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NATION-WIDE COMMEMORATION
Armistice Day Observance in All States
Dedication of Victoria’s Memorial
Duke’s Part in Impressive Ceremonial
Armistice Day, commemorated throughout Australia since that fateful day in 1918, was remembered in church observance in all States yesterday. From the vast concourse of 300,000 who watched the Duke of Gloucester dedicate the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne to the tiny hamlets of Tasmania, Armistice Day, 1918, marking the cessation of four years of war, was recalled vividly, and coupled with the recollection was the fervent hope that its continued observance would remind a nation of its duty to those affected by war, and would strengthen the will for peace.
Victoria’s centre of commemoration—marking a solemn climax to an impressive Royal tour in
