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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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46 boy soldiers’ barrack break

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 4

LONDON, Fri.: Military and civil police have begun a hunt for 46 boy soldiers missing from the Buller barracks at Aldershot,…

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Diggers Want All Hotels Open on Anzac Day

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.: Many returned soldiers’ organisations are annoyed at the proposal of many Sydney hotels to stay closed on Anzac Day…

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“Attack on China would start World War III”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 4

White Sulphur Springs (West Virginia), Sun.: An Allied attack on Communist China might start World War…

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CULCAIRN Anzac Day

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 10

Anzac commemoration service will he held in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday morning, and all ex-servicemen are asked to take…

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Anzac Day Tomorrow

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

On April 25, 1915, the combined Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on Gallipoli. Since that day, 28 years ago…

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Anzac Day Services in Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

Anzac Day services being conducted by the Hay Sub-branch of the R.S.L. to-morrow, will commence with a dawn service at the Hay War…

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Anzac Day Services Will Not Clash At Albury Tomorrow

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

Anzac Day services—inter-denomination, arranged by Ministers’ Fraternal at Hoyts Theatre and civic ceremony at the Monument— will not clash tomorrow as they did last year. Ministers’ Fraternal service will commence at 9.30a.m. and the Monument service is timed…

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Australian War Dead Honored

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 12

NEW YORK Mon.: Australian and NZ war dead from Gallipoli to Korea, were honored yesterday at church and other memorial…

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Tributes to men of Anzac

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 16

CANBERRA, Tues: “On Anzac Day this year we pay humble tribute to that heroic band of Australian fighting men whose…

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Wodonga and District Section Wodonga Anzac Day Services

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 9

Wodonga will commemorate Anzac Day with two services—one conducted by the Ministers’ Fraternal in the Shire Hall this morning, and the second by the sub-branch in…

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[?]668 soldier settlers get land in NSW

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues: Up to March 31 of this year 1668 soldier settlers had been placed on the land in NSW under the…

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Tribute to an Anzac

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 8

“He was a man who truly had the Anzac spirit, and he practised that spirit in his every-day activities.”…

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Some Anzac day thoughts --and prayers Lest We Forget !

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 5

These words of memory lived in the minds of 1200 people who yesterday gathered at the Monument to take part in the nation’s birthday—Anzac Day…

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Anzac Day at Wodonga R.S.L. urged to practise air rifles

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 10

Victorian Attorney-General (Mf Tom Mitchell) yesterday urged RSL branches to practise shooting with air rifles at league meetings in preparation for war…

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Fewer Attend Anzac Services in Albury Yesterday But significance of day not lost

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 8

Although the attendances at Albury’s Anzac Day services yesterday were perhaps not as large as those of last year, nevertheless the significance of Australia’s great day—when our nationhood was born 36 years ago on the rugged shores of Gallipoli—was not lost to those who…

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Section of the Albury Anzac Day march held yesterday an Air of Tranquil Reverence

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

An hour before the scheduled commencement of the Anzac Day march yesterday, Albury streets were strangely quiet, and an air of tranquil reverence seemed to have settled over…

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Soldier Remanded on Serious Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

Ronald Clare, soldier, of Puckapunyal, was remanded to appear at Albury Court on April 30, when he appeared before the court…

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Oaklands Anzac Day

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 3

In common with other towns throughout the Commonwealth, Anzac Day was observed in Oaklands as usual. Ex-servicemen and school…

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Anzac Day at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

An Impressive feature of the Anzac-Day Commemoration Service in Corowa on Wednesday was the pilgrimage to both cemeteries in the morning by members of the Corowa Sub-branch of the R.S.L. A cross has been erected in each cemetery and after the usual two…

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Anzac Service at Wakool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 10

Rev. H. Robinson, of Deniliquin, was guest speaker at the Anzac Day service at Wakool on Wednesday…

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