Anzac Day
On Anzac Day, Tuesday 25th. April a memorial service will be held at Cobargo at 11 a.m. Members of the Cobargo…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
136 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 7
Anzac Day Observance Solemn Ceremonial in Nowra
On Tuesday next, April 25th, the Nowra sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League will conduct the 24th annual commemoration…
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The anniversary of Anzac Day, the landing of the Australian and New Zealand troops on the heights of Gallipoli early in the Great War, was…
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In glorious autumn sunshine the customary Anzac Day celebration was held in Bega. Preceded by the Town Band, and [?] by Colonel…
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Anzac Day was celebrated at Berry on Tuesday last, as in the past, with a service at the monument in Memorial Avenue, when there was a large and representative congregation. Speeches…
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On Tuesday (Anzac Day) the weather was beautifully fine and sunny, notwithstanding the fact that the westerly breeze was a trifle on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Celebrations. Fittingly Commemorated in Nowra. Pilgrimage to Nowra Public Cemetery in Commemoration of Soldiers Graves Most Impressive
Though twenty-five years have passed since the Great War, the word Anzac is fragrant with memories today by the people as if it were but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Great War Incident Belligerents Fraternise on Christmas Day
Speaking at the ceremony of blessing the monuments erected to the memory of ten Diggers, in the Nowra general cemetery on Tuesday…
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A meeting of the new. sub-branch of the R.S. & S.I.L. at Boomaderry was held on Friday night last, convened by the live-wire hon…
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The old man fingered his ancient ziff (As old men frequently finger). And drew himself up both straight and stiff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Trapped by Avalanche. Too Much Snow in Switzerland. KANDERSTEG
Well, we asked for snow and we[?]e certainly got it. There's masses of it on the ground and wads still coming down, and even the natives find…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kipling on the Great War. "For All We Have and Are"
Rudyard Kipling contributed the following poem to the London 'Times' at the time of the Great War: For all we have and are,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Council in Trouble. Breach of Soldiers' Preference Act
"It is apparent that someone has reported the Illabo Shire Council for a contravention of the Returned Soldiers arid Sailors' Preference Act," says…
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"View Halloo, you are sure?" "Madam the Baroness, I have seen them." "You have heard them, that is very…
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The first night of the occupation, all the German officers made themselves drunk with the wines and liquers from the cellar, and this they…
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Speaking on the conscription issue in the [?] of Commons, Mr. Wedgewood Benr. (Lab.) recalled that the Anzacs at Sulva Bay were splendid and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Joy Unconfined. Sailors and Soldiers Dance
Expectations of the joy to be had at the 1989 Nowra Diggers' Ball, run high. If the prophecies of the Diggers themselves are fulfilled, it will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Soldier Sons How the New Armies Are Being Put Into Uniform
July 1st, the date when the first of Britain's 200,000 militiamen are to be called up for army service, will murk a milestone in Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Germany Cannot Win a War
What are Germany’s chances of winning a war? According to certain German military experts, whose opinions have been collected and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →August 4, 1914. When the Fury of the War Began
Twenty-five years ago, this month. A quarter of a century! That was the beginning of the World War. The war that was to…
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