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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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War Memorial Making It Ready For Visitors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 3

In view of the large numbers of visitors expected in Goulburn for the Anniversary Week celebrations it was decided at the…

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Anzac Day Sydney Celebrations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 7

On present indications, the number of ex-service men and women who will attend the Anzac Day Commemoration service…

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Chinese Leaders Confident Will Win War in End

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 5

Chinese leaders proclaim that China will be able to outlast Japan in a war of attrition. At the same time Japanese troops have captured the Lingshih Pass…

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Few Secrets Now Held From X-rays Many Notable Developments Since The War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 3

Radiology comprises one of the biggest developments in modern medical science, and there have been greater advances in it in the last 12 months than in any year since the war (writes Hamish Fraser, in the Daly Mail)…

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Low Fares for Anzac Day Visit

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 3

Arrangements have been made to suit the convenience of war veterans who wish to attend the Anxac march in Sydney. but…

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Boy Kills Sister Playing Soldiers with Loaded Rifle Moss Vale

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 1

"I worked the wooden thing underneath the barrel and had my finger on the iron thing round the trigger," Thomas Geoffrey Rolls, 10 told…

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War Historian

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 1

Dr. C. E. W. Bean (official as correspondent), who will…

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War in China

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 5

This map shows the proposed routes of Chinese aerial attacks on Japan. The Japanese are now concentrating on aerodromes in…

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War Figures Chinese Total 800,000 Jap. Estimate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 5

SHANGHAI, Tuesday, The Japanese compute Chinese casaulities to date at 800,000, while half a million Chinese are now…

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Preparations for War in Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Preparations have been well in hand for protection of the civil populace against gas attack, and the Commonwealth…

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Soldiers’ Memorial Response to “Wool Appeal” Disappointing Extensions To Memorial Hall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 6

The result of the recent “wool appeal” made by a special subcommittee, as part of the campaign to raise funds for the…

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Few Secrets Now Held From X-rays Many Notable Developments Since the War

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 10

Radiology comprises one of the biggest developments in modern medical science, and there have been greater advances in it in…

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War Memorial Control

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

Ald. R. L. stalker, who is a prominent member of the Goulburn sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, was appointed…

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Late Digger Barrett Enlisted At 52

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 6

It is with regret that we report the death of a late member of the A.I.F. in the person of the late Sidney Francis Barrett…

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Lord Halifax Speaks on Austrian Situation "Nothing Could Put Back The Clock" League Against War Outspoken Statement Status Quo Could Not Remain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Replying to the Opposition leader, Major Attlee, in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, said the Government was…

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War Story Chivalry In Romance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 2

Girls should not be content with being just the equal or pal of their boy friends, warned Father Woodlock, speaking at Wimbledon,…

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The War Is on

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 4

"People who talk of preventing another great war are already 20 months out of date," declared Captain Liddell Hart, a foremost…

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Anzac Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 4

Those Diggers who failed to make application for free rail transport to Sydney for the occasion of next Anzac Day may still obtain "byckshee"…

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Soldier and Champion Boxer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 19

Many leagues divide the veldts of South Africa from Goulburn, but the two places have a distinct connection in…

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Returned Soldiers Annual Re-union Dinner

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 2

The Harden-Murrumburrah Sub-Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League of Australia held their Aniual Re-Union Dinner in the…

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