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

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Anzac Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Anzac Day of 1939 finds its time of celebration in a world of lowering clouds, and it would seem that there is no room for the…

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Anzac Day Requiem Mass Held

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 3

Australia's part in the Great War was strikingly portrayed by the Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, Most Rev. Dr. McGuire, in an Anzac Day…

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Anzac Day And Spectre Of War Day Should Be Made More Sacramental, Says Preacher

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

"Anzac Day is a day that brings us closer to things unseen. With confusion, if not consternation, in the hearts of many people, it would be well to bring our thoughts of Anzac Day into clearly understood relations with the rest…

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Returned Soldiers Sub-Branch Activities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

The April meeting of the Goulburn sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was well attended and the business…

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Returned Men Do Not Lack Good Wishes Appreciation Is Expressed At Diggers' Dinner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 2

Judging on remarks, made at the Anzac Day dinner in the Broadway Theatre yesterday, the Goulburn sub-branch of the…

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"Anzac Service Must Be Religious"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 8

Speaking at the Anzac Dinner in the Broadway Theatre yesterday, Mr. D. A. Fowler emphatically declared that the annual…

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Anzac Day Large Attendances Ceremonies and Dinner

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 7

As in most centres, the observance of Anzac Day, 1939, (Tuesday last) in Crookwell was marked by renewed interest, and…

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Diggers Parade Again Crookwell Anzac Day Observance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 8

CROOKWELL: Remembrance of Anzac Day was fittingly observed yesterday, when wreaths were placed on the gates of…

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Anzac Spirit "Will Not Die," Says Bishop McGuire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 4

Speaking at SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral yesterday morning, when Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated…

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Diggers and the First Anzac Day Graphic Picture Of Australian Landing In 1915

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 1

A strikingly vivid mind picture of Anzac Day, 1913, was conjured up by Mr. F. Lipscomb in an address at the annual…

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Anzac Day in Goulburn Old Spirit Is Still Manifest ABOUT 2000 at the Service

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 4

"The same old spirit that was manifest in the days of 1914-18 is still as it was then. The old A.I.F. is dying out, but we are pleased to see the young generation springing into the breach and thus justifying the faith that the old spirit will…

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Anzac Dinner Sequel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Charles Willson, a member of the 4th Battalion A.I.F., who attended the Young Diggers' Anzac Day Dinner, finished up at the Sacred Heart…

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Soldiers Sing At Anzac Dinner Old Soldiers Never Die

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

Sixty-six members of the Soldiers’ Club. most of them returned soldiers, wearing their colours and medals, sat down at a table laden with…

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Anzac Day 24th Anniversary Large Attendance at Soldiers' Memorial

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Always on Anzac Day our thoughts turn to those thousands of Australian manhood who went overseas, and especially the hundreds from…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Ceremony Sincerity and Simplicity

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

In common with the rest of the British Empire, the people of Yass fittingly commemorated Anzac Day on Tuesday with a…

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Service at Soldiers' Monument

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Punctually at 10.30 o'clock the service was commenced at the Monument in the presence of a large concourse of citizens…

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Returned Soldiers' League Local Sub Branch Dinner Lt Commander Joyce, R.N., Guest of Honour

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

The annual dinner of the Harden - Murrumburrah Sub Branch was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Monday…

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Soldiers’ Memorial Special Meeting Of Subscribers to Consider Purchase of Right of Way

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

A meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute was held on Monday evening. The president, Mr. W. McIntosh,…

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Soldiers’ Club Satisfactory Year

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

At the annual meeting of the Yass Soldiers’ Club held on Tuesday morning after the Anzac service, the following officials were elected: Patron,…

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Soldier’s club Executive

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

Mr. Geo. Tarrant, who was re-elected president of the Soldiers’ Club, and Mr. M. Coen, who was re-elected secretary and treasurer at the annual…

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