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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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U.S. war leaders off to Far East

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: The Secretary of Defence (Mr Williamson) yesterday announced that he and General James Van…

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Anzac Tradition

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 2

THE glorious feat of arms performed by Australian and New Zealand troops on the heights of Gallipoli in 1915…

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Anzac Day services in border centres

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 5

Anzac Day will be commemorated in all border centres tomorrow with special civic and church service. Vice, as this is the last function…

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Dawn service will herald in Anzac Day commemorations at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 18

A down service at the Monument will herald in the Albury Anzac Day commemoration ceremonies and services tomorrow. Long before the sleeping city awakes, a handful of people will gather at the base of the Monument and, in a simple but impressive ceremony,…

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We Remember... Stirring Anzac Requiem

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 3

This stirring Anzac Requiem, composed by Dr. C. E. Bean, Official War Historian for Australia, was read at yesterday’s solemn service at the War Memorial by Albury…

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Pictorial round-up of Anzac at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 14

Two former Diggers, Des O’Connell (left) and Stan Grenell, waiting to be called into line for the Anzac Day march at Albury yesterday morning. In a slight drizzle of rain, the Anzac Day march passes down Dean st. Pictures show the…

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R.S.L. President Reading Anzac Requiem

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 6

Albury RSL president (Mr R. Umphelby), who presided at the Anzac Day ceremony at the monument yesterday, reading the Anzac Requiem…

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Anzac Day at Culcairn : Col. Simpson sees another threat ahead

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 6

Guest speaker at Culcairn Anzac Day commemoration yesterday was Co. J. T. Simpson, O.B.E. Ex-servicemen and…

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Anzac Day at Albury : Three impressive ceremonies precede the main service

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 5

The main Albury Anzac Day commemoration was preceded by three simple, but impressive, ceremonies—the dawn ceremony, the service at the Hall of Remembrance at the Sailors,…

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Stirring service at war memorial

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 6

Albury War Memorial was again the focal point yesterday for another stirring Anzac Day commemoration service — and it seemed appropriate for the only speaker, Mr D. E. Fairbairn, DFC, MHR, to draw from the forging of the word Anzac the lessons which people must learn…

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Anzac Day at Wodonga : Forbid rights of freedom to traitors, says speaker

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 11

Deputy Commissioner of Repatriation in Victoria, Mr B. G. Horlem, said at the Wodonga Anzac Day Service at the Cenotaph in Woodland Grove, yesterday, that Australia should…

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Anzac Day at Albury : Sees God’s will behind making of atomic bomb

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Suggestion that God had given the secrets of atomic energy to scientists to bring men to their senses and to bring every man to his knees was made by Archdeacon Hill in St. Matthew’s…

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Anzac Day at Carrathool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Carrathool's commemoration of Anzac again took place on Sunday afternoon. The weather was uncertain…

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Anzac Day at Mathoura

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Major Mc[?]tosh, speaker at the Anzac Service at the Shire Hall at Mathoura on Sunday, gave a detailed description of…

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YACKANDANDAH Anzac Day Service

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 14

Anzac Day service was held on Sunday afternoon. Headed by the Yackandandah Citizen’s band, a big squad of war veterans, and a party…

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Anzac Commemorated Solemn Services

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

ANZAC DAY church and civic services held at Deniliquin Mathoura, Wanganella and Mayrung on Sunday were all very well attended. A feature of the Deniliquin march of 125…

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R.s.l. Anzac Dinner

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 3

The Corowa Sub-branch of the R.S.L. held Its annual Anzac Re-union Dinner in the pavilion at the Showground on…

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District news WALLA Anzac Service

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 14

Ex-servicemen. CMF personnel and Girl Guides marched to the Memorial Hall on Anzac Day. The following ex-servicemen took…

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Anzac Commemoration an Impressive Ceremony

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

THE annual Commemoration of Anzac at Hay on Sunday, was an impressive ceremony performed outside the Hay War Memorial High School, at dawn, and later in the morning. The commemoration…

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Anzac Day Commemoration at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 3

Overcast skies and the threat of the continuance of light showers which fel earlier on sunday morning did not deter Corows residence from turning out for the occasion of the observance of Anzac Day, and the croward which…

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