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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1944

1,033 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 52

Death of Cpl. C. R. Cameron Young Upper Hunter Soldier

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

Cpl. C R. ("Dicky") Cameron, a young Upper Hunter citizen and soldier, died recently in a city military hospital after being an initiate…

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Death of Barrister

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY Sat.—Mr. A. G. M, Pitt,. KC, Son of the late Mr. R. M. Pitt, managing director of Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd, died on…

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Death of Mrs. James Crittenden

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 2

A well-known resident of the Maitland district, Mrs. James Crittenden, died at the Maitland Hospital on Sunday morning. A native…

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Death of Mr. Glen Fawcett

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Monday—Mr. Glen Fawcett, of Temple Court Flats, Singleton, has received news that his brother, Stuart Glenridding…

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Death of Miss L. Wyndham

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 2

The death occurred recently of Miss Lydia Lucy Wyndham, daughter of the late John Wyndham, of Dalwood, who, with his…

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Death of Baptist Minister

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—The death has occurred of the Rev. W. Lamb, well-known Baptist Minister, aged 76. After almost 16…

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Obituary Mrs. Acnes Beavan

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 3

An old identity of Yango Creek and Wollombi, in the person of Mrs. Agnes Beavan, passed away at her residence. Wollombi Road, Cessnock, last night, at…

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Obituary Mr. G. R. Carey

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 1

The death occurred in the M.R D. Hospital at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday oif Mr. Garrett Richard Carey, of , Tuncurry. He entered hospital a week…

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Death of Veteran Journalist

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY Wed. — Mr. James Towers Bull, for many years a journalist and later a Commonwealth law reported died in…

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Death of Mr. A. G. Hill

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 4

KURRI KURRI: Mr. Albert George Hill, whose death occurred recently, was the second son of Mr. George Hill and the late…

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Death of Mr. J. T. Kavanagh

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 2

The death occurred between 1 and 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Dangar Cottage Hospital of Mr. John Thomas Kavanagh, aged 79 years…

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Soldiers Had to Fill Grave Funeral Arrived After Knock-off Time

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 6

Grave diggers refused to fill the grave of a soldier at the War Cemetery in Melbourne on Saturday because the funeral arrived at the…

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Death of Mrs. A. Barwick

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 2

SCONE Wed.—There passed away in the Scott Memorial Hospital, following a brief illness, one the town's well-known…

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Death of Mr. J. T. Kavanagh

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 5

SINGLETON Thurs. — The death occurred yesterday afternoon in the Dangar Cottage Hospital of Mr, John Thomas ,…

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OBITUARY Mr JOHN P. BURGESS

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 1

The death of Mr. J. P. Burgess, of Waratah, but formerly of Eagleton, took place under tragic circumstances at the Steel works, Newcastle, on Monday…

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OBITUARY Miss M. J. Lawrence

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 5

A former resident of Bolwarra and East Maitland Miss Mary Jane Lawrence, died at Mullumbimby, at the age of 72 years…

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£800 For Death of Husband

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mrs. Llly Myersti, of James-st., Hamilton, widow of a painter who had served one employer for 53 years,…

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Death of Novelist Harold Wright

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 6

NEW YORK .May 25.—The death occurred in San Diego. California, of the novelist. Harold Bell Wright, at the age of…

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Death of Mr. H. V. Dawes

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 2

Mr. He[?]ert Venor Dawes, a wellknown and highly respected native of Singleton, passed away in the Dangar Cottage Hospital last night…

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Death of 2700 Prisoners Serious Allegations

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, May 25.—The British Government is inquiring through the protecting power. Switzerland, regarding the…

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