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A welcome home has been ex-tended to Mr. Ray McCann, Bill fairhall and Pat Way. of Highstreet, Morpeth, who returned…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
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Anzac Day Tennis Tourney
Nearly 100 players took part in the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association’s Anzac Day mixed end men’s doubles…
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LONDON, April 25.—The president of the Australian Blind Soldiers’ Association (Mr. P. J. Lynch) has arrived in England by…
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LONDON, April 26.—Five American soldiers in the American occupation zone in Germany have died after drinking what is…
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TOKIO, April 26.—The Australian 67th battalion, as part of Anzac Day programme m Japan, staged one of the smartest parades ever seen on the Imperial Plaza in Tokio. It was highly praised by Lieutenant General Derevyanko,…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 28.— Members of the Diplomatic Corps and Allied serviceman attended a special Anzac Day service at the…
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A pleasing feature of the West Maitland “Diggers” annual smoko was the excellent attendance of Diggers if World War 2. The…
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The Anzac Cup was won by H. S. Jones (Maitland) and N. West (Merewether), and tea A.I.F. Cup by F. Belle (Maitland), whose score…
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RANGOON, April 27.—It is officially stated that all Japanese war prisoners in Burma, totalling £7,000, will tie repatriated to…
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Communists captured the city of Taian, strategic base 45 miles south from Tsinan, which is the capital of Shantung province, on Saturday…
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An Anzac Memorial Service was held in the Church of England, in which the following local bodies were represented:—…
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Great flashing tongues of red and yellow flame leapt out in the darkness and great thunderous, crashing, ripping sounds from all around, as the…
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Diggers and friends on Anzac afternoon played tennis at the Diggers' tennis courts at Bennett Park. Others were in attendance at the Bowing…
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With the various memorial services in the churches and the commemoration in the theatre and again at the Memorial Hall on Anzac Day. which…
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Although we have many women in Cessnock who served in various branches of the services during the…
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Anzac Day in Dungog last Friday was celebrated with services in the Church of England, Methodist, and Catholic Churches, and by a United…
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AFTER the Anzac services in Sydney, spielers got busy with Crown and Anchor boards, and all sorts of devices, and…
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Old residents of Muswellbrook were unanimous in their verdict that the 1947 celebration was one of the most, if not the most, impressive ceremony that has yet been seen in commemoration of Anzac Day and the landing at Gallipoli. The attendance…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—Hit by a truck while be stood on the side of the road at Young, Charles Joseph Bish, 68, single, was…
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At 9 a m. on Anzac morning, officials of the Dungog Sub-branch of the R S.S. and A.I.L.A. visited the war cemetery, where two servicemen are…
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