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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Anzac Day in Wagga churches

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

Special memorial services were held in Wagga churches on Saturday and Sunday to mark the 38th anniversary of the commemoration of Anzac Day…

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N'dera Celebrates Anzac Day

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 3

NARRANDERA, Sunday: "The spirit of Anzacs will never die—it is up to you and me to guide future generations in the thought that the original A.N.Z.A.C. was worthwhile."…

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Anzac Day Narrandera High School Ceremony

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

On Friday morning last a ceremony was held at the High School in honour of Anzac Day. The staff and pupils assembled in the…

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500,000 See Anzac March in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: More than 500,000 people crowded into the city's streets yesterday to see the Anzac Day march. Fine, mild weather made…

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Wagga Anzac Day March Most Impressive Hel[?]

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

The largest crowd ever to watch an Anzac Day march in Wagga's history saw on Saturday the most impressive march and memor[?] service in the city for years. In perfect weather…

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Gundagai Remembers Large Crowd Attends Anzac Day Services

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 25th 1953, THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AFTER AUSTRALIA WAS BORN TO NATIONHOOD, WHEN THE ANZACS STORMED THE HEIGHTS OF GALLIPOLI, THE PEOPLE OF GUNDAGAI AND…

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Anzac Day Observance Impressive Ceremony at the Memorial Gardens

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

Anzac Day was loyally observed in Narrandera on Saturday last, both at the dawn service and at the public service at the Memorial Gardens at…

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As Orderly As One Could Wish Anzac Day in Junee and Police Report

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 7

Junee police describe Anzac Day locally as the most ord[?]rly could ever wish to find…

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Talk given on air war in Korea

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

The air war in Korea was the subject of an address by Wing Commander R. Susans, D.S.O., D.F.C., R.A.A.F., ex-commanding officer of 77 Squadron, given at the second…

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Thirty Ex-Servicemen Attend Dawn Service as Part of Impressive, Anzac Day Commemoration in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

OF ALL THE ANZAC DAY SERVICES IN JUNEE ON SATURDAY MORNING LAST, THE MOST IMPRESSIVE WAS THE DAWN SERVICE WHEN THIRTY EX-SERVICEMEN PAID HOMAGE TO…

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Diggers May Build Their Own Club Rooms War Memorial Committee’s Effort To Solve Problem

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

Faced with what appears to be the only solution to the difficulties that have prevented THE building of the Gundagai District War Memorial, the committee handling the project is likely to accept a proposal that has been put forward by the Ex-Servicemen that the Diggers build their own club rooms…

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Soldier block available at Tumbarumba

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

A 177 acre soldier settlement block in the Tumbarumba district will be open for application on April 27…

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Sacred Heart Anzac Service

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

On the morning of the 25th; De La Salle senior cadets stood guard at the Requtem Mass in honor of those "who grow not…

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Remembrance of Anzac Day: Sincere Tributes by Young and Old

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

THROUGHOUT Lockhart and Urana Shires on Saturday, Anzac Day was impressively remembered. The glory associated with the deeds of the Men of Anzac, so far from fading out with the passing, of the years, burned like a flame…

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Anzac Day observance in Leeton Large Attendance at Impressive Ceremonies and PROCESSION

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

In brilliant autumn sunshine Anzac Day was celebrated in Leeton on Saturday morning in the presence of a large gathering of people who assembled at various vantage spots to watch the procession through the…

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Whitton R.S.L. president calls to, younger members to Attend Anzac Day Observance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

Mr. Danny Rhodes, President of the Whitton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League in his opening remarks at…

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Was Anzac Day the Band's Last Appearance? Next Monday Night's Public Meeting Will Give the Answer

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

On Saturday last pleasing comments were heard on all sides of the splendid performances of the Leeton District…

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Anzac Day at Illabo. Most Impressive District Ceremony

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 5

Anzac Day was fittingly observed at Illabo on Saturday last, in perfect weather; a very large attendance was…

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Indo-china War Position Very Grave For Defenders

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

SAIGON, Wednesday — The Communist-led Vietminh troops are now less than two days' march from Luang Prabang…

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Anzac Day Dinner

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 2

More than 150 ex-servicemen and women sat down to the annual Anzac Day, which this year was held in the main part of the…

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