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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 71

Petrol Stations Closed on Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 3

Service stations in Newcastle and district would be closed on Anzac Day, the secretary of the Associated Motor Traders' Association (Mr. J. D…

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Charges Against War Leaders Refuted "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 3

LONDON, April 22.—The United States Ambassador in Moscow (Lieutenant-General Bedell Smith) categorically refuted charges against Field Marshal Lord Montgomery and General Eisenhower made by Ralph Ingersoll, in his book,…

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Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 8

The Business Department of the "Newcastle Sun" will not be open for business tomorrow…

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Teralba Anzac Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

An Anzac service is to be held at Teralba monument to-morrow morning at 7.45. The service will be conducted by the Methodist Minister (Rev. L…

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Anzac Day Ceremony At Dawn Tomorrow

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 7

Arrangements for the Anzac Day Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance at Gregson Park, Hamilton, tomorrow, will…

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Anzac Day March to Aid Food Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 2

Men who will take part in the Anzac Day march to-morrow have been asked to take a tin of food to assembly points for the Food for…

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Anzac Day March Will Be Biggest on Record

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 6

Tomorrow's march through the city to the Sports Ground for the Anzac Day memorial service is expected to be the biggest…

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Hotels to Open at Noon On Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—While no Government directive is being given to hotel licensees about trading hours on Anzac Day, most hotels…

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Anzac Day Services Dawn Will Be a Moment of Dedication

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 4

The solemn moment of remembrance and dedication will be marked by the illumination of a cross in the darkness of Gregson Park during the Anzac Dawn Ceremony to-morrow…

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Men Blinded in War Learn New Jobs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 4

The whole object of the training of men at the Sydney Industrial Blind Institute was to make them self-reliant and capable of earning…

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U.S. Planes Used In Chinese Civil War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 2

PEKING Tuesday: According to the Chinese Central News Agency, consent of the Russian authorities of the Chinese Eastern Railway to…

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War Hero Craved Excitement Fined for Stealing "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 3

LONDON, April 23.—A. 30-year-old clerk, Albert Andrews, who escaped from a German prison camp in the war, craved so much…

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Welcome Home at Tighe's Hill

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 11

Wickham Welfare and Welcome Home Committee will hold a function in the Rosedale flail, Tighe's Hill, tomorrow night in honor of…

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Anzac Colors

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 3

COLOR PARTY passes the War Memorial in today's Anzac March through the city. It was an impressive display…

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Anzac Dinner at Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 3

More than 200 members of Hamilton R.S.L. sub-branch attended the annual Anzac dinner last night. The president (Mr. J. Armstrong)…

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Stockton Anzac Day Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 7

Under the auspices of the Stockton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, a Dawn Service will be held at the Soldiers' Memorial…

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Soldiers of Two Wars in Impressive Anzac Day Celebrations

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 8

Impressive scenes marked Newcastle's celebration today of the first peacetime Anzac Day since 1939. Soldiers of two wars marching together paid tribute to the gallant men who lost their lives on the battlefields. Pictures show scenes in Hunter Street during the Anzac march and the service at Newcastle Sports Ground, which replaced the usual celebration in King Edward Park, The change, was made because too many veterans of the first world war found the Watt Street climb too much for them. Big crowds lined the route of the march, but no more than 5000 attended the Sports Ground…

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Mainly Fine for Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 2

To-day would be mainly fine with westerly to south-westerly winds, Mr. Cyril Griffiths said last night. There was a chance of a scattered…

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Official Anzac Service on Air

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The official Commonwealth Anzac Day service tit the National War Memorial in Canberra to-morrow will…

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Fine Weather For Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 3

Fine weather prevailed for the Newcastle Anzac march today, but the weather records reveal that in the past 15 years rain has fallen…

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