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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Anzac Day Commemoration Services Australian Observance. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

Anzac Day was ushered in in glorious weather to-day, which was observed as a close holiday, with the exception of hotels, which, however, suspended…

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Mayor of Cessnock. Absence From Anzac Service Explained. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

When the Mayor, Alderman Hunter, failed to appear at yesterday's Anzac Day celebrations to preside over the service at the Memorial…

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Anzac Day Muswellbrook Remembers Services in Churches and Open-air

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 1

Anzac Day was observed with due solemnity in Muswellbrook yesterday. Services held in the churches were largely attended, while a large number of people took par t in the commemoration service held at the Soldiers' Memorial at noon…

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Memorable Scenes Anzac Ceremonies in London. Cenotaph Wreathed LONDON, April 25

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

Impressive ceremonies characterised the Anzac Day memorial service at Saint Clement Danes Church, which was attended by Sir Granville Ryrie,…

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"We Will Remember Them." Singleton Pays Homage on Anzac Day Impressive Ceremony

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

"Wounded or hale, won home from war, Or yonder by the Lone Pine laid; Give him his due for evermore— The bravest thing God ever made."…

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Anzac Day in London Impressive Ceremonies (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

Impressive ceremonies characterised Anzac Day here. At the ceremony at the Cenotaph, where thousand looked on, the traffic…

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No More War. Peace Conference in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 3

The Sydney branch of the London Peace Society celebrated Anzac Day by a "No More War" conference, presided over by Mr. William Cooper…

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The Men of Anzac Cessnock Pays Homage to Our Immortal Dead Impressive Ceremony at Band Rotunda

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

The service conducted in Cessnock yesterday in commemoration of the valorous deeds of the gallant men of Anzac was an impressive ceremony, and never was tribute to our immortal dead more fittingly or reverently paid…

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National War Memorial. Lord Stonehaven Unveils Commemoration Stone

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

The Governer-General unveiled the commemoration stone of Australia's National War Memorial at Canberra yesterday in the presence of almost the…

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War From Air. Bernstorff Knows. and Urges Abolition. Geneva

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

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

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Gallipoli History. Argument Against War. Choice of Landing Place. London, April 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

Commenting on the official history of the Gallipoli campaign, now published by Messrs. Heinemann, Captain B. H. Liddell-Hart, in a review in the…

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Anzac Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 10

The observance of Anzac Day in Dungog was carried out in a fitting and impressive manner. At 9.30 a.m. a civic service,…

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'Anzac Day.'

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 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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Boy Wounded Pearifle Explodes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 6

When William Shirvington, a 15-year-old boy, accidentally shot himself in the thigh with a pear-rifle some miles out of Forbes, his young…

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Anzac Day. References at Sunday's Services. Congregational Church

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

At the West Maitland Congregational Church on Sunday morning the preacher, Rev. A. G. A. Taylor made reference to Anzac Day, which…

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War. Not Due to Soldiers. Famous Field-marshal's Speech

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 13

'Field-Marshal Sir William Robertson, who was making his first appearance on a League platform, delivered a remarkable speech on the, cost of…

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War Memorial. Canberra Ceremony. Museum of War Relics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 16

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

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The Deathless Daed. the Ideal of Anzac. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 5

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 5

Anzac Day, the day which means so much to Australia in a National sense, was commemorated on Thursday. 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 5

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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