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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1941

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Death of Mr Harry Hughes President of Employers' Federation

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

Mr Harry Hughes, president of the Employers' Federation of New South Wales, died in St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday, after a short illness…

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Obituary Mrs. F. Crouch

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

Residents of the district were grieved when they learned that Mrs. Kate Amelia Crouch, wife of Mr. Frank Crouch, of “South View,” Large, had…

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Obituary Mrs. T. Feeney, Senr

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

The death occurred, on Saturday last of Mrs Feeney, Sour, relict. of the late Mr. Thos. Feeney, formerly of Raymond Terrace, but latterly of Newcastle. The…

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Manning Pioneer Passes Death of Mr. Charles Wooster WINGHAM

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

Nabiac and the Wallamba and Manning River districts lost a remarkable personality by death on December 30, when Mr…

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-Loch Invar v Late Mr. F. Cavanagh

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

The death occurred at his residence. “Lorretto,” Oakhampton, on Tuesday, of Mr. Frank Cavanaugh, a well-known and highly respected resident of…

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Death of Mr. R. J. Maher

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 5

Mr Richard James Maher died at Newcastle the age of 06 years after a long illness; He Joined the railway service in 1894. He was stationed at…

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Death of Rev. J. A. R Perkins Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

A veteran Presbyterian minister, the Rev. J. A. R Perkins, died-at Eastwood on Wednesday, after a short llinese. Mr. Perkins had a…

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Obituary Mrs. T. FEENEY, Senr

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 2

The death occurred in Newcastle of Mrs. T. Feeney. Felict of the late Mr, Thos, Feeney, of Raymond Terrace. The deceased had been ill only a…

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£1000 REWARD Death of Victor Moulos SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 5

A reward of £1000 is offered by the State Government to any person apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the…

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The Late Mr. Hawkins A correspondent writes:—

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 6

The death has occurred of Mr. Alf Hawkins, a well-known and highly respected resident of the Timor district. Deceased had not been in good…

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Clarence Town Obituary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

On December 18 an old resident of Clarence Town Mr.James Ikin, passed away at the ripe age of 73 years. Mr. Ikin had spent most of his life…

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Obituary Mr. Bernard S. Kempe

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 5

It was the irony of fate that Death should have selected such an occasion as Christmas Eve to claim as a victim Mr. Bernard…

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Death of Secretary of Dairy Board Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 6

The secretary of the Australian Dairy Produce Board (Mr. Aired Thomas Owen) died-at Seymour at the week-end. He had been secretary of…

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Obituary. Mrs. F. C. A. Pile

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

The death occurred on January 1, at Kempsey, of the wife of Mr. F. C. A Pile dentist, of Macksville. Deceased lived in Dungog for many…

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Obituary. Mr. H. M. Mair, Willow Tree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

One of the best known figures in the Hereford cattle world, Mr. Hurtle Morphett Mair, manager of Colly Creek Estate, Willow Tree, died…

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Death of Mr. George Edwards Useful Career Ends at 86

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 5

During the holidays the death occurred of one of the most widely known members of the South Maitland community Mr…

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Mr. Thos. Torpey Death of Well-known Solicitor

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

The death has occurred at Newcastle, after a long fllnes, of Mr. Thomas Torpey, a well-known solicitor, and former alderman and Mayor…

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Death of Mr. R. P. C. Baillieu Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 6

Mr. Richard Percy Clive Baillleur member of the Melbourne Stock Exchange and a committee man of the Victoria Amateur Turl [?], Died…

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Death of Amy Johnson

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

This great airwomen lost her life in working for Britain She was employed to "ferry" new planes from workshops to R.A.F. aerodromes. As she was flying over the Thames Esetuary. engines of the plane ceased to function. She was seen to bale…

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Death of Mr Joe Smith

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 4

Mr Joe Smith, a brother of Mrs A. M. Alford, of Castlereagh Street, died at Canterbury on Wednesday night, where he had resided for many years…

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