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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1953

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Obituary Mrs. E. Campbell

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 2

Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell died at her residence, Railway St., Corrimal, yesterday, aged 61. She was the…

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OBITUARY Mr. W. J. McBARRON

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 21

A former alderman on the Shellharbour Council, Mr. William James McBarron, died on May 20 at the age of seventy…

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Sympathy On Death Of Ex-Alderman

Kiama Independent · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 8

Sympathy was expressed by Shellharbour Council last week with the relatives of the late ex-Alderman McBarron, whose death took place…

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Obituary Mr. R. Ringham

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 4

Mr. Robert Ringham, 69, of Main Rd., Coalcliff, died yesterday in the Coledale Hospital…

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Obituary Helen Polley

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 5

Helen Lorraine Polley died in the Wollongong District Hospital yesterday, aged 3 1/2…

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Obituary Mr. L. J. McDONALD

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 4

Mr. L. J. McDonald, 63, of Gipps Rd., Keiraville, and formerly of Wondandian, died last Saturday…

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Obituary Mr. T. C. McCANN

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Charles McCann, who collapsed and died in Wollongong on Friday night, was aged fifty years…

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Obituary Mr. H. Yelland

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. Harry Yelland, of McCauley St., Thirroul died yesterday in the But District Hospital…

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Obituary Mr. T. F. Timbs

Kiama Independent · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 6

The tragic and sudden death at the age of 40 of Mr. Thomas Frederick Timbs, a former resident of Kiama, who leaves a wife and seven children,…

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Obituary Mrs. V. J. George

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 5

Mrs. Vera Jane George died yesterday at her residence in John St., Reidtown…

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Obituary Mr. A. A. Hyde

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. Agnew Andrew Hyde, of Lachlan St., Thirroul, died in the Parramatta Hospital oh Saturday aged…

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Obituary... Mr. J. Boyd

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. James Boyd, who died in St. George Hospital, Kogarah, on Tuesday, had been employed by Wollongong Council for the…

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Obituary Mrs. M. J. Robinson

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Jane Robinson of the Avenue, Woonona, died on Tuesday night. She was the wife of Mr…

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OBITUARY Mr. F. V. QUINN

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 5

Mrs. Francis Vincent Quinn, 53, of Gladstone Ave., Wollongong, died yesterday in the Wollongong…

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Obituary Mr. S. W. Birch

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. Solomon William ("Snowy") Birch, 39, of Main Rd. Woonona, died yesterday in the Bulli…

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Obituary Miss S. E. Knight

Kiama Independent · Saturday 13 June 1953 · page 5

The death took place at Kiama District Hospital on Friday last week, of Miss Sarah Ellen Knight, of Jamberoo, at the age of 80 years…

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Obituary Mr. F. V. Ouinn

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 13

Mr. Francis Vincent Quinn, 62 Gladstone Avenue, Wollongong, died at Wollongong Hospital on Thursday afternoon at…

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Obituary Mr. G. L. Anderson

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Lloyd Anderson, 45, of Main Rd., Thirroul, died on Sunday in the Coledale Hospital…

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Big Crowd At Blanch Funeral

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 1

The funeral of the late Mr. Jack Blanch, of Terralong Street, Kiama, on Saturday was the biggest in the memory of the town's oldest…

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Obituary... Mrs. S. G. Askew

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 2

Mrs. Stella Grace Askew, who died at an Ashfield private hospital on Monday morning, was a former resident of 25…

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