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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

1,193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 60

"Cheeky Fraud" Sought Identification as V.C. Winner Returned Soldier Gaoled Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 10

Sentence of imprisonment for six months on each of six charges of having tried to obtain identification papers in the names of distinguished and decorated…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 11

Sir,—As we will be celebrating another Anzac Day, I would like to convey my sympathy to all those who lost someone dear in the last war, and those poor…

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Carrington Anzac Service

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

Special services at St. Thomas's Church Carrington, will be held on Sunday for Anzac Day. At 7 a.m. a solemn requiem will be said in…

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Wickham Anzac Services

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

Special Anzac Day services will be held on Sunday in St. James's Church, wickham. A Requiem Eucharist in memory of fallen soldiers will be held…

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Anzac Day in the Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 12

Reference will be made to Anzac Day at the Newcastle Girls' High School and the Newcastle Central Domestic Science School to-day, bit there will be no…

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Anzac Day Plants More Than 5000 Will March

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

On Sunday, the 22nd anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli, Newcastle will pay special homage to the…

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World Broadcast Anzac Dawn Service in Sydney SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 12

Arrangements have been made by Amalgamated Wireless (Aust.) Ltd. on behalf of the Anzac Day Committee to broadcast to the world the Anzac Dawn…

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War Trophies to Go Bathurst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 14

Describing them as "a blot on the landscape and an eyesore," the Mayor of Bathurst (Ald. Griffin) moved at the meeting of the Bathurst Council last night…

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Anzac Day Court Refuses to Grant Holiday Victoria, Tasmania and W. Australia Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

Applications by 24 unions in Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia for the declaration of Monday, April 26, as a public holiday, were rejected…

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A Soldier, to the Bereaved

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

A statement in connection with Anzac Day was issued by the president of the Newcastle branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. G…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 10

Anzac Day will be honoured once more to-morrow. Once more the people of Australia will feel pride in the remembrance of…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 13

Sir,—With regard to Anzac Day and the sentiments expressed through your columns by the Rev. H. Green and Mr. Skillicorn, I feel with them that Anzac…

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Woman's Realm Patricia's Notebook Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 14

TO-MORROW RETURNED MEN will march through the highways of many cities throughout Australia and…

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Anzac Day "The Years Pass"—An Epilogue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 10

The eastern sky glows red over Gallipoli . . . the faint red of the sunrise. Out of the dawn grey ships come sailing into the bay, grey, silent ships. Scarce…

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Anzac Day To-morrow Great Display Is Anticipated

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 1

If the weather is fine to-morrow it is expected that one of the most impressive Anzac Day parades since the…

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Rich Heritage "Australia Worth Living For" School Anzac Ceremony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 7

"If Australia were a country worth fighting for surely it is worth living for. It is the duty of every boy and girl in Australia to live for the country for which the…

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Adamstown Anzac Service::japanese Fliers Acclaimed::hauling Big Timber

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 9

Members of the Junior Red Cross and other scholars of Adamstown Public School, assembled at the Soldiers' Memorial for the Anzac Day observance yesterday…

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Anzac Holiday No Power to Substitute Federal Court's Ruling Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 13

Holding that it did not possess power to substitute another day for Anzac Day when Anzac Day fell on a Sunday, the Full Arbitration Court to-day dismissed…

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Cause of Peace Lord Gowrie Appeals to Australia Anzac Messages Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 11

"Is civilisation taking to heart the lessons we learned from the Great War?" This question was asked by the Governor-General…

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Anzac Day Preparations Parades in Newcastle and Hamilton: City Ceremony at Beach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 12

A parade of ex-service men and militia units from Newcastle Town Hall to a combined commemorative service in Shortland Park, at Newcastle Beach, and…

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