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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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War Memorial. Canberra Ceremony. Museum of War Relics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 4

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be formally inaugurated on Anzac Day when the Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, will…

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Anzac Day. Services at St. Alban's. Mural Tablet to Be Unveiled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

The season of Anzac, drawing close once more, calls forth memories which deepen as the years wring their course onward, and the approaching…

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Anzac's First Battle. "Within an Ace of Triumph." London, April 17

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 4

The sixth instalment of the extracts from the official history of the Gallipoli campaign, written by Brigadier-General C. F. Aspinall-Oglander,…

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Requiem Mass for Fallen Soldiers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 2

The Mayor has been informed by Rev. Father Bourke that through unforseen circumstances he will be unable to celebrate the usual requiem…

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Anzac Day. Sydney Celebrations. March of Returned Men. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 5

The outstanding feature of Anzac Day celebrations to-morrow will be a march of returned soldiers through the city streets,…

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Anzac Day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

To-morrow (Thursday) is Anzac Day, and, as in past years, this day of days, which welds Australia and New Zealand into one united blood brotherhood,…

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Anzac Day Services

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 4

A service in commemoration of Anzac Day will be held in the West Maitland Town Hall, to-morrow morning, commencing at 10.15. The…

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Postal Arrangements for Anzac Day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

To-morrow (Thursday), April 25 (Anzac Day), being a public holiday, the Singleton post office will be open from 9 till 10 a.m. only. No money…

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School Children Pay Tribute Anzac Celebrations

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

Owing to the holiday on Thursday, 25th inst., the school children paid their tribute to-day to the men of Anzac. Addresses were given at York-street…

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20,000 Soldiers Will March To-morrow New Zealand Will Share Honours. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

The outstanding feature of the Anzac Day celebrations to-morrow will be the march of returned, soldiers through the city streets, in which fully 20,000 men…

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'Anzac Day.'

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 5

Gallipoli! so drear to us By deeds of wicked men; Gallipoli! so near to us Thro' our own valiant men…

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Anzac Day Visions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 4

The King's message to his people of Australia and New Zealand to-day conveys to us the assurance that his thoughts and those of the Queen…

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The Deathless Dead the Ideal of Anzac Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 5

A solemn requiem mass was held at St. Mary's Cathedral this morning. The Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Cattanco, presided…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Services "We Shall Remember Them." Homage to the Fallen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 4

Anzac Day, the day which means so much to Australia in a National sense, was commemorated to-day. Fourteen years have passed since the landing at Anzac, but the heart of the Australian people still throbs with…

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National War Memorial. Lord Stonehaven Unveils Commemoration Stone. Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 4

The Governor-General unveiled the commemoration stone of Australia's National War Memorial this morning in the presence of almost the entire…

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War From Air. Bernstorff Knows. and Urges Abolition. Geneva, April 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 5

The Disarmament Committee of the League of Nations, following its discussion on chemical warfare debated Aerial warfare…

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Anzac Day Singleton Celebration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 5

Singleton honoured Anzac Day fittingly and impressively. A procession, comprising a detachment of Australian Light Horse, the…

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Anzac Day "Will Never Forget' Dungog's Tribute

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

If the whole of the Commonwealth were as sincere and wholehearted in the observance of Anzac Day in Dungog is, then the significance of the…

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Spirit of Sacrifice Anzac Service at St. John's

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 9

As usual on Anzac Day, there was a Memorial Eucharist at St. John's Church of England at 9 o'clock in the morning, the altar…

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Anzac Day Mr. Bruce's Message. to Australian People

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

The Prime Minister (M.r. Bruce) on Thursday broadcast an Anzac Day message to the people of Australia through 2FC, Sydney. The…

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