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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

985 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 50

Anzac Day

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

Anzac Day passed off very quietly locally. Flags were flown half-mast, and local stores were closed all day. In the early morning a solemn Re-…

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Anzac Day Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 6

Anzac Day was observed in Singleton by a combined memorial service in All Saints' Church at 11 a.m. yesterday. The edifice was crowded. The…

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Anzac Day. Local Commemoration

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

Anzac Day, marking the eighth anniversary of the day of the historic landing at Gallipoli, was commemorated on Wednesday last…

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Anzac Day. Memorial Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

On Wednesday at 10.30 a.m. the soldiers' Memorial Hall was filled with townspeople and visitors, including Hon. W. E. Wearne,…

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Lest We Forget. Anzac Day in Muswellbrook. Soldiers' Memorial Unveiled. Soldiers Hold Successful Re-union

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 1

Over 1000 people were present at the ceremony of unveiling the soldiers Memorial at Muswellbrooks on Anzac Day (Wednesday, April 25)…

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War Memorial. High School at Hay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

Mr. Bruntnell, Minister of Education, on Anzac Day formally opened the Hay war memorial high school…

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War Memories. Disclosures by Ludendorff's Assistant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

Colonel Bauer, the best known and ablest of Ludendorff's assistants, and commonly regarded as one of the most formidable plotters in Germany…

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Soldiers Re-union. at the Club. Successful Gathering

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 1

The Diggers' Re-union held on the spacious balcony of the Soldiers' Club was the first gathering of its kind held in Muswellbrook, and the…

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Anzac Sports

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 6

The annual Anzae sports gathering, under the auspices of the local subbranch of the R.S. and S.l. League, will be held on the showground to-day…

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Anzac Memorials

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 7

Our attention has been called to the closing lines of Mrs. Heman's poem on "Wallace's invocation to Bruce" as suited, with slight…

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Anzac Day. Flying of Flags. Soldiers May Wear Uniform

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 9

Authority has been given by the Acting Premier (Mr. Oakes) for flags on State Government buildings to be flown on Anzac Day at half-mast up…

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War Funds. Soldiers Propose Consolidation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 7

At a meeting of delegates of the Federal executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, in Melbourne, the…

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Meaning of Anzac Day. Looking Back

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 6

The return of the 25th of April does no one a greater service than the old Anzac. It softly turns over the red pages of the long years of…

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Anzac Day. General Birdwood. Message to Old Comrades

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 16

General Birdwood, now General Officer Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army Command in India has, at the request of Major-General Sir…

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Anzac Day. Historic Event Commemorated. Message from The King. Local Celebrations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 6

Anzac Day, rich in glory and tradition, commemorative of the historic landing at Ga[?]poli on April 2[?], 19[?], when Australia's sons gained…

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War Memorial Anglo-belgian Ceremony. London, April 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

Members of the Anglo-Belgian Union carried out a bathetic ceremony at Mur-des-Fusilles, the tragic spot on the outskirts of Bruges where the…

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Germany and Future War. Proposed Compact. London, April 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

A message from Berlin states that ex-Chancellor Muller, one fo the Socialist leaders in a speech at a Socialist meeting emphasised the…

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French on the Ruhr. General Townshend's Advice German War Plots

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 9

Speaking at Coventry (England) recently. Major-General Sir Charles Townshend supported France's action in the Ruhr…

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Soldiers' Memorials. West Maitland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 7

Wreaths were placed on the monument after yesterday's ceremony from Maitland District Sub-branch R.S.S. League, West Maitland Women's…

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Correspondence Soldiers' Memorial. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 7

Sir,—After reading "Lone Pine's" letter in your edition of 24th inst., and then seeing a representation in the "Maitland Mercury" of 25th inst. of…

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