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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1948

22 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2

War Service Land Settlement "Edgeroi" Estate—Narrabri. 47,1641

The Picton Post · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

Attention is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 19th Deceiver, 1947, setting apart sixty five (65)…

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War Service Land Settlement. "Currandooley" Estate— Bungendore. 47.1640

The Picton Post · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

Attention is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 19th December, 1947, setting apart nine (9) blocks…

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Fraud On Soldier Settlers

The Picton Post · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

Lands Department officials are taking steps to prevent unscrupulous landowners from selling poor land to…

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Jottings From Buxton the Unveiling of the Honour Roll

The Picton Post · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 6

Lovely sight and a wonderful memory that will linger with one and all was the unveiling of the Honour Roll at the Buxton…

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Carrying Fire-arms on Sunday Police Wage War On Offenders Eight Charged at Last Picton Court

The Picton Post · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 3

The offence of carrying firearms, and shooting on Sundays is very prevalent in this district and Sgt. Dodds and the…

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Picton. Welcome Home Committee Excess Funds Towards Babv Health Centre

The Picton Post · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

A public meeting, which was called by the Plcton Welcome Home Committee, was held in the School of…

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Anzac Day March And Service

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the ■■ local Sub-branch of the R.S.S. & j A.I.L.A. held in the club rooms i last Thursday night, saw a good I roll up of members, 26 in all, j and the continued improvement] in attendance is very satisfatv: tory and heartening. j Detailed plans for Anzac Day < were discussed, resulting in the following arrangements being made for the march and service on that day, Sunday, April 25th…

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Anzac Time in Camden

Camden News · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 7

The Returned Soldiers of Camden are in for a busy time as Anzac Day approaches this year. Friday, 23rd April, is Tin Hat Day…

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Anzac Day. Soldiers’ Day Appeal

The Campbelltown News · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 8

After 33 years the dawn of April 25th, 1915, seems remote, especially with the folly of another war to obliterate this memory and the new…

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Anzac Day

The Picton Post · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 1

Participants in the Anzac Day march to be held in Picton Sunday, will assemble in the park at 10.45 and after being joined…

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R.S.L. Notes. Camden Sub-branch. Anzac

Camden News · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

From the Lewin to the Line on Sunday next, the 25th April, Anzac Day, wherever a few Diggers are gathered together there a tribute will…

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Anzac Day. Commemoration Service in Camden

Camden News · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 1

For the first time in many years it rained in Camden on Anzac Day, but despite the inclement weather some 70 ex-servicemen, accompanied…

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200 In Anzac Day March Wreath[?] Laid at Soldiers' Memorial Tribute Paid To Dead

The Picton Post · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 1

Several of the large crowd who watched the Anzac Day March at Picton on Sunday, were visibly affected as the column of two hundred, consisting of the Picton Brass Band, Mr. J. Copeman, M.C., M.M. and Picton President, Mr. S…

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Anzac Day An Appreciation (To the Editor)

The Picton Post · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 2

Sir,—As Anzac Day [?] please allow me, through your respected paper, to say a few words in…

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Anzac Day at Bargo Good Crowd Attends

The Picton Post · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 6

Light rain fell on Anzac Day, when a large crowd witnessed 40 ex-servicemen led by the Picton Brass…

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Anzac Day. Many Wreaths Placed at Memorial Gate

The Campbelltown News · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 1

Anzac Day Service under the auspices of the Campbelltown Soldiers’ Memorial School of Arts did not depart from the customary…

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Anzac Day, 1948

The Campbelltown News · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

The address given at the Anzac Commemoration Service on Anzac Day by Rev. G. M. Lancaster was unavoidably delayed in our last issue…

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A Soldier on Inflation

The Campbelltown News · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 6

That great soldier and man of affairs, Lord Wavell, has always been interested in money. In 1944 he told the Calcutta Chamber of…

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The Way to Win Without War

The Picton Post · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

The answer to the Communist political programme is neither war nor appeasement, but a dynamic…

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Soldier Settlement

The Picton Post · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 1

When applications closed last week for soldier settlement blocks on "Tintaldra" Estate 200 applications had been…

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