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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1926

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 2

The death took place on Thursday, June 23, of Mr. Wm. Finlayson, aged 70, Road, Bull. He was born in Kiama, and the son of the late Donald Finlay…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 15

The death occurred at Wentworth Street, Port Kembla, on Friday last of Mrs. Howarth, wife of Mr. N. Howarth and mother of Messrs. D. and…

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THIRROUL Obituary

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 17

The death occurred on Wednesday morning of Mrs. A. Ottoway, wife of Mr. A. Ottoway, of Thirroul Railway Depot. The deceased lady…

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Late Mr. C. H. Hoskins. Residue of Estate to Lithgow Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 11

The will of the late Mr. C. H. Hoskins dealt with only £12,018, the residue of his estate, after provision had been made in testator's lifetime for his…

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Obituary. Mrs. Thomas Brown

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 2

On Thursday morning at 5 a.m. Mrs. Jemima Brown passed to her rest, aged 81 years. About a week previously, she had a paralytic seizure and…

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Obituary. MR. J. W. AXFORD

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 2

After a long illness, Mr. Joer William Axford passed away on Saturday night, aged 53 years and on Monday was laid to rest in the Methodist cemetery,…

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Obituary. Mr. Charles Ha[?]

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

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Obituary. Walter Kinross Dymock

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 2

Two days ago I received a letter. from my old neighbouur and friend, Mr. Frank Fredericks, of "Clover Leigh," Bald Hills (Queensland) informing me…

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The Late Mrs. Clarke. a Link with Albion Park

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

The death of Mrs. Mary Ann Clark at Wollongong this week, severs a link with the carly days of Albion Park, where she was born on…

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The Late Mr. Joseph Makin. A Link with the Past

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 3

Born at Unanderra—then Charcoal—in the summer of 1842 (over 84 years ago) at the position where almost a century later the sod had been turned…

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Obituary. Mr. James Smith

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 2

Mr. James Smith, sen., of North Kiama, well known and respected here for many years, died at the Kiama Hospital on Thursday (8th inst.) an hour or…

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Obituary. the Late Mrs. T. POTTER

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 15

The death occurred at Wollongong District Hospital on Tuesday night, of Mrs. Petter, wife of Mr. T. Potter, of Balgownie, aged 30 years. She had…

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Obituary. the Late Mr. Thomas Latham

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 7

For very many years Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Latham have been respected residents of Hopetoun Street, Bulli, but death has now been responsible for a…

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The Late Mrs. J. H. Brown

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 15

Much sympathy is felt for Mr. J. H. Brown and family, of Garden Hill, Wollongong, in the great loss they have sustained…

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The Late Mr. Kew

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 15

It came as a great shock to many persons that Mr. Kew, of Gipps Street, Wollongong, had passed away rather suddenly on Sunday night…

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The Late Mr. H. T. Sherman

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 15

Mr. Henry T. Sherman, an old resident of Wollongong, died at the South Sydney Hospital last week, heart trouble being the cause of death. He…

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Obituary. Mr. Percy J. SHERIDAN

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 3

The death took place on Friday last of Mr. Percy J. Sheridan (for a number of years C.P.S. at Kiama) who was on holiday leave. It occurred on board…

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Obituary. Mr. Thomas Cameron

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 2

The many friends of Mrs. Wentworth Craig in Kiama and Jamberoo will sin cerely sympathise with her in the bereavement sustained by the sudden…

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Late Mr. James Graham

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 2

The Rev. Dr. Carruthers writes: It is a pleasure to me to pay a tribute to the earnest and self-denying way in which the late Mr. James Graham did…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. William Bartlett, Scoutmaster of the 1st Milton Troop of Boy Scouts, was accidentally drowned in Ulladulla Harbour on…

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