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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

895 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 17 of 45

Anzac

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

What the Trojan war was to the Greeks of antiquity the Gallipoli campaign is likely to be to the future generations of Australians. In due…

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Anzac Day

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

Anzac Day was celebrated yesterday by a parade of troops headed by General Birdwood. At the united memorial service in…

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Anzac Day Sports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

Anzac Day was celebrated in Moree to-day by sports hold under the auspices of the local branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial…

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Anzac Day at Plymouth

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

Admirals Keyes, Alamy, and the marines which took part la the Zeebrugge expedition, together with thousands of the public participated in the…

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Alu Saints' Anzac Day Service

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

A large congregation filed All Saints' Church on Sunday night, when special service of commemoration of the glorious dead was held. The front…

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TAMWORtH CELEBRATIONS Anzac Day Procession

Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

At 10.30 this morning a procession will start from the fountain in Marinsstreet and all returned soldiers are asked to attend in uniform, together with…

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Anzac Tweed. Plan for Distributing Supplies. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

The Returned Soldiers League has empowered its Executive to act as trustees in connection with the tweed contract. It is stated that members of the…

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Anzac Day. Celebrations in Sydney. Birdwood Leads Procession

Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday. Anzac Day was celebrated in Sydney in windy, showery, cold weather. The fifth anniversary was marked by solemn…

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Anzac Day. the Three Crosses of the Anzacs

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

[?]rave Anzacs: Ere that name was coined in characters of gold, aid while those deeds of Valor were as yet a tale untold,…

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Anzac Day. Memorial Service at Tamworth. Theatre Royal Crowded. Inspiring Address

Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 1

An Anzac Memorial service was held in the Theatre Royal, Tamworth, last night. The building was packed. All the Protestant denominations were…

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Anzac Day In Narrabri. R.S. AND S.I. League Dinner

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

About one hundred persons sat down to the Anzac dinner at the School of Arts Hall last evening. Dr. Henderson, the president of the local…

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Late Telegrams. Anzac Day. General Birdwood Pays Tribute. What Landing Meant. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

General Birdwood laid the foundation stone of the proposed new Cathedral, to commemorate the services of the men who enlisted from the Bathurst…

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The War-and After. Y.m.c.a. Work Reviewed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 4

A review of war and demobilisation work carried out with the A.I.F. under the aegis of the Red Trianige and the consideration of further opportunities…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers and Sailors

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 4

On the 16th December last Royal Assent wag given to the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Employment Act, 1919, and the Department of Labour…

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Manilla Express Anzac Day

Manilla Express · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

GOD of our fathers known of old— Lord of our far flung battle line—…

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Anzac Day. Celebrations in Tamworth. Soldiers Make Rare Holiday. Procession and Sports

Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 1

The soldiers of Tamworth made a rare day of yesterday. It was quite reminiseent of war time days to see so many khaki-clad figures parading round…

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Anzac Day in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

To-day is being observed quietly. Apart from gazetting the day as a bank holiday there is no official celebration of the commemoration…

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Anzac Day in London, Impressive Service. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

The principal Anzac Day commemoration in London was the crowded and impressive service at St. Clement Dane's Church, at which Sir Archibald Hunter…

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Fraudulent War Contracts. Huge Sums Involved. WASHINGTON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

The State Department was announced that the alleged fraudulent war contracts uncovered illegal transactions involving millions of dollars…

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Irish Revolt. Sinn Feins' Guerilla War. Police Defences. (United Service.) LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

The "Times" says that the latest plan to protect the Irish police barracks includes sandbag defences, loopholed steel plates instead of windows, and…

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