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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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Deepwater to join in Anzac Day Ceremonies

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

Glen Innes ex-Servicemen will be joined by Deepwater Diggers in Sunday's Anzac Day ceremonies here. The Secretary of the…

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The Anzac Spirit as an influence for Peace

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 4

President of the Inverell R.S.L. (Mr. Austin Johnson) told Inverell High School…

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The Spirit Of Anzac

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 6

IT is 39 years since the first Anzac Day. We did not know it as such then. All we knew was…

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Inverell Remembers and Honors Anzac

The Inverell Times · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

Nearly 200 ex- Servicemen from Inverell and district yesterday took part in the annual Anzac Day ceremonies at Inverell. Almost 1,000 people crowded around the Cenotaph…

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450 Take Part in Impressive Anzac March

The Inverell Times · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

About 450 men and women, boys and girls, bandsmen and pipers, took part in an Anzac…

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Dawn Service Dedication to Ideals of Anzac

The Inverell Times · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

The inverell Anzac Day dawn service yesterday was attended by about 1 30…

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The Anzac Test for the Nation and the Individual

The Inverell Times · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

Mr. Austin Johnson, President of the Inverell R. S. L., said yesterday that the foundation for peace, national security and individual liberty could…

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140 Ex-servicemen in Anzac Day March: Big Crowds Watch

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

About 140 ex-servicemen from three wars took part in the Anzac Day march through Glen Innes yesterday morning. A large crowd, estimated at 600, watched the march, and about…

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Spirit of Anzac As Deterrent to Enemy United Service Address

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

The spirit of Anzac would enable the men of Australia's defence forces to handle any trouble from an aggressor, Capt. G. Gulliver said at the Anzac Day United Commemoration Service in…

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Armidale Anzac Day Observances Were As Full of Meaning As Ever

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 6

Anzac Day observances at Armidale this year were as deep and as full of meaning as ever they were and, spread over two days, touched a greater number of people. Sunday was a day of solemn re membrance for the fallen, today a…

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Bruxner on Soldier Settlement

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

Under the Soldier Settlement scheme in NSW the soldier was not carrying the capital cost of the…

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Bishop Moyes's Anzac Day Sermon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

Freedom was the theme of Bishop Moyes's Anzac Day sermon at St. Pater's Cathedral. His text, from Galatians 5, was "Stand fast in the freedom…

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"One of Happiest Anzac Day Reunion Dinners"

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 8

The annual Anzac Day reunion dinner, sponsored by Inverell sub- branch of the R. S. L was one of the…

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"Ex- Imperials'" Influence on Our Soldiering

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

The influence of former members of the Imperial Army on Australian soldiering was…

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Anzac Day Celebrations at Uralla

The Uralla Times · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

They are not dead, these proud, courageous Anzacs, even though the seasons come and go with-them, for in our hearts their memory remains. So said die president of Uralla Shire Council…

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Anzac Day at Guyra New Blue Ensign Unfurled

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

A large crowd witnessed the Anzac Day march from Ollera Street to the Memorial Hall last Sunday morning. Eighty-four Diggers of two world wars, headed by the Guyra Band and followed by…

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Anzac Services at Deepwater

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

On Sunday, Anzac Day, a special [?] Mass was offered in St. Michael's Church, Deepwater,…

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Record Attendance at Tinghas Anzac Ceremonies

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 8

On Anzac [?] of Tingha turned out in greater [?] ever before. A most [?] Service was held [?]…

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Bundarra Anzac Celebrations Set a Record

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 10

Good attendances at church services and memorial functions marked the Anzac Day…

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Perfect Weather for Emmaville's Spectacular Anzac Day March

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

EMMAVILLE : In glorious sunny weather, Anzac Day in Emmaville was commemorated in the traditional manner last Sunday. About 40 men of World Wars I and II fell into line…

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