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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Anzac and After

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 4

Quietly, as stars go out with the dawn, the lesser things of the war are dying away. The tense feelings of hectic excitement have long since gone, and even…

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Anzac Sunday. Special Church Services. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 3

Anzac Sunday was observed to-day special services being held in the churches. A feature of the day was the placing of wreaths on the graves…

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Gallipoli. Landing to Evacuation. Was Anzac a Failure?

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 3

Apart altogether from the fact that it was the crucible in which the nation of Australia was tested and found pure, and, therefore, to Australia, was not a failure,…

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Anzac Day. Commemorated To-Day. a Drum-head Service. The State Governor's Message. Soldiers' Reunion To-night

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 3

Anzac Day will have fitting commemoration at Grafton to-day in the form of a drum-head service at the Market Square, in which returned padres and soldiers will…

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Anzac Day. the Pilgrimage. King's Letter of Appreciation London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 3

The King, in a letter to the organiser of the Anzac Day pilgrimage, says he rejoices to learn that this tribute is to be paid once more at the graves…

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Australia in the War. Governor-general's Eulogy. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 3

The Governor-General, Lord Forster, performing the opening ceremony in connection with the new Club House for Mosman soldiers, paid a high Australia's share in the war…

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Ex-soldier Shot Dead. in Presence of Priest. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 5

Among the most striking outrages reported from Ireland to-day is the case of six armed men who shot an ex-soldier dead at Ballycar, County Clare, in the presence…

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Mosman Soldiers' Club. Governor-general's Tribute. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 3

The Governor-General, in laying the foundation-stone of the Soldiers' Club in Mosman, said Australia might well boast that when the Empire was seen to be in…

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Local and General. Citizens Soldiers' Memorial Fund

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 4

A donation has been received from the Southgate Red Cross Society of £13138 towards the above…

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Tribute to an Anzac

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

At the conclusion of commemoration service at Market Square yesterday a party of 80 Citizens and returned soldiers adjourned to the Grafton General…

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The Anzac Spirit. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

Speaking to a large congregation in St. Andrew's Cathedral, which included the Governor-General, Rev Chaplain Tugwell said the Anzac spirit was one of intense…

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Anzac Day in London. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

Anzac Day was celebrated to-day at Walton-on-Thames, where wounded New Zealanders held special services at the parish church. The townspeople deposited…

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The Men of Anzac. Homage to Our Immortal Dead. Impressive Ceremony in Market Square

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

The drumhead service, conducted in the Market Ssuare, Grafton, yesterday morning in commemoration of the valorous deeds of the gallant men of…

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Anzac Day. Sydney's Memorial Service. Excitement at the Town Hall. Unemployed Make a Demonstration. Anzacs Fly the Union [?] on the Hall. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 3

At the Anzac memorial service at the Town Hall to-day, a densely-crowded battalion of unemployed, under Joe Warner, their "permanent…

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Anzac Day Celebrations. Drum-Head Service at Grafton. Diggers' Re-union at Night. Ceremonies in the Other States. Wreaths on Gallipoli Beaches. Commemoration Service. Splendid and Fitting Tribute

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

The sixth anniversary of Anzac Day was fittingly commemorated at Grafton yesterday, when, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a drum-head service was held at Market…

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Soldiers' Re-union. a Successful Function

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

The returned soldiers of Grafton, South Grafton, and many district centres combined in a re-union at the Drill Hall last night in commemoration of Anzac Day…

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QUEENSLAND Cyclone in the North. Wheat Crop Prospects. Returned Soldiers and Asiatics. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 5

Word has been received in Brisbane of a severe cyclone at Barrow Point and the Flinders Group, North Queensland. The ketch Alertof at Cairns, and several other…

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Councils and Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

The following note by Mr. A. R. Bluett, solicitor and secretary to the Local Government Association, appears in the current issue of the "Shire and Municipal…

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Week-end Ambushes and Outrages. Soldiers and Policemen Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 5

The week-end Irish official report states there were a number of ambushes and outrages at Belfast, also in County Clare, in which two, soldiers were killed and three…

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Amusements. Soldiers' Memorial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

A grand concert has been arranged by the Diggers, with the assistance of Miss Alda Orr the proceeds of which are to go towards the erection of a memorial for…

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