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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Men and Women of All Ages Remember Anzac Day in Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 6

Top Left: A section of the 40th Battery swings round the corner from Olive into Dean street at the outset of the march to the Monument. Top Right: Womenfolk in Albury carry out their yearly…

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20,000 Diggers in March Colorful Scenes in Sydney An Anzac and a Civilian Collapse and Die SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 1

Anzac Day celebrations in Sydney, the main features of which were the service at dawn at the Cenotaph in Martin Piece, the…

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Can Horrors of Last War Be Averted? Henty Clergyman's Address "People Must Return to God"

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 6

The Anzac Day service held in the School of Aits at Henty yesterday was well attended. The president of the Henty branch of the…

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“We’ll Be There,” Shout Albury Diggers Ready to Serve County Again Jolly Smoke Social Held Officer Praises Young Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3

The keynote of the annual smoke social of the Albury sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League, held in the Town Hall last night, was the renewal of old comradeships and the reminiscences of Digger days…

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Albury Pays Its Tribute to the Brave Men of Anzac “We Will Remember Them,” Chants Gathering Impressive Services at Monument and at Cemetery Should Be a Day of Reflection, Says Mr. McEWEN, M.H.R. Thousands Congregate at Base of Hallowed Column

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 1

Memories of 24 years ago welled up in many a proud heart yesterday when the Men of Anzac marched together with the spirits of former comrades to commemorate an occasion which gave Australia the right to nationhood. In Albury the Anzac Day service lost none of its solemnity, despite the passing of almost a quarter of a…

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Anzac Day Ceremonies

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

That Anzac is losing nothing of its impressiveness andi solemnity in the hearts and mind of our people was amply demonstrated by…

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Anzac Day at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

Headed by the band, returned men marched between the opened-out ranks of the Albury detachment of the 59th Battalion, at Wodonga on Tuesday afternoon, the young soldiers presenting arms to the men of the old brigade as they did at Albury in the morning…

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War Nurse Dies in Melbourne Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Miss Florence Ina Macdowell, a war nurse, who founded the Girls’ Employment Movement in Melbourne, died in a private hospital yesterday. She…

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In Time of War Protecting the Civilians WHAT N.S.W. Is Doing Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Braxner) announced to-night that the organisation of the national emergency services of N.S.W. had now…

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Will Japan Support the Axis in Event of War ? Momentous Deliberations Continued TOKIO, April 25

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6

Momentous deliberations are going on without intermission in Cabinet inner circles as to whether Japan should support the Rome-Berlin Axis militarily in the event of war, says “The Times” correspondent…

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The Oldest Soldiers and the Newest

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

Top: These four veterans of the South African and the Great War headed the procession of returned men marched to the War Memorial on Saturday. They are (from left). Messrs. R. Greenwood. G. H. Newton, J. T. Poppleton and R. Waugh. Bottom: With only two or three months training these volunteers in the town's detachment of the 59th…

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Roosevelt’s Son at London Fight Camouflage for Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6

Top Left: An interested spectator at the Tommy Farr “Red” Burman fight in London was Mr. James Roosevelt, a son. of the President of the United States of America. With him at the ringside is Miss Ruth…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers to Be Continued Canberra ,Wednesday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6

The new Federal Ministry will continue the policy of former Governments regarding preference to returned soldiers. This was made plain by…

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War Pensioner Wounded Found With Throat Cut and Will in His Possession SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 2

A war pensioner, aged 72, was found in Hyde Park, near the Pool of Remembrance, with his throat cut. He had a bank book with a credit…

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Anzac Day Impressive Ceremony at Ivanhoe

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 3

Approximately one hundred and fifty people gathered in the War Memorial Hall to honour those soldiers who fell in the Great War…

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Happenings in the District Chiltern Anzac Commemoration

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 8

The Anzac commemoration ceremony and service held at Chiltern were the most impressive for some years. Citizens gathered at the Memorial…

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Anzac Re Union A.i.f. Men Fraternise

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 1

Although the attendance was not as large as usual, the 35 Diggers who assembled at the Deniliquin R.S.S.I.LA. clubrooms on Tuesday night for the…

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Corowa's Anzac Service Most Impressive Yet Stirring Addresses Given

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 3

Six months ago the prospects of lasting peace--the reward for victory in 1918--was shattered. At that time fear of war was the fear of an unprepared people. to-day, while the fear of war may be just as strong, there is a sense of indignation that the serenity of…

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Anzac Commemoration Well Attended at School of Arts Addresses by Clergymen

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 1

The Henty sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. and the residents of Henty entered with enthusiasm into the service of commemoration of Anzac Day…

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Allegedly Drove Under Influence of Drink . One Legged Soldier Fined Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 8

John Henry, a one-legged returned soldier, and florist of Franklin street, City, was fined £30 in default distress, on a charge of having driven a motor…

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