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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1940

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Obituary Mr. Herbert Walter King

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

THERE passed away at the Hawkesbury District Hospital on December 25 a widely popular and respected resident of Ebenezer, in Mr. Herbert Walter King, after a…

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Obituary Henry Ernest Cortis

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 9

THERE passed away at the Hawkesbury District Hospital on Friday, after a prolonged illness, a well-known and widely popular resident of Schofields, in the person…

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Obituary Mr. Norman Greentree

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

FRIENDS in every part of the district were deeply shocked on Tuesday to hear, the sad news of the death of Mr. Norman Greentree, whiCh took place in the…

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An Appreciation the Late Mr. Jas. Walmsley

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 3

Once again the Grim (Reaper has lain his heavy hand on this district and removed a loved and deeply esteemed citizen, in the person of Mr. James Walmsley, of…

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Obituary Mrs. Mary Ann Poole

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 4

The death took place on Friday, 9th inst., at her residence, "Bendemere," Grose Vale, of Mrs. Mary Ann Poole. This grand old lady had entered into her 85th year, and was…

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Obituary Mr. Emanuel Durrington

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 4

IT is with the sincerest regret that we have to record the passing of one of out most popular old district identities in the person of Mr. Emanuel Iziah Durrington,…

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Obituary Mrs. Wilhelmina Pye

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

IT is with the sincerest-regret, that we record the passing of an estimable Windsor resident in the person of Mrs. Wilhelmina May Pye, wife of Mr. F. J. Pye, of…

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Obituary Mr. John Bennett

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 10

A LARGE circle of old friends throughout the Hawkesbury heard with profound regret of the passing, af his home, 49 Hector-road, Willoughby, on Thursday of last week…

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Obituary Mrs. Phoebe Christie

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 4

AFTER a brief but acute illness, Mrs. Phoebe Christie, wife of Mr. Isaac Christie, passed away at her late residence, Waverley-street, Belmore, on March 30. The…

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Obituary Mrs. Doris Gough

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 10

THE death took place at the Hawkesbury District Hospital on Friday, after a sudden and short illness, of a well-known, Riverstone resident, in the person of Mrs. Doris…

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Obituary Mr. Brinsley Hall

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 11

THERE are few in any community who attain such wide esteem, through pure intrinsic worth and unselfish service to their fellow men, that their passing becomes…

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Obituary Henry Shepherd

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 9

As briefly mentioned in our last issue, there passed, away in the Hawkesbury District Hospital on the 21st instant, a very old and respected district resident in the person of…

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Unusual Case Following Death of Cow Fine at 'Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 June 1940 · page 3

A CASE having rather unusual aspects was heard at the Richmond Police Court, on Friday, when a Grose. Vale resident, Francis William Monish, was…

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Obituary Charles Denis McMAHON

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 4

AS briefly mentioned in our last issue the death took place at the Hawkes-bury District Hospital early on Thursday morning last, after a brief illness, of a…

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Obituary Alfred Uren

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 10

IT is once more our regretful task to record the passing of another estimable citizen widely . known and respected throughout the Hawkesbury, in the person of…

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Murder Suspected in Death of Ex-Windsor Resident See Page 2 Sudden Death Former Windsor Resident Police Suspicion's Aroused

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 1

THOUGHT at first to be the victim of a "hit-run" motorist, Victor Moulos, of Sydney-road, Manly, and formerly of Windsor, was found unconscious on a roadway…

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Obituary James Nicholson Kirkland

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 August 1940 · page 12

THE land of death turned the page and wrote finis to a full and useful life when Alderman James Nicholson Kirkland, widely honored member of the Richmond…

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Obituary William Turnbull

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 3

AS briefly announced in our last issue, the death occurred at His residence, "Wenona," Wilberforce, on Tuesday of last week of one of the Hawkesbury's most…

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Notable Career Former Popular Jockey Late Mr. Albert Wood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 6

THE following interesting record of the riding career of the late Mr. Albert Wood, whose death last week we reported in our last issue, is taken from the "S.M…

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Obituary Amos Henry Buttsworth

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 4

AS briefly announced in our last issue, there passed away at the Hawkesbury District Hospital on 16th instant an old and widely esteemed resident of Wilberforce, in…

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