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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1926

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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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Death of Mr. J. Gahan

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 2

For a great number of years Mr. and Mrs. John Gahan figured among tho best known residents of Woonona. Some time ago they moved to Bexley…

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End of Adventurous Career. Death of Mr. Watters

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 13

The death of Mr. J. Watters, of Balgownie, this week, closes an adventurous career. He was an old resident of Balgownie, and was highly…

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Obituary. Mr. Thomas Leggett

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 2

Ever since Mr. Bell. Leggett, as one of "The Waratahs," left Kiama and a young family to do his bit ill the war, he has had a special niche in the heart…

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Late Mr. Arnold

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. Cupitt Arnold, who passed away on the evening of 5th instant, was born at East Lyn, County Norfolk, on 26th December, 1833…

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The Late Mr. Bultitude

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 13

Mr. Bultitude, of Stanwell Park, passed away in the Illawarra Cottage Hospital, on the 5th instant. In his younger days he was a member of the…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 2

We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Atwell, son., of Port Kembla, which occurred on Sunday last. The remains were convoyed to…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 1

Mrs. Sutton, wife of Mr. George William Sutton of Evans Street, Wollongong, passed any last Friday, and the remains were interred in the…

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The Late Mr. C. C. Russell

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 2

On Wednesday last at his residence, Greenwich, there passed away in his 81st year, Mr. Charles Coffey Russell, a man whose association with the…

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Death of Mr. J. Yardley

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Yardley has been one of the best known residents in the Coledale District, and it surprised the people to hear on Wednesday afternoon…

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Death of Mr. G. C. Tuckey

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

It came as a shock to the residents of Wollongong, when it became known that Mr. G. C. Tuckey had passed away on Saturday afternoon. He was…

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Obituary

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 2

On Saturday Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Miller (widow of the late Robert Muir Miller) Shellharbour, passed away at the residence of her son, Unanderra,…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 12

On Saturday there passed away at the residence of her son, Unanderra. Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Miller, relict of the late Mr. R. M. Miller, of…

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Obituary. MR. C. W. PROTT

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. Charles Prott, for many years, postmaster at Wollongong, and who entered as a boy the service at Kiama where he was born, died on Monday…

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Obituary. the Late Mr. C. PROTT

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 4

Death has claimed Mr. C. W. Prott, who passed away at Nowra on Sunday, and thus the Illawarra district loses a man who in his day played no…

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Late Mr. C. W. Prott

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 23

Death has claimed another old Wollongong resident in the person of Mr. C. W. Prott, who died on Sunday night last at the residence of his…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 2

Mrs. B. Tolhurst, an old and esteemed resident of Woonona, passed away on August 18th, at the age of 70 years. Mrs. Tolhurst was respected…

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The Late Mr C. C. Russell

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 7

The County Down (Ireland) "Observer," of July 3, has the following:—Uewtownards-Australian Visits Native Town.—Last week Mr. J. W…

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Fatal Accident at Bulli. Death of Eric Taylor

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 2

The uncertainty of life has again been evidenced, and an accident on the main thoroughfare is once more responsible for a life being lost. It is…

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