Wallsend Anzac Service
Rev. J. Robb conducted on Anzac commemoration service in the Wallsend Presbyterian Church last night. "Why God Allows This War" was the subject of his address…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 179
Cemeteries of Anzac
THAT PART of Gallipoli Peninsula enclosed by the British lines has virtually become British territory, and stones have been erected to mark the boundaries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Revue To-night
A new song called "Sons of the Empire" will be heard to-night at the Anzac Revue to be presented at the City Hall by the City Council Employees' Revue…
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Pupils of Tighe's Hill Public School stand with bowed heads during the two minutes silence at the school…
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At least 12,000 men, women and children, attended the Commemoration Service held in King Edward Park at the conclusion of the Anzac Day march through Newcastle to-day. It was the biggest service seen there for many years. The colorful uniforms, particularly of the women's organisations which were represented in force, made splashes of sky blue, green. Air Force blue and khaki against the verdant background of the natural amphitheatre. The photograph above gives a view of the impressive ceremony in the park, as seen by the two onlookers in the foreground. Slight bewilderment and awe are reflected in the expressions of the children in the photograph at right, who waved flags with only a vague knowledge of what it was all about. Headed by bands which played the music which a quarter of a century ago echoed across the desert of Egypt and in shell-torn France, heroes of the Great War, 1914-18, marched through Newcastle again to-day and paid homage to fallen comrades Ripples…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Impressive Scene at Newcastle's First Anzac Dawn Service
Newcastle's first Anzac Day dawn service was held at Gregson Park, Hamilton, between 4.30 and 5 o'clock this morning. It was attended by a large crowd of people who came from the suburbs in special trams and buses and fleets of cars and taxis. Members of the Diggers' garrison battalion and of Returned Soldiers' League sub-branches paraded. The service was conducted by the Civic Sub-branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L. of Australia on behalf of the Newcastle District Council of Sub-branches. This study…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →They Led in Anzac Dawn Service How They Remembered the Fallen at Dawn Striking Prelude to Anzac Day Memories
In the darkness before dawn to-day, a simple, yet impressive ceremony of remembrance for the men of Anzac was held in Gregson Park, Hamilton. There, a large assembly of people reverently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Welcome to Wounded Criticism Exaggerated, Says Mr. Spender
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Some of the criticism of efforts to offer a worthy welcome to wounded soldiers showed a complete lack of tolerance, said the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Munitions Discussed by War Council
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Means of stimulating the production of defence equipment in Australia were discussed by members of the Advisory War Council in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Billiardist Raises £92 for War Funds
Walter Lindrum, world champion billiardist, raised £92 in a three-hour exhibition in aid of war funds at Tattersall's Club last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Helping War Effort Waratah Send-off
Representatives or 10 men from the Waratah-Mayfield area who have Joined the fighting services Accepted gifts for them at a presentation social…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letters to Editor Israel and the War
Sir,—The statements by Rev; S. Robertson Orr, a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Canada that the only group of people who can save us to-day is the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Present War Linked with Past in Church Services
Church services were held throughout Newcastle to-day, on the 26th anniversary of the day which marked Australia's entry into nationhood—April 25, 1915, when the A.I.F. landed under a storm of fire from the beetling cliffs of Gallipoli and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's War Effort Red Tape Still Entangles London
Events in Greece and Libya have again focussed attention on shortcomings in British wartime administration in which muddle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cheque for £10,000 SIGNED Miners' Contribution to War Loan
Yesterday was a historic day for the Northern Miners' Federation, for a cheque for £10,000 for the Commonwealth War Loan was signed by the three executive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Courage Alone Won't Win War But Mr. Hughes Confident
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Speaking at the Legacy Club luncheon to-day, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes) said that without equipment, neither courage nor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzacs Almost Saved Years Of War Within Inches and Minutes of Victory
Twenty-six years ago the fate of Europe was on the shoulders of young crusaders from the south who twice saw the Narrows from the crest of Sari Bair, only to be harted back when within inches and minutes of victory. Had they carried the ridge. Churchill's persistence would have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toronto Soldiers' Gala
The gala day conducted by Toronto Soldiers Committee for the funds realised £57/ 16/2. The total amount raised was £270/ 12/2. the Treasurer (Mr. W. H. Winn)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gifts for Soldiers at Mayfield
Waratah and Mayfield Send-off and Welcome Home Committee held a presentation dance in the Masonic Hall, Mayfield, last night. Gifts were handed to representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returned Soldiers All on Same Basis, Says Gollan Sydney
"[?] legislation on the subject is introduced. either by the Commonwealth or the State Government our policy will be to record on the…
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