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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1953

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Obituary Mr. J. Morgan

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 2

The death occurred yesterday in St. George Hospital of Mr. Joseph Morgan, 73, of Daisy Street, Fairy…

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Obituary Mr. J. Redpath

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

Joseph Redpath, 64, a retired mirier, died at his Wongawilli home yesterday Mrs. Isabella Redpath and…

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Obituary Mr. M. Mullins

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 2

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Maurice Mullins, 69, a retired miner of Main Road, Wombarra. He…

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Obituary Mrs. G. Watson

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 3

Mrs. Georgina Watson of Macquarie Street, Wollongong, died yesterday at Wollongong District…

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Obituary... Mr. J. F. Smith

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 3

Prominent Port Kembla, metallurgist, Mr. Joseph Frederick Smith, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 59 years…

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Obituary Mr. T. J. Ryan

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 4

Mr. Thomas James Ryan, who died in Wollongong Hospital on Sunday after a lengthy illness was well known…

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Obituary Miss C. Bunter

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 7

The death occurred yesterday at a private hospital of Miss Charlotte Bunter, 69, of Thirroul…

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Obituary Mr. W. Gardner

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday of William Gardner, 68, at his residence in Elizabeth Street, Reidtown…

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Obituary Mr. H. L. McLEAN

Kiama Independent · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 5

Much sympathy has been expressed to the family of the late Mr. Hugh Lang McLean, of North Kiama who was tragically killed when the…

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Obituary ... Mrs. G. T. Watson

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 4

The death occurred at Wollogong hospital on Wednesday of Mrs. Georgina Tray Watson (64) of Macquarie street…

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Obituary Mr. P. J. Kelly

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 4

Dapto railway stationmaster, Mr. Patrick James Kelly, of Osborne Street, Dapto, died yesterday…

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Malenkov Expected to Outline Policy in Funeral Oration

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Sun.—If precedent is followed, Georgi Malenkov, Russia's new ruler, will tell Russia and the world the course he plans to set in an oration at…

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Russia Hushed For Stalin's Funeral

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 2

MOSCOW, Mon.—The body of Joseph Stalin was interred in Red Square today in the tomb of world Communism's other "immortal", Nikolai Lenin. Silence cloaked the…

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Obituary Mr. R. Rogers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Richard Rogers, 46, at his residence in Eastern Avenue, West…

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Obituary Mrs. M. A. Evans

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Anne Evans, 91, of the Post Office, East Corrimal, died in Wollongong District Hospital…

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OBITUARY Mr. W. P. HOURIGAN

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 4

Mr. William Patrick Hourigan, 44, of Main Road, Thirroul, collapsed and died at the Thirroul…

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Obituary Mr. H. Warren

Kiama Independent · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 5

One of Kiama's oldest residents, Mr. Henry Warren, of Brown Street, died in Kiama Hospital on Sunday in his 86th year, after being ill for one…

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OBITUARY. Mr. J. A. HEDBERG

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 6

Mr. John Alfred Hedberg B.A., former headmaster Wollongong High School, died at Bawral earlier this month. He…

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Obituary Miss F. A. Piper

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 4

Miss Florence Annie Piper of Bulli Pass Road, Bulli, died in Coledale Hospital on Saturday…

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Death of Mr. G. Williams

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 2

The death of Mr. Griffith (Grif.) Williams took place in the Concord Repatriation Hospital last Friday…

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