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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1940

264 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 14

Late Mr. Savage Funeral on Sunday. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 5

Thousands of people to-day attended the Roman Catholic Basilica at Wellington where Archbishop O'Shea said a Requiem Mass for the repose of the…

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Obituary Mrs. Elizabeth Miller

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 4

The death occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John Frame, of Tyndale, on Thursday night, of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, at the age of 72 years…

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Obituary Me. Peter Shea

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 4

The death occurred in Sydney on Saturday morning of Mr. Peter Shea,of Paddington and formerly of Kangaroo Creek, at the age of 81 years. He…

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Shipping Minister Death of Sir J. Gilmour London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 5

The Minister of Shipping, Sir John Gilmour, died suddenly at his London residence to-day. He was aged 69. Death was due to a heart attack…

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Obituary Mr. William Unwin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4

As was briefly reported in Monday's issue, the death occurred at his home. Goodwood Island, on Saturday afternoon of one of the most highly…

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Obituary Mr. Michael Donohue

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 4

The death occurred at the Grafton District Hospital early yesterday morning after a long illness of Mr. Michael Donohue, of Bligh street, South…

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Obituary Mr. Henry Barnier

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 4

The death occurred on Saturday, at his, home at Carr's Creek, of Mr. Henry Barnier, at the age of 80 years. A native of the Hunter River, he was a…

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OBITUARY Mr. James Blythman

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2
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Mr. James Blythman, one of the oldest and best-known residents of Corainba, died in Kogarah Hospital Sydney, last Sunday night, aged 77…

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Obituary Mrs. A. M. M. Firth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 4

The death occurred in the Grafton District Hospital yesterday of Ada Maud Mary Firth, aged 60 years, wile of the late John Augustus Beamen…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Mary Charlesworth

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 3

Referring to the death of Mrs. Mary E. Charlesworth, aged 80 years, which occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Peterson,…

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Death of Racing Filly Heavy Loss to Dorrigo Owner

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

Just about twelve months age, at the Sydney yearling sales, Mr. W. Blackley, of Dorrigo, purchased the filly Head Queen, by Bullhead (imp.)…

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Jannali Shooting Death Of Lampshire Statement by Eye-witnesses Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 5

A 14-year-old boy and a man said in the Coroner's Court to-day that they had seen shots fired at a man at Jannali on March 2. They were testifying at the…

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Obituary Mr. Bertie W. J. Morris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 4

The death occurred in the Grafton District Hospital during the early hours of yesterday morning, as briefly reported yesterday, of Mr. Bertie William Joseph…

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Obituary Mr. James Pannell

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 2

The late Mr. James Pannell, of Park street, Dorrigo, who passed away on Tuesday, 9th April, was born at Mount Gambler, in South Australia,…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Walter Fleming Early Bellinger ASSOCIATions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 2

Mrs. Walter Fleming, better known to the older generations in these districts as Mrs. James Forbes, died at the residence of her daughter in…

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Obituary Mr. J. T. T. Batho

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 4

Mr. John Thomas Trianon Batho, one of the highly esteemed pioneers of the Clarence River, passed away at his home, Little Villiers street. Grafton, in…

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OBITUARY Mr. William Duncan

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 4

Mr. William Duncan, a well-known resident of Coffs Harbour some years ago but for the past 30 years a resident of Atherton, North Queensland,…

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Obituary Mr. E. A. C. Small, Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 4

Mr. Edwin A. C. Small, one of the best known stock and station agents in the north, died suddenly on Saturday night last at his home in Lambeth…

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Obituary Mrs. C. V. Mather

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4

A distant but well-known link with the Clarence was broken when the death occurred in Sydney on Tuesday last of Mrs. C. V. Mather, widow of…

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