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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

1,024 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 52

The Memory of Anzac Message From R.s.l. President "Honor "The Dead"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 9

"Returned soldiers will, so long as they live, remember and keep sacred Anzac Day, and I desire to extend the heartfelt sympathy of…

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Commemoration of Deeds of Anzac Parade in the City Church Services in District Final Arrangements

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 9

To-morrow has been set apart for the commemoration of the deeds of Anzac. There is every indication…

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Open Matches Are Promised For Anzac Day Football Rugby League Games To-morrow Puzzle for Followers Many Changes in Teams Mason Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

To-morrow the third round of matches in the Newcastle Rugby League competition will be played…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 6

The Charioteer of Time is moving quickly on. He has passed 18 milestones since the gripping events which caught the imagination of every…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 9

To commemorate Anzac Day, a special service has been arranged at the Memorial Hall at 10.45 o'clock this morning by the local sub-branch of the Returned Sailors…

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Anzac Service at St. Mary's

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 1

AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church to-day, during the Anzac Day Service…

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Big Anzac March in Melbourne Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 8

Dawn services were conducted at the Shrine of Remembrance to-day and by soldiers institutions at all the orovincial cities of Victoria…

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Anzac Day in Newcastle — Impressive Scene in Park

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 10

A REVERENT HUSH HUNG OVER THE CITY TO-DAY AS THOUSANDS PAID SILENT HOMAGE TO THE MEN OF ANZAC who scaled the heights in the glorious landing 19 years ago and laid the foundations of Australia's nationhood. This picture Was taken at the United Commemoration Service at King Edward Park…

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Anzac Cove—where History Was Made 19 Years Ago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 5

The scene of the original landing at Anzac, the little cove that came to be known simply as "The Beach." Here, shelled regularly by the Turks, was the nerve-centre of Anzac. It will be recalled to-day by those who were there—and returned. Reproduced from a painting by F. R. Crozier…

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Anzac Day The Day We Celebrate Landing at Gallipoli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 6

"A terrible if magnificent blunder"; "a glorious mistake"; "the real marvel of that glorious disaster was not that it failed, but that it so very nearly succeeded"…

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Anzac Day Poignant Messages of Remembrance Sacred Observance Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 7

Anzac Day messages, in which an appeal was made to the Australian people to maintain the true Anzac spirit, were issued by the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) and the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) to-night…

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Women's War Work Address to Business Girls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 8

Mrs. M. Mulvey, President of the Newcastle Red Cross Society, addressed the members of the Newcastle Business Girls and Professional Women's Club at their…

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Inspiring Anzac Services Spirit of Gallipoli Still Lives Thousands Gather in King Edward Park Diggers March in Streets

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 8

Reverently to-day Newcastle remembered the gallant men who, 15 years ago, scaled the rocky heights of Gallipoli and paid the supreme sacrifice. Despite the rain thousands of men, women and children lined the streets to watch the comrades of those who fell in the war march past in one of the most im-…

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East And North In Exciting Rugby Duel Third Seres !N Rugby League Rain-drenched Grounds Eastern Suburbs and North Anzac Day Matches

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 3

The third series of Newcastle Rugby League competition matches was played on rain-drenched grounds this…

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Soldiers in Police Force Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 8

The inaugural dinner of returned soldiers in the police force was held to-night. The Commissioner (Mr. W. H. Childs) said that he was proud that so many members…

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Discordant Card Soldiers Censor Inscription Communist Move : MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 7

Because the wording on the attached card was considered hot to be not accord with the sentiments of the day, a…

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Impressive Scenes Soldiers March Through City Diggers in Force

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 8

The sun burst through a clouded canopy this morning to add a fitting touch to the solemnity with which…

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Influence of Our Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 6

DURING this year which, from a soldier's point of view, culminates in the day we now celebrate, the League, embracing those who fought at Anzac, who served in Flanders, or anywhere by land or sea, has enlarged its membership until to-day…

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Anzac Ceremony

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 13

THE MAYOR OF NEWCASTLE (Alderman Kilgour) placing a wreath on the Soldiers' Memorial during yesterday's Anzac ceremony…

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Bowlers' Gesture Returned Men Entertained Luncheon at City Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

Celebrating the 19th anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and at the same time, paying tribute to…

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