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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Anzac Programme at Capitol

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 4

At the Capitol Theatre to-night a special Anzac programme will be submitted. One of the finest pictures produced in recent years, "The Lives of a…

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Anzac Day Saturday Next, 25th APRIL

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 2

The twenty-first anniversary of the Landing at Gallipoli will be celebrated on Saturday next, April 25. The celebration of Narandera will…

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Leeton Presbyterian Church Special Service Anzac

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 2

The Anzac commemoration will be observed in due form at the Leeton Presbyterian Church next Sunday. The evening service is to be choral…

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Anzac Day Service at Gallipoli Men from Australian Cruisers to Land Turkish Officers to Attend London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 4

The Australian cruisers, Australia and Sydney, are to meet off Kilia Liman on April 29 to conduct Anzac commemoration services. It is…

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Anzac

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 6

To-day, love's sweet unflickering breath Refreshes our fainting hearts again; Whispers once more, "There is no death"—…

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King's Anzac Message Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 2

The Governor-General to-day received the following message from King Edward: "On this, the first Anzac Day of my reign, my thoughts go out to my people of Australia."…

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War Anniversary

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 6

"Whereas His Majesty has been compelled to declare war against Germany ..." Twenty-two years ago (on August 5) a Commonwealth…

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Anzac Messages From New Zealand and India Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 4

The Defence Department announced to-day that the following messages had been received in connection with Anzac Day commemoration:—…

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Anzac Luncheon In London Sir Ian Hamilton's Speech London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 3

Sir Ian Hamilton, speaking at the British Empire Service League's Anzac Day luncheon, said reverberations of the battle of Gallipoli are…

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Anzac Day at the Shrine In Melbourne Dawn Service Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 3

Melbourne commemorated Anzac Day with a solemnity and impressiveness undiminished by the fact that 21 years, have passed since the…

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Anzac Day Governor-general's Message Heroic Deeds Australia's Chapter in Empire History CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 4

The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) in his Anzac Day message said:— "The heroic deeds of Australians…

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Great War Memories Australians in Battle of Lys Englishman's Tribute Twenty-one Years Ago To-day on Gallipoli

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 6

"In the whole history of Christianity there has been no finer Christian heroes than soldiers," declared the Secretary for War (Mr. Duff Cooper) in a speech at Manchester on Tuesday last, in which he attacked those spreading…

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Lest We Forget! the Twenty First Anniversary of the Landing of Anzacs on Gallipoli Anzac Day's Reverent Homage Assemblage of 20,000 at Dawn Service King Edward's Thoughts for Australians Wagga Citizens' Service In The Capitol Theatre This Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 2

Under glorious weather conditions the people of Wagga to-day celebrated the 21st anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli, and at a ceremony…

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Anzac Day Celebrations at Cootamundra

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 3

There were the usual morning ceremonies in Cootamundra, and the day was one of glorious sunshine. At 10.13 the returned soldiers assembled at the…

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Anzac Killed in Brawl Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 4

Frank Gillam, an original Anzac, was killed in a brawl[?]t Croydon on Saturday night. Gillam, who lived with his wife and six children in Young…

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Poona Riots 2 KILLED; 200 Wounded Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

Two were killed and 200 wounded in riots at Poona. Two mosques and four Hindu shrines were burned down…

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Boer War Veterans Deputation to Premier Soldiers Fund Sought Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 3

Following the march to-day, South African veterans held a meeting and decided to do all in their power to obtain £27,000, which it is claimed…

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The Futility of War

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 2

The outstanding lesson of the Great War was that of the futility of future wars. Arid yet ever since the unforgettable armistice there have been not…

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At St. Michael's Cathedral the Administrator on Anzac Thoughtful and Inspiring Address

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 2

A Requiem Mass for the soldiers who fell in the war was celebrated in St. Michael's Cathedral by the administrator, the Very Reverend Father…

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Anzac Day in Gundagai Honouring Our Glorious Dead Pastor Thomas Delivers Remarkable Sermon

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

ON April 25, 1915, amidst the slaughter of war, bloody and horrible Australia paid the price of nationhood, as on the shores of Gallipoli thousands of her manhood paid the Supreme Sacrifice. ON April 25, 1936, a nation paid homage to those that had fallen in…

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