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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Roosevelt's Message To Hitler And Mussolini Seeks Guarantee of Non-aggression Effort to Keep World from War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 7

President Roosevelt has made in attempt to avoid the threatened world war. Acting on his own initiative, he has sent personal messages to Hitler and Mussolini, and asked each to give guarantees that no attacks will…

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Anzac Day Procession

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 2

The Municipal Council has granted permission to the Dubbo Sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A.. to hold a street procession on Anzac Day. Aldermen…

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Anzac Day Commemoration

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 2

Anzac Day commemoration services at Dubbo next Tuesday will be the dawn service at 6 a.m, and the main service at 11 a.m., both at the…

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Anzac Day Wellington Celebrations

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 5

The annual Anzac Day celebrations will be held in Wellington on Tuesday next, and the following programme and time-table has been…

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Diggers' Annual Anzac Dinner

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 4

The annual Diggers' Anzac Dinner, under the auspices of the Gilgandra Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League will be…

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Local Jottings Anzac Smoko

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 2

The members of the Wellington branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League will hold their annual smoke concert at the…

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Local News Anzac Day Holiday

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 4

Anzac Day, Tuesday, 25th April, will, as usual, be observed as a public holiday. Arrangements have been made by the Gilgandra Shire…

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Undeclared War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

Lord Strabolgi described the present situation in Europe as the science of undeclared war, the seriousness of which could not be exaggerated…

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Lovlier Over Here War Veterans' Home

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 5

In that dramatisation of Active Service — "Journey's End" — one character on the eve of battle said of departed comrades, "it can't…

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The Late War Man Who Fired First British Shot

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 7

Mr. Ernest Thomas, the man who fired the first British shot on French soil in the Great War, and then fought unharmed for four…

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Position Easier In Europe War Only as Last Defence Statement by Lord Halifax British Ambassador To Return to Berlin London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

"If war ever comes to the world it will, so far as the people of this country are concerned, only be because they…

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War Veterans' Home Anzac Day Appeal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

In that dramatisation of active service, "Journey's End," one character on the eve of battle said of departed comrades: "It can't be so bad over…

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Returned Soldiers Would Supplement Militia SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 1

The President of the Returned Soldiers League, Mr. Robb, declares that ex-service men would respond eagerly to a scheme to…

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An Anzac Tribute

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Within the next few hours many silent toasts will have been drunk to old friends who have passed on. Australia has produced many…

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Anzac Day, 1939

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 6

We watch the dawn and the light's first ray, While our thoughts fly back to another day, Another dawn, far from Australia's skies, Where men waited, and watched, for the sun to rise…

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Rev - Almond's Anzac Message

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 6

"Once more our national clay of remembrance has come," said the Rev. Almond in a sincere address. "We approach the day with very reverent…

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Stirring Scenes at Sydney Service Governor Reads Anzac Dedication Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

The 24th anniversary of the landing of the Anzacs at Gallipoli attracted a tremendous concourse of people from the city and…

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Chinese Advance On War Front

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

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

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Dubbo Remembers The Men Of Anzac Services At Monument a New Generation Marches with the Old Brigade "Must Keep Inviolate The Heritage The Anzacs Won"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Anzac Day was suitably commemorated at Dubbo to-day. A dawn service was the first act of remembrance. Later, in a procession through the main streets, men of 1914-18 marched again, behind a new generation…

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Dunedoo Observes Anzac Day

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 11

To the memory of men who were killed at the Great War, Dunedoo sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. observed Anzac Day, by the holding…

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