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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Anzac Day at St. Alban's Church. Inspiring Ceremony

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

THE service in St. Alban's on Anzac Day at 11 a.m. was one of the most inspiring held for many years. The Rector (Revd. H…

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At the Murrurundi Memorial Gates on Anzac Day

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 6

Mrs. R. J. Lawrence, representing the Women's Auxiliary, laying a wreath on the Memorial. Mr, Reg. Apthorpe is in the foreground…

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The Upper Hunter Commemorates Anzac Day Special Pictorial Issue of the District's Celebrations on Monday Last— Anzac Day

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Returned Servicemen who marched in the Scone Anzac Day Celebrations on Monday last. Our two pictures, taken in Kelly Street, as the men proceeded from the Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts to the Civic Theatre, show but sections of the march, in which soldiers from both World Wars took part…

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Anzac Sunday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Memorial Windows Unveiled

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 6

IN THE PRESENCE OF ONE OF THE LARGEST CONGREGATIONS FOR SOME YEARS, ANZAC DAY WAS COMMEMORATED IN ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING LAST…

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Moonan Flat Subbranch of League Celebrates Anzac Day. Initial Ceremony Great Success

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

The newly-fromed local branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A., with a membership bordering on the half-century mark, stepped out this year and commemorated Anzac Day as a separate entity…

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Effort for War Memorial (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

Sir, Once again I would like to invite the public's cooperation and support of the forthcoming efforts made qn behalf of the Cessnock War…

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25 Years Ago (Taken from issues of the "Argus" week ending: April, 30, 1924) Anzac Day

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 2

Yesterday was Anzac Day, and it was honoured in a fitting manner in Singleton. Public offices and institutions were closed…

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Soldiers’ League Social

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

BRANXTON: A euchre tournament and dance conducted by the Branxton Returned Soldiers League, assisted by members of…

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Land For Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 8

Five more properties in the eastern States have been included by the Minister for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr Dedman) in…

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Anzac Afternoon

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

Mr. C. T. Abbott, V.P., welcomed Diggers who attended for a. nodal game with members on Anzac Day. Mr. N. H. J. Robson responded for the…

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Clarence Town Anzac Services

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 3

On Sunday night last a large congregation assembled in St. John's Church of England, Clarence Town, for a special service of…

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Anzac Commemoration Service Rev. Lawrence Jaggers' Address

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 2

At the Anzac Day United Commemoration Service held in James Theatre, Rev. Lawrence Jaggers delivered the following address:…

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Anzac Day Rector's Address at Civic Service in Christ Church

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 2

The Rector, Rev. A. W. Moore, said that on each Anzac Day the inspiring poem of Lawrence Binyon was quoted: "At the going down of the sun…

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Lecturer Says No War Hysteria in Soviet Rodgers’ Challenge On Newspapers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday—Speaking in Newcastle City Hall last night, Mr., John Rodgers, of the Australian-Russian Society, challenged anyone to produce Russian newspapers which carried war talk, incitement to war or war propaganda…

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U.S. Soldier Kills Three Germans

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

STUGGART, May 2.—An American soldier is under close arrest here on charges of shooting dead a German woman and two…

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Denman News Anzac Day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

Anzac Day was fittingly celebrated in Denman. Returned soldiers, members of the Boy Scout Troop, Junior Red Cross and schoolchildren…

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Anzac Day at Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

The following addresses were given by the various speakers at the Commemoration Service at Merriwa on Anzac Day:—…

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Modern British Lightships to Replace Those Lost in the War

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

A fleet of modern light vessels, giving their crews “luxury” conditions Compared with pre-war ships, and with many technical improvements, are now taking the place of those lost by Britain in the war. Half of the 16 Trinity House vessels…

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Upper Hunter Conservation (Liaison) Committee a meeting of the above was held at the Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts on Friday last

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

Present: Messrs. A. L. Harriett (Chairman, Councillor, Agricultural Bureau and Organising Secretary), F. A. King (Parkville…

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World Wars' Wounded Still Suffer Report to Red Cross Branch

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

Although the 1914-18 and the 1939-45 World Wars are "over"—, soldiers from both conflicts…

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