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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Anzac Day. Postal Arrangements

North West Champion · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2
Also in Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser

Owing to the Anzac Day public holiday to-morrow the Moree Post Office will be [?]nly between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The…

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Bund Anzac in Dee Why Fire. Lucky Escape. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

When a fire broke out at Dee Why early this morning in a house occupied by a blind Anzac, Mr. E. C. Traynor, 49, and Mrs. Dorothy Barbour,…

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Anzac Day

Manilla Express · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

To-day, Tuesday, April 25, is a public holiday. It is Anzac Day. An Anzac Memorial Divine…

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Anzac Day

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

At all centres where observances were held Regimental troops co-operated with the diggers in the solemn commemoration of their Day of Days. The…

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Golf. Anzac Day's Play

North West Champion · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

The results of the 18-Hole Stableford, played on Anzac Day, were as follows:— B. Larkin 39 points,—Jepson 31…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Service

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

In common with the whole of the Australian nation, Moree celebrated Anzac Day on Tuesday with the usual commemoration service in the Moree…

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Anzac Day in Narrabri The Dawn Service

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 7

For the first time since the war a Dawn Service wok celebrated in Narrabri on Tuesday morning last…

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Anzac Day. Commemoration in Moree. Address by Rev. A. E. James

North West Champion · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

There was a record attendance at the Anzac Day commemoration service in the Memorial Town Hall on Tuesday morning, special…

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Chinese Advance On War Front

North West Champion · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

Led. by General Chiang Kai-shek, three million Chinese soldiers, of whom om million are irregulars, are fighting the greatest battle of the Chinese war…

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Anzac Day Impressive Manifestation of Remembrance

Manilla Express · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 2

Bathed in glorious sunshine Manilla presented an impressive manifestation of remembrance of Anzac Day on Tuesday…

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Returned Soldiers In Convivial Mood

Manilla Express · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 2

Fully 100 returned soldiers gathered at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday night at the invitation of Manilla sub-branch of the…

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Late Wires Irish Soldiers Sentenced London, Wednesday

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

Without retiring, the jury returned a verdict of guilty in the Hammersmith bridge expiation case, and William Browne, 22…

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Only a Few Want War

North West Champion · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 2

An Australian correspondent, Noel Monks, wrote recently of the fraternisation at Tangier of British, German and French bluejackets and the fact…

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For War and Defence Italo-German Alliance ROME

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 1

The Italo-German military alliance is both offensive and defensive. Signatories are bound to help each…

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800 German Fliers Killed Toll of Spanish War

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 4

Germans brought down 400 Republican planes and 800 German airmen were killed during the Spanish war, reports the Madrid correspondent of…

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Soldiers Come to Town

North West Champion · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 2

Moree to-day has a distinct flavour; of Rudyard Kipling about it, because the army lias come to town, and one cannot think of an army without…

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R.A.A.F. Put On Strong War Footing: Giant Boats As Coast Patrol

North West Champion · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 1

Short Sunderland "flying fortress" in the air. Arrows indicate gun turrets in the nose and tail of the machine, which weighs 10 tons fully loaded. The Commonwealth Government has ordered from Britain an unspecified number of Short Sunderland Flying Fortresses for long-range reconnaissance…

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Eyes on Australia. Japanese Activities. Great Soldier's Warning. Evangelist Were's Address

North West Champion · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 4

How the Japanese, "the little brown men of the East," were gradually getting a stranglehold on tie Western world was outlined in a most…

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War Fuel Huge Reserves

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 2

In the event of Europe again being involved in general hostilities, automobiles by the millions, aircraft and mechanised units by the tens of…

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