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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1948

554 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 28

Obituary Michael Fisher

Central Western Daily · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 2

The death took place recently all Orange of Michael Joseph Fisher, a resident of Cargo. The late Mr. Fisher was a…

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Funeral Ship Sinks New York, Friday

National Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 3

The Army Funeral Ship Joseph V. Connolly went adrift from a tow-line today off Cape Race (Newfoundland) and sank…

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Obituary :C. H. TRUDGETT

Central Western Daily · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

A native of Euchareena, where he had lived all his life, Mr. Charles Henry Trudgett died at his residence on Friday at the age of…

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Death of Mrs. Hubert Fairfax SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

Mrs. Hubert Fairfax, O.B.E. one of the foremost leaders of the C.W.A. movement, died in Sydney during the week-end…

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Violence Follows Gandhi’s Death Funeral Pyre At River

Central Western Daily · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Sunday.—A wave of violence, which is sweeping through India as a result of the assassination of Gandhi on Friday, is directed, not against the Moslems, but against Hindu…

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Obituary Mr. Norman Ginns

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 3

The Spring Hill — Spring Terrace area lost one of its best known and most popular identities last Wednesday when Mr. Norman Huntley Ginns…

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OBITUARY Mr. Jack Gersbach

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 1

Residents of the Molong district were shocked to hear of the death in Orange Base Hospital on Monday of Mr. John Joseph Gersbach at the ago of 42 years…

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OBITUARY Miss Maria Swords

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 3

On January 21, at Bruxton Private Hospital, Glebe, the death occurred of Maria Margaret Swords of Randwick and formerly of…

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OBITUARY Mrs. M. Warren

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

The death occurred at Cowra last weekend of Mrs. Margaret Warren at the age of 60 years. She had been ill for a few days prior to her death…

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Obituary S. T. ZEIDLER

Central Western Daily · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

A resident of Cudal for the greater part of his life, Mr. Sydney Theodore Zeidier died in Sydney on Thursday, at the age of 55…

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Death of Viscount Sankey

National Advocate · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: Viscount Sankey, died today in his Kensington home at the age of 82. He was Lord Chancellor from 1929…

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Obituary Richard Burn

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

A well-known resident of Gilgandra, Mr. Richard Burn, died at Orange on Saturday at the age of 86 years…

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Peel Grazier's Fatal Collapse Late Mr. W. T. Grabham

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

A well known district grazier dropped dead under tragically sudden circumstances at peel at 10.30 a.m. yesterday…

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Death of Mr. George Seymour

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

The death occurred on February 4 of Mr. George Seymour, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. H. F. Parsons, Station-street, Berry…

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OBITUARY Mr. Charles McKenzie

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 5

Residents of Molong and district were shocked on Friday when they heard of the sudden death of Mr. Charles McKenzie…

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Cudal Courier Obituary Mr. S. T. Zeidler

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 5

The death of Mr. Sydney Theodore Zeidler occurred at the residence of his sister, Mrs. P. C. Wall, Lakemba, on the evening of Tuesday, February…

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Death of Sir Isaac Isaacs

National Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Sir Isaac Isaacs, Australia's first nativeborn Governor-General, died in his sleep at his home, South Yarra, at…

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OBITUARY Mr. George Seymour

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 16

The death occurred on February 4 of Mr. George Seymour at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. H. Parsons, at Berry. Deceased had…

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Death of Sir Isaac Isaacs SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

The late Sir Isaac Isaacs, who died yesterday was accorded a State funeral to-day. Deceased was formerly Chief…

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Funeral Train for Gandhi

Central Western Daily · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Thursday, — Amazing svenen market the progress to Allahabad of the funeral train conveying the ashes of Mahatma…

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