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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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The Soldiers' Memorial. Goulburn and Albury Monuments

Western Champion · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 15

The unanimous decision of the public meeting last Thursday night, in favor of the erection of the Soldiers' Memorial on the hill beyond the…

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Anzac Day Combined Service at Lake Cargelligo

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 10

At 2 p.m. on Anzac Day a representative crowd of between 150 and 200 people gathered before the Soldiers' Memorial in Lake Cargelligo to pay…

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Anzac Day Celebrations at Canowindra. Cowra “Diggers” Take Part

Cowra Free Press · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 7

Shortly after 1 o’clock a procession was formed, it being headed by the local Mounted Police, followed by the Light Horse Troop and behind…

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The Big Parade the Soul of the Soldier and the Heart-throbs of All Humanity

Cowra Free Press · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 4

“The Big Parade” is not a war picture, although there is war in in. Not the comic opera war of the motion picture studio, hut a very close…

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How Soldiers Behave in Battle

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 3

During a war, says a contemporary, we read of companies falling back, regiments giving ground, and brigades becoming demoralised, and the average reader takes it…

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Parkes War Memorial

Western Champion · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 10

At a meeting of the Parkes War Memorial public committee held in the Council Chambers on Monday there were present the Mayor (Hon…

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War Memorial Delayed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 2

"Since the foundation stone was laid, commented Mr. E. Dowling at the meeting of the Hospital Committee last night, "not more than a full…

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Ping Pong Literary Institute v Soldiers' Club First Test Match

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 7

Following are the teams to represent the Institute, and the Club in the first test match to be played at the Memorial Hall on Friday next, 20th…

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The Exploits of a War Maker

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 3

Probably no figure in historic or contemporary life occupies a position in the prosaic mind so unique as that of the soldier of fortune the war maker…

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Fire in Farmhouse Soldier's Disaster (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 1

A cable from Warsaw, via London, states that during the mauouvres or a machine gun company, they billeted in a farm house near Posnan…

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5½ Per Cent All Round Interest to Soldiers (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 1

Mr. Horsington, Minister for Lauds, says the maximum rate of interest to soldiers under the section of the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Act, has…

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Katoomba's Cival War. Hospital Waiting For Patients

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 2

Ex-Judge Bevin, who has been chosen to adjudicate in the dispute between, the Katoomba War Memorial Hospital Committee and the returned…

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Complete Story. a Soldier of the Queen. Copyright

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 3

WHEN John Eliot decided…

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War Museum Over Million Visitors (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 1

Over 1,000,000 people have visited the War Museum, at the Exhibition Buildings, Prince Alfred Park, since the opening in April, 1925…

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SAILORS & SOLDIERS Annual Meeting Of Club Members

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 8

At the annual general meeting of West Wyalong and District Returned Sailors and Soldiors Club, held in the Memorial Hall on Friday evening,…

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A Newspaper War. Lively Contest for Circulation

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 4

Over 30 years ago the Denver "Evening Post" has been working up to be one of the leading newspapers of the United States. It makes its…

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Returned Soldiers League Formed at Weethalle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 4

Weethalle returned soldiers held a large and representative meeting on Wednesday the 8 inst., at 8 p.m. at Mr. McRorie's offices, which were…

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Radio Set for Soldiers

Cowra Free Press · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 3

The Soldiers’ Club-room at the, School of Arts, Mudgee, is a cheerful establishment, where the Diggers meet for recreation and to fight their…

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Mr. P. F. Loughlin and Returned Men

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 5

Mr. H. H. McGregor, Young writes:— Sir,—Being a returned solider with probably more active service to my…

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Returned Soldier Gets His Diary Back From Germany

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 4

The receipt of a registered packet from Hamburg, Germany, considerably surprised Mr. Thomas A. Hart, of James Street, Lithgow. It contained…

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