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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1975

12 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Anzac Weekend Mail Arrangements

The Western Herald · Friday 18 April 1975 · page 1

Mail for despatch on Fridays train will close at 5. p.m. on Thursday, 24th April…

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High School Cadets to March on Anzac Day

The Western Herald · Friday 18 April 1975 · page 12

Arrangements are now well in hand by the Bourke Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. for the Commemoration of Anzac Day which will take place on Friday, 25th April. The Sub-Branch has…

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Memories of That Day at Anzac The Approach

Western Magazine · Monday 21 April 1975 · page 1

“The approach of the fleet to Anzac Cove was an eerie experience. No noise, no lights, no smoking, -half speed — steaming towards a hostile, unlighted coast. . . .”…

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Around and About. Why do we march on Anzac Day?

Western Magazine · Monday 21 April 1975 · page 2

WHY do former sailors, soldiers and airmen march on Anzac Day? Is it because they like fighting and killing?…

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A soldier — his prayer

Western Magazine · Monday 21 April 1975 · page 2

The scrap of paper on which this poem was written fluttered into the hands of a soldier sheltering in a slit trench at El Agheila. When it was published in “Poems from the Desert”, by members of the Eighth Army, nobody knew who the author was and whether he lived or died…

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Anzac Day Arrangements

The Western Herald · Thursday 24 April 1975 · page 1

Arrangements have now been finalised by the Bourke Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. for the Commemoration of Anzac Day which will take place tomorrow, Friday, 25th April…

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Anzac Day March in Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 2 May 1975 · page 5

Pictured is a section of returned men who took part in the Anzac Day March last Friday. The Commemoration Service had a special meaning this year as it is the 60th Anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli…

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Returned soldiers want defence forces increased

Western Magazine · Monday 26 May 1975 · page 3

Delegates from fourteen sub-branches attending the annual meeting…

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Sydney Soldiers Invade Outback

Western Magazine · Monday 16 June 1975 · page 1

Joining early morning traffic in Broken Hill, amoured personnel riers of the Army Reserve,…

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Soldiers From Sydney Invade

Western Magazine · Monday 16 June 1975 · page 6

The 57th B[?] Royal Australian , Regiment, from the 1st Task Force at Holsworthy, returned to Sydney last week from a long and dusty drive to Broken Hill…

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Princess Margaret to Inspect Women Soldiers

The Western Herald · Friday 12 September 1975 · page 5

Statement by Army Public Relations Lt. Col. L. B. Swifte: The army is seeking…

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War Time Found in Bomb Shed

Western Magazine · Monday 3 November 1975 · page 3

Thirty years after the end of World War II bombs, shells and other dangerous explosives…

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