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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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South-west Africa Germans Trained As Soldiers General Smuts' Statement Status Op Mandated Area Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 1

The Deputy Prime Minister (General Smuts), introducing in the Assembly the bill incorporating the South-West African police with the Union police…

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Anzac Day Events Diggers at Golf

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 3

At the request of the Wagga Legacy Club the Wagga Golf Club has arranged for golf competitions on Anzac Day, Tuesday afternoon, and…

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Athletics North Wagga Rugby League Anzac Day Sports

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 10

The North Wagga Rugby League Football Club will conduct a programme of horse, footrunning and novelty events on Anzac Day at the…

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Anzac Day Wagga Arrangements United Service in Memorial Gardens Morning Ceremonies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 8

The Wagga sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. has arrangements for Anzac Day well in hand. The proceedings will differ very…

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"Back to Leeton" Massed Bands and Concert To-morrow Fancy Dress Ball on Monday Big Programme for Anzac Day LEETON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 9

The Silver Jubilee and "Back to Leeton" celebrations will be continued on Sunday, when at 12 noon eight visiting bands and the Leeton District Band will march in mass formation through the streets of the town. At 2 p.m. the…

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Returned Soldiers' League Activities

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 6

The Wagga sub-branch of the R.S.L., always to the fore in the interests of ex-servicemen generally has appointed a child welfare…

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Anzac Day

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Cootmundra, along with every city, town, and village of Australia and New Zealand, will fittingly celebrate, to-morrow, the anniversary of Anzac Day…

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Anzac Methodist Service

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

The Methodist Church observed the annual commemoration of Anzac Day yesterday. The minister conducted both services, and at 11 a.m. spoke to…

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Baptist Anzac Services

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

The Baptist Church services yesterday at Cootamundra and Gundagai were in commemoration of Anzac. The Subject at the service in Cootmundra…

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Anzac Presbyterian Service

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Every available seat was occupied in the Presbyterian Church at the Dirnaseer Soldiers' Settlement yesterday afternoon for the Anzac service,…

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Anzac Day To-morrow Gundagai Arrangements

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Anzac Day will be celebrated in Gundagai to-morrow (Tuesday) when at 11 a.m. members of the local Returned Soldiers League will assemble…

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Boy Wounded Defied Orders of Masked Men Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 1

Defying the orders of two masked and armed men, the shop-boy, 14-year-old Basil Palmer, has a bullet wound through his shoulder, but it…

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War Veterans' Home Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 3

The drawing butts of tickets for the War Veterans' Home Art Union being lodged for safe custody in the vaults of the Rural Bank, Sydney. In the photograph, from left to right, are Mr. W. J. Parrey, accountant, and Mr. Oliver Cohen, manager of the Sydney branch of the bank…

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Anzac Day Wagga Arrangements United Service in Memorial Gardens Morning Ceremonies

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 3

The arrangements for the Wagga celebration of Anzac Day differ materially from past years to the extent that the united service will…

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Anzac Day Cootamundra's Celebration 83 Returned Men March Crowd at Cenotaph and Service

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

There was the usual commemoration at Cootamundra, 83 returned men partaking in the march this time, moving off from the Town…

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Anzac Day

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1
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The years role by, men who during the years of the Great War had just grown to manhood are now wrinkled and grey-haired; the signs of the…

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Anzac Day (Copyright.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

This poem has been selected to be recited at the dawn service at the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, to-day:—…

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Anzac Day, 1939

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Australia again commemorates the valor of the men of Anzac, whose name is not only synonymous with heroism, but with patriotism and loyalty. Twenty-four years have passed since the first Gallipoli landing, but Australia's memory of those days has grown with the years, and the…

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Methodist Church Anzac Service

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

The three sections of the local Scout Troop paraded at the Methodist Church, Lockhart, on Sunday night for the Anzac service. Rovers, Scouts,…

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