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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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Anzac Day Service

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 16

Under the auspices of the Nowra sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League, a service was held at the memorial gates on Monday morning…

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Anzac Day at Berry Impressive Service At Memorial Park

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

Anzac Day was celebrated at Berry, as in the past, by a service at the Memorial Park, when the principal address was preached by the Rev. H. R. Arthur, the Methodist Minister…

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Anzac Day Service at Nowra

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 1

Notwithstanding that mostly all the returned soldiers made the trip to Sydney to take part in the great Anzac Day celebrations on Monday…

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Japanese Soldiers As Nurse Maids

The Bega District News · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 4

Let those who believe that the Japanese soldiers eat Chinese babies for breakfast read this:— “The Times” correspondent at…

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Welcome Home

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 5

A large and representative gathering of the residents of Foxground and Broughton Village assembled on Wednesday night, May…

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The Aldershot Military Tattoo 5000 Soldiers in Spectacular Display a Stroll Through Madame Tussaud’s Wax Works We Sail on Scandinavian Cruise (By Our Representative)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 6

One of the finest spectacles we witnessed during the week in London before setting out on our Norwegian tour was the Aldershot Tattoo…

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Generous Gift. to Disabled Soldiers

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 3

In a Sunday metropolitan paper, a paragraph appeared to the effect that the Totally & Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association required a…

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Returned Soldiers and Preference

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 15

At the Berry Council meeting, on Monday night, a letter from Newtown. Council was received, asking for cooperation in having an alteration…

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Distinguished Ex-soldiers to Visit Nowra

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 3

Nowra is to be honored by the visit of Mr. L. A. Robb, C.M.G. Mr. Robb was invested with C.M.G. at Buckingham Palace, by the late King…

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Open Column. Preference to Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 3

Sir,—The Local Government Officers’ Association has been for some considerable time loud in its de[?]clation of the [?]eference Act, [?]…

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The Journalist Column. Nce to Soldiers

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

[?] has recently been made [?] ending or repeal of the [?] Soldiers Act. For many [?] an "Act in name only,"…

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Burdens of War

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 10

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE Exchequer, Sir John Simon, in closing the third reading of the Budget statement, emphasised the…

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War Scene in Australia. Fortifying Middle Harbour

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 4

Mr. P. P. Monaghan, erstwhile of Nowra, formerly turncock, forwards as a clipping from the Manly paper, which, after making comment on the…

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War Story. Man Who Saved Hitler and Mussolini

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 1

Herman Woehi, an Alsatian, who is now a French citizen and has passed into the French Army reserve has one of the world’s most unusual…

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War Pensioners

The Bega District News · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 4

Due to the increasing age of war pensioners, and the fact that all ex-soldiers suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, whether as a result of…

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On the Brink of War

The Bega District News · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 3

Sitting until nearly midnight, the council of the British Labor Party issued a manifesto demanding that a meeting of Parliament be summoned…

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Candelo Returned Soldiers’ Ball

The Bega District News · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 2

The following ladies attended the big ball last week:— Mrs T. E. W. Irwin, black velvet, Mrs W. D. Oliver, black velvet. Mrs…

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Interesting Diary of the War. The Experiences Of A Local Digger. Story Told By ARCH McKINNON At Nowra Rotary Club Meeting

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 9

Mr. President and Fellow Rotarians, --I think Ray Young is to blame for this. I was going along nicely, listening in to all the speakers, until…

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In War Time

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 4

A letter is in the possession of a N.S.W. resident, written after the Armistice by one who was in the British Consul's office in…

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War-time Machinery Helps Peace-time Entertainment

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 September 1938 · page 3

One time famous cruiser, H.M.A.S. “Australia,” is no more. Her rusty hull, stripped of everything of value, rests on the coral bed of the heaving…

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