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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Anzac Day Celebrated in Yeoval

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 8

The usual addresses were given on Anzac Day, and the two minute's silence observed. Quite a number of Junior Red…

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Binnaway Commemorates Anzac Impressive Service

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 7

A large crowd attended a very Impressive Anzac Service at Binnaway on Tuesday. Mr. D. G. Thompson, president of the…

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Western District Centres NARROMINE Day of Remembrance Anzac Services

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6

That the spirit of Anzac still lives was fully demonstrated by the large number of town and district residents who attended the services on Anzac…

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Wellington Public School Celebrates Anzac Day Some Interesting Speeches

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 13

Anzac Day was celebrated at the Wellington High School on Monday afternoon last, When the children gathered in the large Assembly Hall to listen to some interesting speeches, which were delivered by the Mayor,…

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Diggers' Dinner Annual Anzac Day Re-union Function Held Saturday Night

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

Under the auspices of the Gilgandra Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League, the annual Anzac Day…

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Anzac Re-union of Dubbo Diggers Memories Revived Old Friends Remembered

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Diggers spent a happy time at the Anzac Day reunion on Tuesday night. There was a large gathering:—one of the largest seen…

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“Lest We Forget” Commemoration of Landing at Anzac Coonabarabran Pays Tribute

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

The memory of Coonabarabran was carried back twenty-four years on Tuesday—just twenty-four years since the cream of Australian manhood performed the never-to-be-forgotten landing at Gallipoli. Those young men lived for us,…

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Anzac Day Undimmed by the Passing Years Celebrations in Wellington Impressive Ceremonies

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 7

Although 24 years have passed, the spirit of the Anzacs still prevails, just as it did when the Australian and New Zealand soldiers received their baptism of fire on the shores of Gallipoli, when, in the face of a murderous fire…

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Gilgandra Remembers Glorious Name of Anzac Day Fittingly Celebrated by Special Service

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 8

In a spirit of reverence, Gilgandra residents on Tuesday paid tribute to the glorious deeds of the Anzacs, the…

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Mr. Greg. McGirr Has His Say German People Against War

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 8

The Nutshell’s man had a chat with Mr. Greg McGirr, well known westerner, who has just returned from a world tour. Mr. McGirr…

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Swastika Flag Annoys Returned Soldiers Crowd Demonstrates Outside German Consulate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 8

A number or returned soldiers took exception to the flying of the swastika flag outside the German Consulate office in Sydney on…

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Anzac Day Commemoration in Bourke. Dawn Service

The Western Herald · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 4

An impressive dawn service, conducted by Rev. Louis Blanchard was held at the Memorial on Tuesday morning, there being some 17…

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Narromine Diggers' Reunion. Anzac Night Dinner. a Successful Function

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 1

For some time there had been suggestions that the Narromine Returned Soldiers should have an Anzac Night Dinner. This…

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Trangie Looks Back. Public Commemoration Service On Anzac Day. a Stirring Address

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 6

Anzac Day was remembered in Trangie. On Tuesday morning Returned Soldiers, Boy Scouts, Red Cross and the public joined in the service at the Memorial Hall, which was well filled. After the laying of wreaths and…

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Anzac Day Commemoration. Dawn Service Held at Monument. Many At Narromine Service

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 2

The passing of the years has not dimmed the memory of the people of Narromine for those gallant men who offered their all in the Great War. There was a good attendance of Returned Soldiers at the Dawn…

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Hitler Gives His Reply No Reason Why He Should Wage War Agrees to Offer Assurances to States Named by Roosevelt Thanks Providence for Freeing Germans From "Dastardly Treaty" Berlin

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 1

In the Reichstag to-day, Hilter gave the speech for which the world waited so eagerly. In announcing that he had informed Britain that the basis of the naval treaty had heen removed,…

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War Unlikely Japan and Australia Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 1

The Japanese Consul-General (Mr. T. Wakamatsa) said last night that he did not believe there was the remotest possibility of war…

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Chinese Advance On War Front

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 9

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

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If War Comes—will Japan Be Neutral?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 2

JAPAN is too big a factor in international affairs to exclude her when analysing the prospects of war in Europe. Although she has no European ambitions, being concerned only with her longcherished vision of expansion southward and ultimate domination…

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Found Guilty Irish Republican Army Soldiers Bomb Outrage London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

Without retiring, the jury returned a verdict of guilty in the Hammersmith Bridge bomb explosion case, and William…

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