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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Anzac Day Postal Arrangements

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 3

Thursday (Anzac Day), being a public holiday. the following hours Will, be observed at Taree Post Office Office opened from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m…

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Holden's Fine War Record. Two Notches in Famous Ac[?] "Circus:"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 5

Amazingly cool, yet extraordinary fly daring, Captain Holden pilot the Canberra, who located the Southern Cross, established a wonderful…

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Returned Men Meet Sub-branch of League Formed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

-At the conclusion of the Commemoration Service a Sub-Branch of the U.S. and S.I. League of Australia was formed, and officers elected…

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Anzac Concert

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

At night a concert was held in the Majestic and there was a large and appreciative audience. Mr. H. N. Chaplin, President of the…

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Anzac Day in Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

Twenty thousand strong, marching with the precision of war days, the returned soldiers and war nurses of Sydney yesterday moved from…

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Anzac Day. Gloucester's Observance

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

Anzac Day was observed as a close holiday in the town with a combined Church service, arranged by the local branch of the R.S. League, held…

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Anzac Day at Taree

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

At Taree the Salvation. Army Band, under Bandmaster Riley, assembled at the Soldiers' Memorial at 10 o'clock, and played selections of patriotic…

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Anzac Day. Macksville Public School

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

In order to render it unnecessary for the children to attend school yesterday, Anzac Day, the ceremony was staged in the School ground on…

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District School Wingham Anzac Day

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 5

On Wednesday, Messrs. Wood, Gillett and Belford, returned soldiers, spoke to the pupils of Wingham School…

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"Anzac Day." Kempsey Pays Tribute

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

The Day was commemorated at Kempsey on Thursday with all due solemnity and reverence, there being a particularly large gathering at the…

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Anzac Day, 1929 Wingham United Commemoration Service

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

There was a very large attendance at the Commemoration Service, held in the Soldiers' Memorial Town Hall, Wingham, on Thursday afternoon last,…

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War Memorials—brig.-gen. Lloyd's Criticism

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

speaking at the Anzac luncheon of the Australian' Natives' Association, Brigadier-General Lloyd, M.L.A. said that Australia was following…

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That Soldiers' Memorial Fund

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 4

The public meeting called to consider the ultimate destination of the local fund originally designed, for the erection of a Soldiers Memorial Hall,…

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Anzac Day

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 4

On Thursday morning a united Anzac Day service was held at the Soldiers' Monument, Port Macquarie, when there was a large attendance, the public…

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Australian War Memorial Unveiled at Canberra. Anzac Day Ceremony

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 4

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra was finally inaugurated on Anzac Day when the Governor-General Lord Stonehaven, unveiled a…

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Gloucester Pastures Protection Board the Spirit of Anzac Regular Meeting Commemoration Service at Taree The Lessons of Anzac Recalled

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 2

The regular meeting of the Gloucester Pastures Protection Board was held on Friday last. The Directors present were: Messrs. J. Abbott Thursday was the fourteenth anniversary of the feat of arms at Gallipoli which made the world ring with the name of Anzac, and throughout…

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The Soldier's Funeral

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 8

Any soldier below the rank, of sergeant who dies a natural death while in barracks has an escort of thirteen men and a sergeant at bis funeral,…

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Soldiers' Re-Union

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 10

There was a gathering of 80 returned soldiers, from various battalions and sections of the war, at The Bower on Thursday night in…

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General Lloyd on War Memorials

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

Speaking at the Anzac luncheon of the Australian Natives' Association, Brigadier-General Lloyd, M.L.A., said that Australia was following entirely…

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Current Topics Soldiers' Memorial Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

There was an attendance of 11 subscribers at the postponed memorial meeting last night. A motion for a memorial on the Park was…

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