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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1961

10 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

News From LOUTH (From our Correspondent) Anzac Day

The Western Herald · Friday 14 April 1961 · page 4

Last year, also previous years, there has been an Anzac Day Service in the Louth Public Hall. These…

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Anzac Day

The Western Herald · Friday 21 April 1961 · page 8

Anzac Day falls on Tuesday next, 25th April, and will be celebrated in Bourke in the usual…

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Service Umts War History

The Western Herald · Friday 21 April 1961 · page 8

The 2/4 Infantry Battalion unit history is now being prepared. Ex-members are urgently requested to…

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Anzac Day Essay Competition

The Western Herald · Friday 28 April 1961 · page 8

Good entries were received by the local R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. in their competitions for the best…

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Anzac Day Service at the School

The Western Herald · Friday 28 April 1961 · page 8

On Monday, ail departmcnts of the Bourkc Intcrmcdiatc High School took part in a moving…

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"We Will Remember Them" Anzac Day

The Western Herald · Friday 28 April 1961 · page 11

Anzac Day for 1961, forty-six years aftertfie "gallant landing by Australian and New Zealand fighting men on the shores of Gallipoli, was celebrated with the usual Services and He-Union Dinner at Bourke on…

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Anzac Day Essays Following are the best essays in the competitions for school children, conducted by the Bourke Branch R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Section a Captain Waller D.S.O.

The Western Herald · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 2

During a calm and starlit night on the 28th February, 1942, the H.M.A.S. "Perth" was cruising quietly,…

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Visit to Greece War Memorial Cemetery

The Western Herald · Friday 21 July 1961 · page 5

Mrs. T. Willockson has shown us a very interesting letter she received from her mother on her recent trip…

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"In Love and War"

The Western Herald · Friday 28 July 1961 · page 3

Jerry Wald's Cinema Scope Deluxe Color study of fighting Marines and their lives and loves, "In Love…

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Caravans for Soldiers

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1961 · page 6

The War Office has ordered from a British firm 200 caravans 30ft. long for Britain's Army of the Rhine…

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