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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Anzac Day

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

On Sunday Australia observes the 33rd Anniversary of that dawn after which 8587 Australians were killed and 19,367 wounded on the Gallipoli Beaches…

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Anzac Day Holiday

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 7

Monday Next, April 26th 1948, a close public holiday (Anzac Day) the “Independent” will not be published…

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Next Sunday's Celebrations Anzac Day Arrangements

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 1

Next Sunday Gundagai will celebrate Anzac Day. To commem[?] [?] important day in the history of Australia's nationhood, special ceremonies have bee n arranged locally. [?] this is the only day in the year…

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Anzac Day Services at St. Michael's

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

Indications point to about 250 men being present at the General Communion in St. Michael's Cathedral, Wagga, on Anzac…

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Anzac Day Commemoration by Local Ex-servicemen Special Church Services

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 1

Anzac Day will be commemorated by the local subbranch of the R.S.L. with a march and services at the…

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War Service Land Settlement Information for Applicants

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 4

Criticism of the lack of information contained in lithographs of land available for ex-servicemen under the War…

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Magnificent Display By Gundagai Youngsters Centenary of Education Celebrations Big Crowd Watch Demonstration On Anzac Park

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 5

CEREMONIES MARKING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE STATE YESTERDAY. IN GUNDAGAI A TRULY MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY WAS GIVEN BY THE PUPILS…

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Sandigo Honour Roll Unveiled Board Placed in School

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 6

On Wednesday afternoon last week there was a large gathering at the Sandigo school for the purpose of the unveiling of the honour roll…

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Anzac Day

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

Next Sunday, Australia will again remember, with solemn pride, those who laid down their lives in the two World Wars, so that our way of life…

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Anzac Day Observance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

Anzac Day will be observed in Leeton on Sunday, next. There will be a Dawn Service at 4.30 a.m. at the Monument. The March of…

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Anzac Day Commemorations

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

Next Sunday, April 25, 1948, is one of the most important days in the history of Australia On the same date in 1915…

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Anzac Day Tin Hat Appeal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

After 33 years the dawn of 25th April, 1915, seems remote, especially with the folly of another war to obliterate this memory and the new…

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Anzac Day Arrangements For Batlow

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

The march will begin at L. E. Quarmby's corner at 9.45 a.m. Those taking part will include returned servicemen. junior Red Cross. scouts…

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Ganmain News Anzac Day Preparations

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

A precession will leave the Post Office Ganmain on Sunday next (Anzac Day) and arrive at the Memorial Gates where a service will…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Service to Commence at 11 a.m

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

Arrangements have been made to hold the Anzac Day commemoration service at 11 a.m. as in previous years. Recently the Narandcra sub-branch…

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Aust. Roses For Canadian War Memorial

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

Three dozen Australian rosebushes have been flown to Vancouver, where they will be planted in a Garden of…

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King Sends Anzac Day Message

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The King has sent the following Anzac Day message to the…

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Anzac Day March, Services Tomorrow

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

Anzac Day will be observed in Wagga tomorrow. There will be a dawn service at the Cenotaph at 6 a.m., a procession of ex-service personnel from Edward Street to the Memorial Gardens at 2 p.m. and a…

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Gov. Gen. on Anzac Ceremonies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: "Anzac Day celebrations have become a part of the Australian tradition and they should be…

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War Neurosis Blamed For Wife-Shooting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The former Changi camp prisoner-of-war. Reginaid James Kitching, 27 who is charged with the man-slaughter…

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