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

The wars & local soldiers, 1929

210 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 11

Anzac Day, Celebration Combined Service at West Wyalong

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

Anzac Day was suitably commen[?] ated at West Wyalong on Thursday. Although the weather conditions were unfavorable. a cold bi[?]g wind…

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The Story of Anzac. Battle of the Landing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 7

The Australian and New Zealand [?] Corps were making good [?] Linding on the Aegian coast, to [?] [?] of Gaba Tepe. They sailed…

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After the War

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

Peace has its tragedies as well as war. At the Diggers' smoke social last night, Mr. Shaw Strickland…

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War of the Cylinders

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 8

Within a few years it is probable that few makes of four-cylinder cars will be left on the roads. In America the vast majority of makers are…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Service. in Memory of Australia’s Fallen Sons

Cowra Free Press · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 7

Anzac Day . . . What poignant memories it recalls . . .April 25th ... a chilly dawn . . .forbidding chores . . . their storming…

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Peace and War Lieut. Anderson's Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

It was while he was in South Africa, about the time war broke out that Lieutenant eith Anderson became interested in aviation. In the war he…

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The Anzac Dinner

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 3

The Anzac Dinner in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, provided by the ladies of Grenfell (headed by the Mayoress, Mrs. Bradley), was voted…

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In Memory. Anzac Window. McGLYNN'S DISPLAY

Western Champion · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 2

A feature of the Anzac Day celebrations in Parkes was the specially dressed window of Messrs. McGlynn and Co's…

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Anzac Day. April 25th, 1929 (Continued from last issue)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 3

The following wreaths were placed on the Monument:— "In memory of our glorious dead," from Returned Soldiers' League…

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Review Official History of the War the A.i.f. in France

Western Champion · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 1

How Australian soldiers, whose horror of saluting and frequent defiance of the most formal of the King's Regulations shocked British staff…

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Anzac Day Dinner Diggers' Re-union at Weethalle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

The Weethalle sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League is a strong and vigorous body. Whilst in larger and more important towns…

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Anzac Celebrations

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 6

Last Thursday saw one of the best attended Anzac celebrations that Condobolin has witnessed. The usual--and very appropriate--spot was…

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Facts and Fancies. The Soldiers' Patron

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 5

St. Sebastian is the patron of soldiers. He was a soldier in the Roman army under Diocletian, and was martyred for being a Christian…

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Fallow Competition Great Success Soldier Settlers Interested

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 7

Alectown Agricultural Bureau has been well known for its interest in field competition both for crop and fallow and always associated with these efforts is a well-organised field day. The fallow competition recently judged has proved even more…

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Trundle Anzac Celebrations

Western Champion · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 13

On Anzac Day meetings of commemoration were held in the Square in the morning and at the Memorial Hall at night…

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District News Koorawatha Anzac Commemoration

Cowra Free Press · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 8

Special Anzac services were held in St. Paul’s, St. James and St. Andrew’s Churches on the 25th April. On the Altar in each Church there…

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Grenfell Painful Accident Caught in Clothes Line Anzac Day Celebrations

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 7

Anzac Day was commemorated in Grenfell on Thursday last, by a big procession of returned men, Boy Scouts, and a contingent of juvenile…

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Returned Soldiers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Grenfell branch of the above was held in the Literary Institute on Saturday. Present: Messrs. V. L. Charles…

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General News Young Soldier Settlers. Financial Aid Sought. Request Approved

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 4

The State Cabinet received a request from the soldier settlers in the Young district for financial assistance. It was pointed out that they were…

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Soldier Settlers Short of Cash YOUNG

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 4

Young soldier settlers have made application to the State Cabinet for financial assistance, it was pointed out that they were…

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