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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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Anzac Day London Celebration. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

Gallipoli Day and Anzac Day will be commemorated next Monday at the Cenotaph. As Big Ben strikes one wreaths will be laid in the presence of…

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Anzac Day Holiday Post Office and Shop Arrangements

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 4

On Monday next, April 25, the Post Offices at Grafton and South Grafton will be open for all business except money order and Savings Bank from…

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Rappville St. Mark, A. AND Mr., and Anzac Commemoration

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 9

April 25, being the festival of St. Mark, evangelist and martyr, and also the commemoration of Anzac, there will be the usual commemorative…

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Returned Soldiers "Payment for Leisure" Sub-branch's Motion

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 2

The Deewhy-Collaroy sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has forwarded to the State executive of the league a motion condemning the…

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Ulmarra Anzac Service

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 3

The Ulmarra platoon of the 41st Battalion will fall in at the Memorial Park on Sunday, April 24, at 1.30 p.m., to take part in the Anzac service…

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In Memory of Anzac

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 4

On Monday Australia will celebrate again Anzac Day, the name and fame of which are indelibly associated with the Australian Imperial Force, the Australian flag, and the Australian people. No matter what any particular person may think of the ethics of war. Australia as a whole,…

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Yamba Anzac Day Celebrations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 7

Yamba's Anzac Day celebrations will be commemorated on similar lines to those of previous years. Returned soldiers. Junior Red Cross…

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1350 DIGGERS Arrivals From N.Z. for the Anzac March. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 5

Wartime memories were brought back to-day when the liner Awatea brought to Sydney the first batch of New Zealand returned soldiers who…

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Anzac Day Memories

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 6

April, 25, 1915, that memorable day that will live forever in the minds of Australians. A sea of glass as smooth and as blue as the heavens above, the…

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Anzac Spirit Prime Minister's Message. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) issued the following Anzac Day message to-night:-- "On this 23rd anniversary of the…

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Anzac Day To-day's Commemoration Grafton and South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 4

The 23rd anniversary of Anzac Day will be celebrated to-day throughout the Commonwealth and arrangements have been made for civic…

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50,000 Men to March" To-day Anzac Day Sydney Celebrations Governor-General's Message "Strive to Solve Problems Peacefully" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

Anzac Day functions will open on Monday with the bigegst dawn service in history. More than 50,000 ex-service men…

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Anzac Day Catholic Church Servic [?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 2

Yesterday morning at 7 o[?] special Mass was offered at [?] Coffs Harbour and Coff's Jetty Ca[?] Churches in memory or fallen so[?]…

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Anzac Day An Evergreen Memory Coffs Harbour Celebrations

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 1

As the years roll by more and more significance appears to be given to the Anzac Day celebrations in all parts of Australia. The Digger spirit…

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Grafton Cyclists Win At Lismore Anzac Day Sports. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 3

Over 5000 people attended a meeting held to-day under the auspices to the local R.S.S.I.L.A. The programme included cycling…

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Anzac Day in Sydney 40,000 March Inspiring Spectacle Crush At The Cenotaph Many Collapse, One Death Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 5

Described as the greatest Anzac Day march Australia has ever seen, more than 40.000 be-medalled Diggers marched, 12 abreast, through the…

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Triumph of Anzac Spirit 23Rd Anniversary of Landing Yesterday's Commemoration Services Clarence River Observances Homage to Memory of Fallen Heroes Australia's Place In the Empire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 4

"These men of ours on Anzac Day lit a torch of devotion, courage and sacrifice, and they kept this torch alight throughout the war. They suffered and died; they counted no cost too heavy for the great cause they believed to be right. That torch has become our heritage. It is ours because…

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At Maclean Dawn Service at Soldiers' Memorial. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 6

Anzac Day was celebrated at maclean by the dawn service at 4.30 a.m., at the Soldiers' Memorial, in the presence of over 100 citizens, including…

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Fired on Mob 32 Indians Killed. 49 Wounded. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 5

The Exchange Telegraph Coy's Madras correspondent states that 32 were killed and 49 injured, when Mysore State police fired on a Dongress…

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Anzac Commemoration Maclean Service Monday Night's Gathering Homage to Anzacs. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 3

On Anzac night, about 250 people attended the united religious service, held in the Literary Institute, Maclean. Among those on the stage were the…

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