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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Anzac Commemoration Service at St. Stephen's Church Returned Soldiers Participate

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

There was a very large attendance at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Tumut, on Sunday night, when Rev. D. M. Baird conducted…

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Anzac Day Observation in Narandera (Tuesday)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

To-day (Tuesday, April 25) will be the 24th anniversary of Anzac Day, and as usual, it will be observed as a holiday throughout the State…

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Anzac Day Requiem Mass at St. Mary's

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

Reference to Anzac Day was made on Sunday and the crowded congregation was asked to pray for the repose of the souls of the Australian soldiers who…

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Telegraphic News Anzac Day in Sydney SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

At least 25,000 returned soldiers are expected to join the Anzac Day March through the city to-morrow. If the weather is fine the march…

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Anzac Day Fervent Observances at Lockhart Record Attendance

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

Lockhart branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League is to be congratulated upon the excellent…

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Struck Will Keep Strict Timetable "Dick" in Charge on Anzac Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Mr. Dick Struck has charge of marshalling the whole of the arrangements for Anzac Day, and vows that the whole of the…

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Anzac Day Message from King and Queen Duke of Kent Remembers Lord Gowrie on the Commemoration of the Fallen CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) to-day received the following message from the King:— "The Queen and I are proud to join with our people in Australia in observing this day of remembrance…

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35,000 People at Anzac Day Dawn Service in Sydney Huge Crowd at Martin Place 20,000 Veterans March Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

The [?] of the landing of the Anzacs of Gallipoli attracted a tremendous concours of people from the city and suburbs. Lang before midnight they began to assemble in Martin…

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Defence—oil and the Farmer If War Comes Oil's Part in Primary Production

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 7

VITAL to the army, navy and air force for defence, oil also plays an important part for the man on the land. Without it modern agricultural methods would be impossible, necessitating back-breaking manual labor and undeveloped land holdings; undeveloped…

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Ex-Soldier Police Comment at Banquet Resented Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

The secretary of the N.S.W. Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) said that the returned soldiers and sailors of the N.S.W. police force, because of…

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Anzac Day, 1939

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 7

To-day our people mourn their dead, Our glorious dead who valiant died On Anzac Cove and the tangled hills, Where raged Australia's battle pride…

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Anzac Day in Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 2

The dawn service at the Shine of Remembrance, attended by many thousands of women and children and 25,000 returned soldiers, and a march…

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Federal Capital's Anzac Services

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 2

Pour services marked the Arizac Day celebrations in the Federal capital The cadets and staff of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, paraded at…

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The Latest Second Edition Anzac Day Observance in London London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 4

The feature of the Anzac Day observance here was the service of remembrance in the historic Church of St. Clement Danes, which was…

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Back to Leeton Anzac Day Celebrations Spectacular Procession Imposing Ceremonies LEETON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 4

Anzac Day, held in conjunction with the Back to Leeton celebrations, provided a magnificent spectacle to-day, when large contingents of returned…

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Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of Anzac Day Observance in Wagga Great Assembly in Memorial Gardens March of the Veterans Mr. John Graham Speaks of Dangers Gone and Dangers That Threaten

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 7

Anzac Day Observance is a whole-hearted tribute to men who gave their service and many of them their lives in a war that was not of their making. It is a tribute that yesterday was being paid throughout the Empire upon…

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Foreign Legion Many German Recruits Nazi Ban on Enlistments

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 1

The Nazi Government, which has forbidden Germans to join the French Foreign Legion, is not the first German Government to frown on its nationals…

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Ex-soldier Police Comment at Banquet Resented Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 1

The secretary of the New South Wales Police Association (Mr. C. O. Cosgrove) said that the returned soldiers and sailors of the New South…

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Veteran Gundagai Man Retains Anzac Spirit

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6

Never has Mr. W. H. Carr of Gundagai, missed the service on Anzac Day. Never has he failed to remember…

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Anzac Day Hillston Ceremony Very Impressive

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 2

The usual Service was dispensed with on this occasion and replaced by a Ceremony, at which all section's of the community in Hillston and…

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