of Mrs. Brein, who received the title [?] to her property at Bankstown recently, was the subject of much…

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World-war Story Filmed. "The Great Deception."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 13

The above will be the main attraction at White's Hall this Saturday night. It is a vivid story dealing with spectacularly dramatic events of the…

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Worries of Wondabyne Rights and Wrongs of a Right-of-way. Scratches, Bruises, Tenderness, Tremors and a Wounded Forehead; Whence Came They?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 7

Wondabyne, which generally links so sleepily peaceful as one tattles past it in the train, staged a little war of its own on Monday, July 25. On Friday…

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Returned Soldiers' Sympathisers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 13

Mr. Prank Buscombe has kindly offered the takings of his picture show in Gosford on Tuesday, 30th August, to help wipe out the deficit of the…

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Red Cross Work Gosford District's Record During the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 17

Most people know that the ladies of Grosford Bed Cross and their helpers did a wonderful work during the war period; but not everybody knows the…

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Soldiers' League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 6

Two matters are at present engaging the attention of Gosford Sub-Branch, R.S. & S.I.L.A. One is the annual Armistice Day reunion, and the…

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War Wrecks. Work of Red Cross

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1927 · page 5

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Bed Cross stands for to-day and what it is doing. Little doubt…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 6

The Returned Soldiers' monthly meeting will be held at the Club next Monday night. Among other business, final arrangements will be made for the big…

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