Anzac Day 25 April 2014
Heavy rain clouds developed as we were assembling for the Dawn Service at 6.00am at Anzac Park with the eminent threat of rain to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 2014
12 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
11Th Anzac Memorial Golf Game
On Monday 28th April, 60 players took part in the 11TH ANZAC MEMORIAL GOLF GAME - an Irish Mixed 4ball at Hawks Nest Golf Club - to have fun and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →World War 1: the War That Changed the World for Ever
In August 2014 the world will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The First World War Centenary is the centenary of World War One which starts in 2014 and will last until 2018, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →My All U3a World War 1 Presentation
As one of the many commemorations of WW1, we would like to say how moved we were by the current Part 1 presentation by Myall U3A. It contained an extraordinary range of information and images that vividly evoked the time, places, action and sentiments of that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Historical News an Original Anzac
John Rappell has made available some details of his father's military career and his landing on Gallipoli as a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Commemoration of World War 1 4 August 1914 held at Peter Sinclair Gardens by Barry Whiteman
Barry Whiteman presented the story to reflect on what it meant to Australia when Great Britain declared war on Germany. Australia being part of the British Empire was automatically at war. Many of our young men, eager for adventure and excitement joined the recruitment drive to - volunteer thinking that this war would be over by Christmas. "How wrong they were"…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Anzac Day Centenary Celebrations in 2015
In a soon to be published program of events to celebrate the centenary of ANZAC in the Tea GardensHawks Nest area, the Tea Gardens Sub-Branch of the R&SL together with the Great Lakes Council, Myall Coast Historical Society, Family History Group anc the Community will set up a number of commemorative functions for the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tea Gardens Rsl Sub Branch Anzac Day - Saturday 25th April 2015 Dawn Service - 6.00 am Anzac Park Anzac March -10.00 am
Hopefully a brilliant sunny day is forecast. The Sub Branch invites all members of our community and visitors to support and attend this very important Anzac Centenary Celebration in 2015. It is early days however we take this opportunity to thank all who are currently…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Planned Celebrations Commemorating the Centenary of Anzac 2015 in the Tea Gardens District
The Tea Gardens Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia has produced a Programme of Events involving the communities and organisations of the Tea Gardens area in celebrating the Centenary of ANZAC. Sub-Branch President Barry Whiteman has announced that the programme will consist…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Poets Corner Our Anzac Heritage
Our countrymen so innocent Were captured by the call, Needed by king and empire "Britain must never fall."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Anzac Centenary Celebrations in Albany
31 October, 1914 was the date some 30,000 troops left Australia in a convoy of 38 ships from Albany WA to go to North Africa, then on to Gallipoli. Albany was the last part of Australia that they saw, so it was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Show Stopper for Anzac Tribute
The 2015 Annual Bulahdelah Show stopped on Saturday afternoon the 15th November to pay tribute to the Anzac Centenary with the staging of the dedication services for the restored Bulahdelah District, 1914-1918 Soldiers'…
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