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Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

407 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 21

Demobilised Soldiers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 8

The Demobilised Soldiers' Association, N.S.W. Branch, recently formed, desires all A.I.F. men discharged unfit, demobilised owing to the…

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Anzac Day Sports

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

AT Wednesday night's meeting of the Anzac Sports Committee it was decided to apply for a public holiday on Monday, April 26th…

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Anzac Day

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 1

Meetings in connection with the finalising of Anzac Day Sports, which are set down for Kempsey, on Monday, April 26th, were held on Wednesday…

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Current Topics. Anzac Day

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

Anzac Day, 26th of April, has been declared a public holiday throughout New South Wales…

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The Cost of the War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 3

WHAT did the great World War of 1914-19 cost, directly and indirectly? An attempt to answer the question is made by Professor E. L. Bogert, in a…

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Hindenburg's Prediction. War in the Near Future

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 7

A sensation was caused in the Polish Parliament on May 5, 1919 when M. Korfanty, the leader of the House, read a speech delivered by…

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Nitrogen From Leather. Peace-time Use for Soldiers' Kit

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 2

Perhaps the most interesting of the British army's subsidiary activities during the war was that concerned with salvage; worn-out clothing, discarded…

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Welcome to Soldiers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 2

On Monday night next, the Gloucester Welcome Home Committee are extending a welcome to returned soldiers in the School…

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Anzac Day. April 25, 1915

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

A thrill spread throughout Australia in April of five years ago when it became known that Australian soldiers were to attack the Dardanelles in an…

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War Souvenir

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Mrs. Porter, of Port Darwin, in which centre her husband is a journalist, was recently on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Beattie, of Gladstone. Whilst…

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Anzac Day

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 6

The Ladies' Committee in connection with the Anzac sports on the 26th, reort that supplies are coming to hand satisfactorily. Sufficient sugar…

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Anglican Anzac Day Services

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 4

On Anzac Day, Sunday, April 25th, special memorial services will be held at the West Kempsey, Collombatti, Sherwood, and East Kempsey Church…

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Forbesdale. Soldiers Welcomed. Honor Board Unveiled

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

On Friday last Forbesdale welcomed the last of the soldier boys, a picnic and sports for adults and children being held as on previous…

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Welcome to Soldiers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

A welcome and social, which, was largely attended, was extended to Sergenant J. Nash, Sergeant Len. Mitchell, Trooper Tyler, and…

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Anzac Sports

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

The enthusiasm in connection with the Anzac Sports, on Monday, April 26th, is growing as the time for the event draws nearer. The day will be a…

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Anzac Sports

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the workers in connection with the Anzac Sports on April 26th took place on Wednesday night at the Masonic Hall, Mr. E. C. Hollow…

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The War Gratuity. Request for Cash Refused

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

Two or three hundred returned soldiers, attended by a crowd that swelled their numbers to over 1000, swarmed the steps of Government House on…

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Soldiers' Monuments. Views Held by a V.c. Hero

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 3

"I am bitterly opposed to the wanton waste of large sums of public money on brass or stone for soldiers' memorials." said Surgeon-General Sir…

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A Soldiers' Sawmill

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 1

In connection with repatriation activities, a number of soldiers expressed a desire to go into the sawmilling business, and facilities for…

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Gladstone Soldiers' Memorial

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

Gladstone people have shown a very commendable spirit in regard to the erection of a memorial to the soldiers. The design is a choice one, being…

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