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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Distinguished Visitor. Lord Allenby Visits the State Governor. Reception by Moss Vale Returned Men

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Field-Marshall Lord Allenby and Lady Allenby arrived at Moss Vale by the Melbourne express on Friday. They were met at the station by…

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Welcome by Soldiers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

On Saturday evening last Lord Allenby visited the Soldiers' Memorial Hall at Moss Vale, and was officially welcomed, by Mr. G. L…

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Returned Soldiers. Annual Metting of Bowral Sub-branch. £70 Distributed in Relief. Carnival Shortly

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

The annual meeting of Bowral Sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. was held last Wednesday. There was a good attendance…

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Soldier's Concert. a Great Success

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

If the concert organised by Bowral Returned Soldiers in aid of the Carnival funds may be taken as an augury, then the success of the…

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Diggers Raise £300. Bowral Returned Men Have Bad Luck. But for the Rain Would Have Made More

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

Everyone was sorry that the rain, spoiled the Diggers Procession at Bowral on Saturday. The League and its helpers had made…

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Anzac Day

Robertson Mail · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

At Bowral the Returned Soldiers will meet on Sunday at 2.15 p.m. at the Association Band Room and March to the Memorial for the…

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Anzac Day. Father Cusack Writes of Past Days. the Work of a Priest During the War

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

There's a lonely stretch of hillocks; There's a beach asleep and drear; There's a battered, broken fort beside the sea…

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Anzac Day

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 2

At Moss Vale a combined religious service will be held in the Soldiers' Memorial Rooms at 3 pa on Sunday. and it is [?]…

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Anzac Day

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The Anzac Day celebrations throughout the Southern Highlands we carried out with all solemnity on Sunday. Attendances were…

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Anzac Day. United Religious Service

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

A very impressive service was held in the Soldiers' Memorial Rooms on Sunday, April 25th, when the Revs. A. C. Corlette (Church of…

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Anzac Day. an Eloquent Tribute to the Noble Dead. Anzac Ideals in Times of Peace

Robertson Mail · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The Empire Theatre, Bowral, was crowded on Anzac Day, when a united religious service was held to commemorate The Landing…

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Anzac Day

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 2

Anzac Day was celebrated at the Dominican Convent, Moss Vale, with, competition in spoken English and spoken French, written English and…

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Goulburn's War Memorial

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 6

Travellers on the southern line should not miss the eight of Goulburn's war memorial tower, which rises about eighty feet from the peak…

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