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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1926

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The Late Mr. W. E. Edwards

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 2

The late Mr. W. E. Edwards, whoso death we reported in our last issue, had been an invalid for the past nine years. Prior to his illness he took a prominent…

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Obituary. The Late Miss Tresnan

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 2

"Miss Tresnan is dead." The sentence is a brief one, but it takes the mind of many residents of this district back to their childhood…

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Old South Coast Identity. Death of Mr. J. T. HUNT

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 2

We have to record the passing way of another of the old identities of the South Coast in the porson of Mr. John Thomas Hunt, who had reached the…

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Obituary. Mrs. Kathleen O'gorman

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 2 June 1926 · page 2

Sincere sympathy is extended to her sons, Messrs. J. and P. O'Gorman, and other members of the family in the deep bereavement sustained in the death of Mrs…

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Obituary. The Late Mrs. O'Gorman

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 2

Death has severed from the Albion Park district one of its best known and most respected residents in the person of Mrs. Kathleen O'Gorman…

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The Late Mrs. G. Smith

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 2

Mrs. George Smith, a sister of Mrs. H. J. Buckland, Wollongong, and Mr. George Fackender, of Unanderra, died at Artarmon last week…

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The Late Mr. S. Clarke

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 2

The death took place on Saturday last, after a lengthy illness, of Mr. Sylvester Clarke, of Albion Park. He was 73 years of age, and was a son of…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 2

The death took place in Sydney on June 1st of Mr. Henry James Graham, eldest son of Mrs Lydia Graham, and the late Johnstone Graham of Jamberoo…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 2

It is our sad duty to record this death of a member of a family figuring among the best known in Thirroul…

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Obituary. Late Mrs. Francis Alexander

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 2

There passed to the Great Beyond on Monday last, June 7th, one who had virtually spent a life time in this district in Mrs. Francis Alexander, at the…

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Late Mr. John Green

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 2

Many friends and acquaintances in the Albion Park district were sorry to learn of the death of Mr. John Green, which occurred at the Kiama Hospital…

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Obituary. Miss Annie Arnold

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 3

A death that caused sadness and surprise was, that of Miss Annie, Arnold, who until Thursday morning last attended her place of business adjoining…

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The Late Mr. John Piper

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 11

The late Mr. John Piper, whose death was briefly referred to in your last issue, was born 80 years ago at Tongarra, and he lived in the district…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 2

Timothy Taylor, who had been played as a deputy at the Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburgh, up to September of last year, passed away last Monday…

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Obituary. William Badans

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 23 June 1926 · page 2

On Wednesday last, 16th instant, there passed away at Jamberoo, a highly esteemed resident in the person of Mr. William Badans, aged 83 years, at the…

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The Funeral

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 7

On Wednesday afternoon the funeral left the late residence of the deceased in Smith Street, Wollongong, en route for the Wollongong cemetery, via Keira…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 13

Erina Joan, the 13-years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bradshaw, Collaery Road, Woonona, had not enjoyed the best of health, and on…

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Death of Mr. Martin Robertson

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 7

It is difficult to record the death of a colleague and comrade, for as such. I regarded the late Mr. Martin Robertson, editor of the "South Coast…

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Motion of Sympathy. with Family of Late Mr. Robertson

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 13

At last night's meeting of the Wollongong Council, the Mayor referred to the passing away of Mr. Martin Robertson, who had been a familiar figure…

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OBITUARY Mr. Martin Robertson

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 17

DEATH has claimed one of the best known and respected citizens of Wollongong, whose practical Christianity marked him out as a personality who was honored and esteemed by many friends…

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