Wear A Tin Hal On Anzac Day
In battle areas, the issued Tin Hat gave a certain amount of protection to the wearer, and for this…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1961
16 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Anzac Day Greyhounds
The Queanbeyan Coursing Club will conduct a greyhound meeting at the showground on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Large Crowds Expected On Anzac Day
Queanbeyan Ex-servicemen’s organisations again expect large crowds to pay homeage to Australia’s fallen servicemen at Commemoration Services on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GOLF Mixed Foursomes On Anzac Day
Next Tuesday afternoon, mixed foursomes with a draw for partners, will be conducted at the Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Resident’s Praise For War Veteran’s Home
A well-known Queanbeyan resident has. praised amenities provided for aged ex-servicemen at the War Veterans' Home at Yass and has commended to the public, the for funds to build a similar home at Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over 200 Sat Down To The Anzac
Almost 220 returned “ex-servicemen, members of the forces and guests, assembled in the Queanbeyan R.S.L. memorial Hall yesterday, for the. second Anzac Day Dinner. Instituted last year, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Crowds Pay Homage To Fallen At The Anzac Services
The large crowds which attended the Anzac Day march and Commemoration Service in Queanbeyan yesterday to pay homage to fallen servicemen, was further indication that the spirit and traditions of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boer War Veteran at Memorial
Boer War veteran, Mr. Charles O’Neil, laid the wreath on the Boer War Memorial during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Day Ceremony At Captain’s Flat
A fine, clear day heralded the forty-sixth anniversary and commemoration of Anzac Day in Captain s Flat, This fact, plus the very thought organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Essay Competition Winners
The following are the winners of the Anzac Essay competition, sponsored locally by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Man Admitted to Hospital
A man who was found in the laneway adjacent to Walsh’s Hotel last night, suffering from a wound to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Prisoner Of War To Be Missionary In Queanbeyan
As a small girl three years of age, Mrs. Desmond Zanker spent more than three years of her life, until she was six, in a Japanese concentration camp…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Final Estimated Cost of War Memorial Olympic Swimming Pool Is £108,490
The final estimated cost of the Queanbeyan Memorial Olympic Swimming Pool, which is now nearing completion, is £108,490. This was revealed in the report of the Finance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Boer War Veteran Passes On
Queanbeyan lost its second last surviving Boer was veteran on Sunday with the passing In the Yass Hospital of Mr. Charles Townsend O’Neill, aged 85. Mr. O’Neil a tall rangy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreath Laying Ceremony at War Memorial
Remembrance: Day was observed in Queanbeyan on “Saturday - morning, when a wreath laying: ceremony was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial Swimming Pool Opened By Hon. P. D. Hills A Dream Comes
A large crowd of Queanbeyan residents saw a “dream come true” on Saturday afternoon when the Minister for Local Government and Highways the Hon. P. D. Hills, M.L.A., officially opened the…
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