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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Combined Anzac Service At Paterson

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 4

A big congregation paid trib World Wars I and II at a comb at Paterson an Sunday The service, conducted by…

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Anzac Bowls Carnival Raised £65

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 5

Anticipations regarding the Ausae Day howling carnival at Maitland were realised to a gratifying degree. Excellent…

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Greatest Anzac Day March Yet Muswellbrook Remembers Fallen of Wars

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

The glory of Anzac was fittingly celebrated 38 yars after the landing at Gallipoli, at Muswellbrook on Saturday. Over three hundred returned Servicemen and women marched to the Cenotaph to…

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Pilgrimage to War Cemetery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

ANZAC DAY opened in Muswellbrook at 8.10 a.m. on Saturday last, when between 20 and 30 members of the local…

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350 Present at Anzac Day Dinner R.S.L. Auxiliary's Great Effort

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

Three hundred and fifty ex-Servicemen and Women gathered at the Municipal Hall to join in the annual Anzac Day dinner on Saturday. The Muswellbrook sub-branch of the R.S.L., in conjunction…

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A War Stopped When He Skated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

Edmund corthesy wolud probably be the only man to hold up a war by going skating in "No Man's Land."…

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War Memorial Fence Dedicated at Rouchel

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales, the Rt. Revd. Charles Keir, dedicated a…

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Challenge to All Men Answer To War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

Anzac Day was a challenge to all men everywhere to discover some other answer than war to the international problems of our day, the Rev. Don. W. Hall said when he addressed the assembly at the…

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Kurri Soldier's Death in Korea

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Clem Grainger, of Hampden St. Kurri Kurri, have been notified that their son, Pte…

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Soldier Settlement Block

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

A 177 acre soldier settlement block in the Tumbarumba district was opened for application on April 27, the Minister for…

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British Soldier Surrenders

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 3

BERLIN: A British soldier has surrendered to the British military authorities in Berlin, after spending two years and…

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Anzac Day at Gresford

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 4

Anzac Day st [?] ford was chsersaid by a march from the picture theatre to the [?]…

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Impressive Anzac Day March Dungog Remembers Fallen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 6

The 38th Anniversary of Anzac and its tradition of courage and sacrifice was solemnly honoured at services throughout Australia and in many parts of the British Empire last Saturday…

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Anzac Day Message Surrender Self in Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 4

Taking as his text Romans Ch. 9, V. 14, Christ... who ... offered himself, Rev. G. Mullin, Rector of Christ Church, Dungog, said: The utter selflessness of…

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Would Leave Wounded And Sick To Die

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 3

An applicant for exemption from military training said in Maitland court this morning that he would leave sick and wounded to die on a battlefield. If they had gone there to flight it was their own…

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Boer War Veteran Marches

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

A Boer War veteran marched with the Diggers on Anzac Day in Dungog. He was F. E. Corbett. His South…

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Anzac Day

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 5

Anzac Day, this year, as customary was celebrated all over Australia, with profound reverence and a…

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Anzac Day Afternoon

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 3

On the afternoon of Anzac Day the local diggers were entertained, firstly by the R.S.L. at the Club Room…

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ANZAC COMMEMORATION—Continued

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

"The Day We Commemorate" was given by Mr. J. S. Haig, who remarked that it was one day all well remembered and recalled the…

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aberdeen Jottings Anzac Day in Aberdeen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 2

The celebration of Anzac Day in Aberdeen was marked by increased interest and attendance in the march and service in the…

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