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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Anzac Day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

THIRTY ONE YEARS have passed since the firing of the last shot in World War 1 and it is a matter for commendation that Australians,…

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Special Anzac Service

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

A special Anzac service will be held in St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church. East Maitland, on Sunday night, at 7.15 p.m., and will be…

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Arrangements For Anzac Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 3

Anzac Day holiday arrangements in Maitland are:— POST OFFICE: Outward mails and letter receivers close at 10…

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Anzac Service at Weston

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 8

A march will be held at Weston on Monday morning and all organisations are requested to be at the meeting place on the cessnock road opposite…

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Merriwa Anzac Day Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 8

On Monday next Anzac Day will be observed at Merriwa as usual. At 6.30 a.m. the Dawn Commemoration will be held in the Memorial…

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Anzac Day at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

Anzac Day will be celebrated at Kurri Kurri with a march from the Soldiers' Hall at 10 a.m. to Hector's corner and return to King's Theatre…

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Aberdeen News Anzac Day Commemoration

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

The organisers of the Anzac Day march and service hope to make the celebrations this year even greater than previous years. The celebrations will be…

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Anzac Day: Monday Next. Muswellbrook Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

With the unveiling of the Memorial Tablet at the Cenotaph on Monday next (Anzac Day), in memory of ex-Servicemen of…

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Aberdeen News. Anzac Day at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 8

Arrangements have been completed for the observance of Anzac Day on Monday next. Proceedings will open with a special…

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Singleton Man Will Remember Flag From N. Z. for Anzac Day

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 4

As Alex Morgan. World War I Digger marches in the Anzac Day Procession in Singleton on Monday his thoughts will revert…

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Anzac Day March Arrangements Almost Completed Troops Expected to Join March

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 4

Although final arrangements have not been completed Brigadier Macarthur Onslow and troops under his command…

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Anzac Messace "Thy Will Be Done on Earth As It Is in Heaven."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

They went with song to the Battle, They were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, Steady and aglow…

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To-day's World News 42 KILLED; 53 Wounded. British Ships Shelled by Communists. Valiant Bid to Rescue H.M.S. Amethyst. Shanghai, Friday. (A.A.P.—Reurter)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

Latest unofficial figures indicate that 42 British sailors were killed and 53 wounded in the shelling of four British warships by Communist shore…

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Soldiers’ League At Aberdeen

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

ABERDEEN: A ladies’ auxiliary has been formed in connection with the local branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League…

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Anzac Day March in Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat — Returned servicemen and women from N.S.W. country centres and Interstate are pouring into Sydney for Monday’s…

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Anzac March in Kure

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 3

TOKIO, April 25.—One [?]undred thousand Japanese watched 2000 Australian troops in an Anzac Day march in Kure to-day…

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Anzac March at Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 3

KURRI KURRI, Monday —Anzac Day was commemorated at Kurri to-day with a march from the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall to Sector’s…

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Died at Anzac Ceremony

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday. — Mr. James Si[?]mon, of Janet-st,,. Merewether, collapsed tail died at the Anzac Day ceremony in King…

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Anzac Plans In London

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 1

LONDON, April 25.—Wreaths will be laid on the Cenotaph today by the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand and…

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Anzac Day In The Capitals

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 2

Under a dull sky about 40,000 ex-servicemen and women took part in a stirring Anzac Day march in Sydney to-day…

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