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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Yanco To-morrow Afternoon There will be two interesting ceremonies at the Yanco Hall on Anzac Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

At 2.30 p.m. there will be a service including a short address, hymns led by pupils of the Yanco Public School and the laying of wreaths. At 3…

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Five American Soldiers Ambushed, Shot

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

MANILA, Monday : Five American sergeants were ambushed and shot dead on a roadway at Santa Rose, 70 miles…

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Says Soldiers Should Make Decisions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 5

TAMPA (Florida), Monday : Soldiers not "swivel chair politicians or striped pants diplomats" should make decisions on…

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"Anzac Day"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

In reverence humbly bow the head Let tears Bedew the eyes in homage to our dead, For this is Anzac Day. Let memory wander to those ebbing years,…

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Anzac Day Programmes at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

Arrangements for the commemoration of Annual Day today aret Dawn Service and Pilgrimage…

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P.o. Anzac Day Hours

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

The post office will be open today for all classes of business with the exception of money orders and social service…

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Charles Anderson to Represent Govt. at Anzac Service

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 8

At the special request of the Prime Minister, Col. Charles Anderson V.C., M.C.. represented the Commonwealth…

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Anzac Day Messages The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

"ON Anzac Day this year we pay humble tribute to that heroic band of Australian fighting men whose devotion to duty…

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Anzac Day Ceremonies at Cootamundra Annual March and Service Impressive

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

ANZAC DAY of 1951, celebrated at Cootamundra today in fine weather, was once again a big occasion in the lives of the people of this community. THE annual march, from the…

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At Impressive Anzac Day Ceremonies Speakers Stress Need to Retain Democratic Freedom

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

A FEATURE OF THE ANZAC BAY COMMEMORATION SERVICE IN JUNEE THIS MORNING WAS THAT MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL C.M.F. TROOP POSTED A GUARD AT THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL IN BROADWAY…

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MATRON M. M. Bailey Remembers Junee Cable From Kure For Anzac Day

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

Junee R.S.L. sub-branch officers, the President (Mr. F. T. Mead) and the Secretary (Mr. W. H. Brodie) have received a cable…

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Anzac Day

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

[?] Day ceremonies were [?] out at Tumbarumba yes[?] with the usual solemnity [?]ed with functions of this…

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Anzac Day Messages

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday: "In thinking of the men of Anzac, we would refresh our strength and courage for the…

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Two Veterans Die During Anzac Marches

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two veterans of World War I collapsed and died during Anzac Day marches in Australia…

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Anzac Services Held in Sydney Churches

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: "If the deaths of the Anzacs are not to be in rain, and if Australia is to be saved from future war…

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300,000 See Anzac March in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: About 300,000 people watched 30,000 marchers led by the Governor of New South Wales (Lieut.-General Sir John Northcott) in today's Anzac Day march…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Big Crowds Attend All Services

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

The thirty-sixth anniversary ol the historic landing of the Australian and New Zealand Auxiliary Forces on the heights of Gallipoli was celebrated…

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War Service Land Settlement Board

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 4

At a sitting of the War Service Land Settlement Board at Tumbarumba last week the Board had to deal with the matter…

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The Spirit of Anzac Impressive Ceremonies Mark 36th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

Impressive ceremonies to honor the memory of the Anzacs were held in Gundagai yesterday. A ceremonial march of ex-servicemen, cadets and school children, precceded the religious combined services, and the solemn act…

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Says MacArthur Was Heading for Third World War

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Gen. MacArthur's policies would have led to a third world war if the United States were foolish enough to follow his recommendations, Senator Herbert Lehman…

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