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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1948

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Obituary John Wilson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

Death occurred suddenly on Sunday of a well-known identity of Dungog in the p[?] of Mr. John Wilson. Popularly known as "Brusher," he was…

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Obituary Mr. John T. Young

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

The death occurred, suddenly, yesterday, morning, in Scone, of Mr. John Thomas Young, well-known and respected resident of…

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Late Mr. Thomas Britton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

QUIRINDI.— The death occurred at Manly of Mr. Thomas Patrick Britton, youngest son of the late William and Maris…

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Appreciation of Late Mr. A. J. O’Brien (By a Friend)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

The passing of Aloysius O’Brien has left the Lower Hunter In mourning for a man who gave his very all in the [?] and…

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Obituary Miss Barbara McLELLAN

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

The dea[?] occurred on Thursday morning last of Miss' Barbara McLellah of King Street, Raymond Terrace. The deceased lady had been in indifferent health for a…

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Amazing Scenes As Gandhi’s Funeral Train Passes

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, February 12.—Amazing scenes marked the progress to Allahabad of the funeral train which is carrying the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi to the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Jumna…

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Obituary the Late Mr. John Mitchell

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2

When death claimed Mr. John Mitchell, of "Uloola," Page's Creek, when within a matter of months only of the attainment of…

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The Late Mr. James J. McLOUGHLIN

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2

Another equally well-known, but former, Upper Hunterite, and contemporary of a school and generation whose numbers are…

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Funeral Of Shark Victim

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Ronald Johnson 16, who was mauled to death by a shark at Stockton yesterday. will be buried at Stockton…

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OBITUARY Howard Stanley Bignell

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 6

The death of Mr. Howard Stanley Bignell at Gloucester, on December 19. removed one of the most prominent figures in…

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Obituary Mrs. M. Flannery

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 4

Mrs. Maris Flamery late of Tenambit died recently in Maitland Hospital after a short illness [?] at Glen William, near Clar[?]…

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C. Of E. Marriage And Funeral Rites

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The current issue of the Church Standard carries an address by the Anglican Bishop of Grafton, Rt…

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Death Of Mrs. A. H. McKenzie

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 3

The death occurred early this morning of Mrs. A. H. McKenzie, of Hunter-street, East Maitland, at the age of 57 years…

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Obituary Miss Barbara McLELLAN

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 3

The death occurred suddenly last Monday of Miss Barbara McLellan, of Raymond Terrace. She had been confined to her…

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The Late Mrs. D. Martin

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 4

The death -occurred in Maitland Hospital recently, after a long illness, of Mrs. Dora Mabel Martin at the age of 61…

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Death of Mrs. A. Play Ford

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 3

SINGLETON, Monday. — Born at Harper’s Hill, Lochinvar, 86 years ago, the late Mrs. Annie Jane PIayford, who died in the…

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Obituary Mr. Francis Smith

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

The death took place, on Friday afternoon last, at his, residence, of Mr. Francis Smith, one of the town's oldest and most respected…

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Obituary Mrs. Frank Lovett

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

It is with deep regret we have to record the passing of Edith Levett, wife of Frank Lovett, who for to long has played a very…

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The Late Mrs. D. Martin

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

The death occurred in Maitland Hospital recently, after a long illness, of Mrs. Lora Mabel Martin at the age of 61 years…

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Appreciation of Late Mr. A. J. O'brien

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 1

The passing of Aloysius O'Brien has left the Lower Hunter in mourning for a man who gave his very all in the service and welfare of the district…

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