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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Anzac Anniversary

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

IT was inconceivable, just 12 short months ago, that Anzac Day, 1951, would be…

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Anzac Day

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

Guest speaker at the Anzac Day commemoration service at East Kempsey Memorial at 11 a.m. to-day (Wednesday) will be Group Captain…

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Anzac Day Knockout

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

To-day (Wednesday), Manning League will stage their big Anzac Day Knock-out competition. Patrons are assured of a…

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Lest We Forget (Anzac Day, 1931)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

From Egypt's burning desert sands, To France's foreign shore. They sailed away, both mates…

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Anzac Commemoration Services At Taree Churches

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

Impressive Anzac commemoration services were held in several Taree churches on Sunday evening. The Rural Dean of the Manning, the Rev. Walter Latham, conducted the service at St. John's Church…

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Anzac Luncheon

The Northern Champion · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

About 250 ex-servicemen attended the annual Anzac luncheon in the Belmore Hall. A sumptuous repast was prepared…

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Impressive Anzac Day Service At Forster

The Northern Champion · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

"Australia's future lies in pursuing with determination those objectives which make for spiritual culture, public service and true progress," stated Major G. Smith (Salvation Army) in the course of the address at Anzac…

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Large Crowd Attends Commemoration Service On Anzac Day

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

Ex-Servicemen rolled up in large numbers to participate in the annual Anzac Day March to the Town Hall at Wingham, in memory of their…

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Taree Anzac Day Celebrations Spirit of Grateful Remembrance Prevails

The Northern Champion · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

Dignity, reverence and a spirit of grateful humility marked the celebration of Anzac Day at Taree on Wednesday. There were large attendances at the Dawn Service, the 11 o'clock…

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Solemn Traditions of Anzac Observed... Big Crowd At Impressive Services, Many Marchers

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 3

The traditions of the men of Anzac were reverently and solemly observed by the people of Gloucester on Wednesday in two impressive Anzac Day Services, a Dawn Service and the United Service of Commemoration under the Memorial Clock on the green hill of the…

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Anzac Service At Forster School

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 1

An impressive Anzac Day service was held at the Public School at Forster on Wednesday, after a march, headed by the…

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300 Ex-servicemen at Anzac Luncheon

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 2

After the Anzac Day service, about 300 ex-servicemen attended a luncheon in the Belmore Hall, provided by the R.S.L…

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300 Veterans Of Two Wars In Impressive Anzac March

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 1

To the shirring strains of "The Middy" and "Great Little Army" by the Taree Concert Band, three hundred veterans of two wars marched on Wednesday to celebrate Australia's thirty-sixth…

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Mass for Repose of Souls of War Dead

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 1

Requiem Mass for the repose of the souls for the dead of two World Wars was celebrated by Rev. Fr. T. Cook, ex-A.l.F…

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The Anzac Dedication -

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 1

This is the Anzac Dedication read at all Dawn Services throughout the Commonwealth on Anzac Day:…

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District News Coopernook Anzac Day

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 5

Anzac Day celebrations at Coopernook on Wednesday were highly successful. More attention appeared to have…

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Anzac Day At Forster - Impressive Tribute

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 1

There was a larger response to previous years to the Anzac March at Forster on Wednesday morning last, and as on this occasion…

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Anzac Day Dinner.. Silent Toast to Last Tom Hicks

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 3

Diggers at the Annual Anzac Day Dinner, held at the Showground Luncheon Pavilion on Wednesday, paid respectful…

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Korean War Washington

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 5

The Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, said yesterday that Russia's strategy would be helped if United States used its major…

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War Victims Drift Through Dead City of Seoul

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 3

TOKYO (AAP-Reuter) -- Seoul, former capital of South Korea, is a dead city, without policemen and without electricity, through which the victims of war drift wearily…

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