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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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Anzac Day at Muswellbrook Church Parade and Service. Rain Interferes With Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 1

Muswellbrook's Anzac Day ceremonies yesterday lost none of their forvor by reason of the fact that most of the returned soldiers had left for Sydney to take part in the memorable march in which over 40,000 men marched…

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Chinese Hammering at Japanese Forces Invaders Surprised by Large Scale Attacks. One Hundred Thousand More Soldiers Required. Shanghai

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 2

After hurling their weakened divisions against the Chinese on lines over a 100-mile front for 96 hours, the Japanese were surprised in the Yihsian and Lingyi areas, when 300 Chinese divisions were launched against them. The Japanese were driven off after each side had sustained 15,000 casualties…

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DENMAN Anzac Commemoration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 5

A Requiem Eucharist was celebrated in St. Matthias' Church of England on Monday morning at 11 a.m. in honour of fallen soldiers…

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LARGS Presbyterian Church Anzac Service Largs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 5

A large congregation was present on Sunday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church, Largs, when Rev. Don aid Finalayson presided at the…

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Death of Two Diggers Collapse in Anzac March

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 2

Two elderly returned soldiers, one of them from Newcastle, collapsed in the Anzac march in Sydney on Monday and died…

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Anzac Gazette

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 6

In addition to the two films at the palace and Prince's Theatres to-morrow (Saturday) night, a gazette featuring the Anzac Day march in Sydney…

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Anzac Day in Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

(These two pictures were arranged to arrive in Scone on Tuesday morning for publication in our last issue, but they were accidentally overcarried and did not arrive here until Tuesday afternoon—too late for publication.)…

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An Anzac Night Cessnock Rotary Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 4

The weekly dinner of the Cessnook Rotary Club last evening took the inform of an Anzac night A number of…

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MORPETH Anzac Day Service at the Monument

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 3

Anzac Bay services were carried out with the usual impressiveness in Morpeth. Members of the Junior Red Cross, the boys from…

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Spanish War

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

Barcelona reports state that General Franco has now realised that his attempt to conquer Catalonia has failed. He has abandoned Barcelona as an…

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Anzac Address Dr. Soiling's Clever Sketch Cessnock Rotary Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 6

Dr. F. P. M. Soiling, past president of the Maitland Rotary Club, was the speaker at the weekly dinner of the Cessnock Rotary Club last night…

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Anzac Day in Sydney Mighty Parade Watched by Crowd of 500,000

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

Described as the greatest Anzac Day march Australia has ever seen, more than 40,000 bemedalled Diggers marched through the streets on…

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Distinguished War Leader Dead Sir Talbot Hobbs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 8

The death is reported of Lieutenant-General Sir Talbot Hobbs, who commanded the 5th Division of the A.I.F. from 1916 to 1918. He was'…

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"China will Win War" German Interests Warn Berlin

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 1

Mr Vernon Bartiett, writing in the London "News Chronicle," states that doubts about Japan are fast developing in the Far East. Important German interests there have sent a memorandum to the German Government pointing out the damage being…

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Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Cassillis "News. ") National Day of Remembrance Anzac Day. Twenty-third Anniversary Fittingly Commemorated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 7

Merriwa public's pride and respect for the dead and admiration for those soldiers privileged to return does not wane as the years roll by, but rather it tends to increase with the passage of time, as evidenced by the commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of Anzac Day on Monday…

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Passing of Returned Soldier. Mr. Henry Nagle. Denman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 3

Owing to what appears to be inaccuracies in reports concerning the death of a returned soldier during the Anzac march, some doubt exists…

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France's Unknown Soldier Death Seals Secret

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 10

Major Louis Lespinasse, the only man who knew the identity of France's Unknown Soldier, has died. Now the secret is sealed forever of…

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Children's Playground. Soldiers' Offer Area

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 3

At last Tuesday night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, Cr. W. Bailey mentioned that the returned soldiers who…

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Astonishing People A Soldier's Blanket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 5

Let us thing of Sir Ralph Abercromby. He was born in Scotland in 1734, and he shares with Sir John Moore the honour of helping to restore discipline and military glory to the British army…

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Social Life in Sydney Gaieties Continue for the Month of April—Lady Wakehurst Conducts Anzac Service—Artistic Home in Sutherland Avenue—Mrs. Toby Browne Honoured—Country Folks Engaged—American Hockey Players—Will the Wish Come True—Delightful Cocktail Party—Guest at Government House—Society Wedding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 8

ALTHOUGH this is almost the end of the merry month of April, we are accepting invitations, and…

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