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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1917

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 7

On Monday Mn. C. J. Byrnes, Managing Director of the Mount Pleasant Coal Co., Balgownie, passed away at his residence Parramatta,…

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Obituary. Mrs. John Binks

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 31 October 1917 · page 2

The sad news spread with universal regret throughout the districts of Berry and Gerringong on Monday, of the death of Mr. J. Binks, wife of…

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Obituary. Mr. Owen McDONOGH

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 31 October 1917 · page 2

There passed away peacefully at his residence at East Wardell on Sunday, another of the fast diminishing band of pioneers of the Lower Richmond in…

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Obituary. Mrs. John Binks

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over Broughton Village and surrounding district on Monday last, when it became known that Mrs. John [?]Binks had passed…

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Obituary. Miss Nellie Smith

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 2

On Friday evening Miss Smith passed away at the Kiama Cottage Hospital, which she had entered a few days previously, to undergo an operation for…

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The Late Mr. Harry Wilson

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 8

At a meeting held at Kiama to take steps to recognise the services of the late Mr. Harry Wilson, it was announced that £88 had come…

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Obituary. Mr. George Ricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 3

At noon on Sunday last there passed away at the residence of Mr. John J. Barnes of Jamberoo, Georg[?] Rickey 84 years, after an illness of about 5…

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Late Mr. Hugh McKENZIE

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 2

On Sunday there passed away at Terrara, Mr. Hugh McKenzie, who was one of the leading men of the South Coast and highly esteemed in his own…

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Obituary. Mr. John Young

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 2

On Saturday morning Mr. John Young a respected resident of the Shoalhaven district for a number of years, passed away in his 75th year…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 4

On Saturday evening the death occurred of Mr. Jas. Rocks, of Mount Keira, who had been ailing for, some time. He was 60 years of…

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The Late Mr. Milne

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 2

Few men were so well-known in the country as Mr. E. Milne Deputy Chief Railway Commissioner. His contagious patriotic spirit and love of Australia…

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Obituary. Mr. Robert Walker

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 2

On Monday evening, as briefly mentinoed last issue, there passed away a resident of over half-a-century in this district, in Mr. Robert Walker, who…

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Obituary. John Hubert Keon

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 2

It is our sad duty to chronicle the death of one of our oldest and best known residents, in the person of Mr. John Hubert Keon, which sad event…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Fleet who had lived in the jamberoo district for some 65 to 70 years, died on Friday night from heart failure from which she had been…

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Obituary. Mrs. Wm. Fraser

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

On Thursday there passed away after a long illness the wife of Captain W. Fraser of Wollongong, until recently a resident of Kiama, where the family…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1917 · page 2

Mr. Charles McDonald, aged 33 years, passed away at his late residence, Jambberoo, last Monday, 24th instant, after an illness of about five…

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