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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

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Vast Reverent Crowds Attend Sydney’s Dawn Anzac Service

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Nearly 25,000 people, of whom at least 3,500 had taken up vantage points on the steps of the General Post Office by midnight, witnessed the dawn service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place this morning, as Sydney’s…

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The Anzac Spirit is Needed in Days of Peace

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 6

To-day Australia figuratively stands in silence and bows her head in remembrance of the first Anzac Day—that glorious 25th of April, when untried soldiers from the Great Southland achieved the seemingly impossible by scaling the heights of Gallipoli…

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Soul of the Nation Stirring Appeal at Anzac Day Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 6

"Anzac is the soul of the nation, calling its people to silence, moral and spiritual stocktaking, service, and if need be, further sacrifice," said the Rev. J. C. Owen, in an address at the Anzac Day service in the Capitol Theatre…

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"Dumpy's" Anzac Day An Unexplained Mystery of the Campaign in Greece

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 12

Is there any explanation of the supernatural? Or are they just vivid imaginations of an exhausted body, and an even more exhausted brain? Perhaps, there may be an explanation, but the fact remains…

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25,000 at Anzac Dawn Service Floral Tributes Exceed Anything Previously Seen SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1

Nearly 25,000 people, of whom at least 3500 had taken up vantage points on the steps of the G.P.O. by midnight, witnessed the dawn service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place this morning as Sydney's Anzac Day…

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Ex-soldier Robbed on Anzac Day

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.--A returned soldier country visitor from Quirindi was held up by two armed, masked bandits end robbed…

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'Special Services For Anzac Day

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 4

Special Anzac Day memorial services were held in the Catholic and Anglican Churches in Glen Innes yesterday…

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Many Injured in Anzac Day Brawls

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.--About 30 people were treated at hospitals for minor injuries after being involved in brawls in the…

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Record Peace-time Anzac Day March Fine Ceremony In Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 1

Yesterday 's Anzac Day march set a new peace-time standard for Glen Innes. Veterans who have not missed a year, said that more men marched than on any previous occasion, except 1942, when units…

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U.S. Minister Scorns Idea Of Push-Button War

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK: "The concept of a push-button war is the vision of cocktail-party scientists," says the United States Secretary of War Mr. Robert…

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Anzac Service

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 2

Anzac Day was fittingly observed by services in the local churches and at Gravesend, and combined service in the Memorial Hall in the…

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An Anzac Mother’s Lament

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 3

Far, far o'er the sea on a Turkish shore My brave son sleeps, he'll wake no more; But oft in my dreams, he sings to me "lead Kindly Light" and "Nearer to Thee."…

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Impressive Anzac Day Services Conducted At Inverell

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 3

The Anzac Day commemoration services and celebrations conducted locally on Friday were probably the most inspiring and best organised ever held at Inverell. Commencing at 10 a.m. with a march through Lawrence, Byron and Otho Streets,…

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"Our House is Divided Against Itself" Anzac Day Service At Armidale Wesley Church

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 13

"Even now our house is divided against itself. Lust for material advantages has whipped large sections of the community into unworthy passions against their fellows. It is a deadly menace to our existence and nothing but a…

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Preserving War Equipment Spicier Web Packaging (By Airmail)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 13

Ottawa: Millions of dollars worth of Canadian Army equipment, ranging from huge guns to tiny drills, is being preserved by man-made spider…

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Blow to Chinese Government Communists Recapture Taian End to Hopes of Early Cessation of War NANKING

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 1

Communists captured the city of Taian, strategic base, 45 miles south from Tsinan, which is the capital of…

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Soldiers' Re-union

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 2

About seventy ex-servicemen attended the re-union in the Memorial Hall on Anzac night, when a very enjoyable time was spent. Mr…

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Ottawa to Be National War Memorial

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 6

OTTAWA: Tentative conclusions have been reached in the comprehensive re-planning o Ottawa, according to…

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Wallace Says Truman May Cause Civil War

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--President Truman's foreign policy offers the possibility of giving rise to civil war in France, declared the former Vice President Mr. Henry Wallece, at his first Press…

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Legion Smoko Anzac Night Function Well Attended

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 4

The Armidale branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women held a smoke and banquet on Anzac night…

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