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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 105

Keep Businesses for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

New Lambton-Lambton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League views with alarm the state of affairs going on in regard to the…

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Vocations for Soldiers Lambton Wants Classes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

The State Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be asked by New Lambton-Lambton sub-branch to inquire about the prospects for starting…

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No Tobacco Cut For Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 6

No reduction had been made in the tobacco ration for soldiers serving in operational areas, nor was it proposed to vary the allowance…

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Anzac Day Sidelights

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 4

A soldier taken on strength in the First Division, Field Engineers on Gallipoli in 1915 by Colonel J. M. C. Corlette had…

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Rain Made Grim Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 5

Light rain accompanied by a cold south-easterly wind marred open air Anzac Day services, and the march through the City this morning…

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Anzac Service At City Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 3

AFTER BEING DRENCHED during the Anzac Day procession, this morning, the marchers attended the service in the City Hall. Here they are shown listening to an address on "The Spirit of Anzac," given by the Rev. J. G. Ridley, M.C…

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Anzac Day Can Never Die

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 6

A LETTER from a correspondent in this paper recently suggested that it was time Anzac Day was abolished because it happened a long…

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Thousands to March for Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 2

THOUSANDS of returned soldiers and men now serving will march through the city to-day for the big Anzac Day…

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Newcastle's Anzac Day Dawn Service: City March

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 7

WITH THE SOUNDING OF "REVEILLE" at the Anzac dawn service in Gregson Park, Hamilton, the monument was illuminated in a blaze of light, and flags were advanced to the masthead. R.A.N. PERSONNEL and a contingent of Royal Marines headed this morning's An…

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Crowds Throng City Hall For Anzac Day Service

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 1

WOMEN PREDOMINATED in the gallery at the City Hall, which was packed this morning for the special Anzac Day service. The service was to have been held in the amphitheatre in King Edward Park, [?]t was transferred to the City Hall when rain commenced to fall…

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Sterility Among Prisoners Of War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 6

PARIS, Tuesday.— A leading Paris specialist, in n report to the French Ministry of Health, states that the Germans performed surgical…

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War Servce Homes Minister Refutes Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Many widows of returned soldiers were living in homes provided by the War Service Homes Commission at a…

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New Guinea Still Big War Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The huge number of service personnel carried by air between Australia and New Guinea showed that New Guinea…

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War in North General Blamey Praised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 6

The repelling of the Japanese in New Guinea was due in great measure to the foresight of Sir Thomas Blamey in having hundreds of miles of roads…

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Living in Anzac Memories

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 2

Each had individual memories and thoughts as Anzac Day was observed in Newcastle. At top is Captain Madigan, who has seen service in…

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Royal Marines in Anzac March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 1

Displaying the precision for which they are noted, Royal Marines participated in the Anzac Day march in…

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Anzac Day Service In London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. — Australians and New Zealanders In London commemorated Anzac Day with a service at St…

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Anzac Spirit Shone Through Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 2

Rain was driving into their faces, their clothing was wet through, but the men of Anzac kept faith and marched through the city yesterday. With them went younger soldiers—the slim and lithe troops of the 2nd A.I.F…

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Kalingo Deputies Insisted on Anzac Day Break

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 6

Deputies at Kalingo colliery (Cessnock No. 1) claimed yesterday that if May Day was to be observed as a non-working day they would…

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Helping the War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 6

WICKUAM COMMITTEE.— After Wickham Welfare and Welcome Home Committee has held its next presentation function, it will have farewelled more than 800 members…

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