Boys Wave to Anzac Marchers
These lads are waving flags to men in the Anzac march down Watt-street yesterday. The tramway men are in the forefront…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 47
Scenes From Newcastle's Anzac Day
The Anzac march yesterday through Newcastle proved a great event. Pictures show scenes from the day. Top: President of Legacy. Mr. A. Charge (fourth from right), President of the District Council of the R.S.L. Mr. Roger Bates, Mr. Corlette, and the President of Newcastle subbranch, Mr. Howard, extreme right), at the Memorial in Hunter-street. Centre-Scottish pipers…
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The scene in King Edward Park yesterday, when 15,000 people assembled for the Anzac Day service. Picture shows part of the large crowd which followed the march to the park. Right: A study of old and young among the thousands who lined the streets to…
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THE official designation for the "smoke" at Air Force Association clubrooms yesterday afternoon was "The Big Earbash."…
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There were a few sweeping clouds, grey-tinted, breaking the blue of a perfect autumn morning, when almost 15,000 people gathered on the grassy slopes of King Edward Park yesterday to attend the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day in Japan Soviet Tribute at Tokyo Parade
TOKYO, April 25. A.A.P.—"A good parade by a splendid battalion" was the tribute paid by Lieut.-General Derevyanko, head of the Soviet Mission, to the slough-hatted 67th Battalion which staged one of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Training Blind War Veterans
LONDON, April 25. A A.P.—The President of the Australian Blind Soldiers' Association (Mr. P. J. Lynch) has arrived in England by air…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ex-Soldier Held Up By Masked Bandits
SYDNEY, Friday.—A returned soldier was held up by two masked bandits, one armed, and robbed of £5 in Chippendale late to-night…
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FRANKFURT, Friday.—Five American soldiers died after drinking motor car anti-freeze mixture. Three other soldiers are…
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TOKIO, Monday: The Anzac Day march past was held in a secluded avenue, not in the Imperial Plaza…
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The Planning and Architectural Committee of the War Memorial Cultural Centre will meet at the City Hall tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m…
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DETROIT, April 27. A.A.P.— Mrs. Marie Wolverton has offered to pay the £187 steamship fare to Australia for Mrs. Phyllis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burma to Repatriate Jap War Prisoners
RANGOON, April 27. A.A.P.—It in officially stated that all Japanese war prisoners in Burma, totalling 27,000, will be repatriated to Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holiday Camps Arranged For Soldiers And Wives
LONDON, Sunday.—The Army this wee k is opening two experimental seaside holiday camps for soldiers and their wives. In these camps soldiers' wives will be able to have a holiday with their…
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Organised by Teralba Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, an Anzac remembrance service was held at the School of Arts. Rev. Tanner,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Dinner At Cardiff
Cardiff R.S.L. commemorated Anzac Day at a social and dinner in Cardiff Masonic Hall. Proposing "The Day We…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Side-tracked Anzac Day
IT is probable that more questions will, be asked in Parliament about the Anzac Day march in Tokio. If they are not they should be…
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NEWMEC—the name given to the panel of architects who will design the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre—will…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Nearly 2500 men and women attended the Town Hall to-night to support a protest sponsored…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desecration At Maitland On Anzac Day
Within a few hours of the termination of the Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on the West Maitland Park on Anzac Day two adults…
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