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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Anzac "Symbol of Heroism"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 3

April 25, 1915, made the word Anzac symbolic of heroism, Mr. N. Braye said last night. Mr. Braye, who is a State…

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Title Tennis On Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 6

So that Newcastle Tennis Association day championships can be completed before the winter teams competitions begin on May 7, it…

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Demented Man Wounded In Gun Battle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

SAN PEDRO (Cal.), April 19. A.A.P.—A crazed fisherman, Boden Karbonik, barricaded himself in an abandoned dynamite shack and…

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Safety Zones For Atom Bomb War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

GENEVA, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Security zones. for certain groups of civilians, including children and expectant mothers if atom bombs are used in a…

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Council to Reduce Rates for Disabled Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 9

Sympathetic consideration will be given in future by Lake Macquarie Shire Council to applications by permanently disabled soldiers for a reduction in rates…

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Cessnock Anzac Dawn Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5

Anzac Day celebrations will begin with a dawn service at 5 a.m., which will be conducted by Rev. M. Redman…

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Anzac Dinner at Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 12

More than 150 members and visitors attended the annual Anzac dinner arranged by the Merewether sub-branch of the…

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Record Anzac Day March Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

Officials of Newcastle ex-service organisations believe the Anzac Day march on Monday will be the biggest in the city's history. The District State Councillor of…

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Services In The Suburbs For Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 4

Returned soldier organisations have completed arrangements for Anzac Day commemoration services and social activities on Sunday and Monday. The dawn service will again j be held in Gregson Park…

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30,000 Expected At Anzac Services In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

About 30,000 ex-servicemen are expected to take part in Anzac Day services in the Newcastle area on Monday. It is expected that the march will be the largest seen in…

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Maitland Transfer Anzac Day Service If Weather Bad

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5

While arrangements were made to hold the Anzac Day service of commemoration at the Cenotaph, Maitland Park, on Monday, it was…

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Association Of Zulu War Veterans

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 12

SYDNEY.—Veteran of five wars, Major H. P. McKay, of Longueville, wants to start an association of all men in…

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Injured Soldier In "Serious" Condition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 4

Corporal Tony Colborn, 23, of St. Kilda, Victoria, suffered a probable fracture of the neck when a jeep overturned several…

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Memorial Shifted for Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 3

Working in the rain yesterday, these workmen made good a promise by the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) to Carrington…

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Anzac Services In The Suburbs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

Most Anzac commemoration services in the suburbs will be held on Sunday. They include—…

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Company's Anzac Service To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

An Anzac Eve commemorative service will be held in Marcus Clark's store facing the furniture stairway at 5 p.m. to-day…

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60 Bands in Anzac March in Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: Next Monday's Anzac Day march promises to be the biggest ever held in Sydney, the R.S.L. State President…

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Anzac March Expected To Be Best Since War

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 3

The Anzac Day march in Newcastle on Monday is expected to be the best since the war. R.S.L. officials today expressed confidence in an excellent…

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Anzac Dinner at Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 7

More than 200 members and visitors were present at the annual Anzac dinner organised by the Hamilton Sub-branch…

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Anzac Ceremony At Marcus Clark's

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 7

An Anzac commemoration service was conducted by Rev. C. J. Macaulay in Marcus Clark's showrooms yesterday…

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