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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1940
Page
4
A Bedgerabong community event followed a somber Anzac Day service with a house party and ball at Bedgerabong Hall. Gunners Mooney and fans gathered for a televised salute, with speeches praising local WWI and WWII service and recalling the town’s wartime sacrifices. A large attendance supported fundraising efforts and the night featured contests, music, and a patriotic program ending with the National Anthem and hopeful farewells.
A late 19th century council session covers agenda items, committee reports, and correspondence forwarding papers. Mentions of minutes, appeals, and notices indicate ongoing governance actions, along with references to speakers and procedural steps within the meeting.
A garbled but readable list shows Forbes A.L.F. enlistments with names of volunteers, regiments, and ties to a community event. The fragment mentions June 2 and references a relay of names such as Mesainy, Thomas, Cowell, and others, noting entertainment and attendance at a gathering. The text indicates compiling enlistment details for advocacy columns and future insertions in Time.
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