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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1940

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Death of Mr. T. McColm

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

The death took place in the city last Friday of Mr. Tom McColm, aged 72, a former resident and business man of Forbes, who for some time has been…

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Obituary

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 2

The death occurred on Boxing Day of Mrs. H. A. Smith, sister of Mr. George Green (Cowra road). A week earlier another sister…

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Obituary Harold James Coffill

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 2

As the news of the death of the abovenamed spread through the town and district last Sunday, people found! some difficulty in realising it, and…

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OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary Walsh

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Walsh, whose SUdden death occurred recently at the home of her son, Mr. Thomas Walsh, of Newtown, was the widow of the late…

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Tragic Death of Mr. Jack Parker. Car Crashes Into Tree. About Mile From His Home

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

The whole community was shocked on Friday evening when it was learned that Mr. Jack Parker had been killed whilst on his way home…

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OBITUARY Mrs. B. A. Collits

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 1

The death took place in the District Hospital on Saturday night of Mrs. Betty Ann Collits, refict of the late Mr. A. J. Collits, of Sand Hills,…

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Obituary William George Maxworthy

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 1

Mr. William George Maxworthy, aged 70 years, died at his residence, Chatswood on 16th December. A service was held in St Stephen's…

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West Wyalong Death of Former Resident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 1

The death occurred in the Temora District Hospital on Christmas Day of Mr. Charles McDermott, aged 74 years, who was well known in the…

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OBITUARY. Mr. Edward Thomas

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 2

The death occurred on Saturday' afternoon of Mr. Edward Thomas, Young Road, who had reached the age of 74, and who had been ailing…

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Obituary Baby Douglass

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 1

The death occurred in "Strathmore," Private Hospital, West Wyalong, on Tuesday, of Jane Elizabeth, the ten week's old daughter of the…

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OBITUARY. Mr. John Walter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 5

Aged 78 years, Mr. John Walter, of Station Street, Cowra, passed away at the district hospital on Monday…

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Tortured by Russians. Story Behind Death of Mr. L. Gronlund. Struggle Against Odds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 6

Behind the death in a Sydney private hospital of Mr. Lauri Zacharias Gronlund, well known poultry farmer in the Cowra district, lies a…

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OBITUARY Mrs. H. M. Jones

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

The death of a district resident of many years' standing took place in the Forbes District Hospital early on Wednesday morning. when Mrs. Harriette…

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OBITUARY William J. Haydon Goolagong Loses Grand Citizen GOOLAGONG. Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 9

Through the death of William J. Haydon, of "Maryville," Goolagong, the Lachlan district has lost a grand man and citizen…

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OBITUARY. Miss Lizzie Schweitzer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

The death occurred yesterday in the Horusby Hospital of Miss Lizzie Schweitzer, sister of Messrs. Schweitzer Bros., of this town…

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OBITUARY. Mrs. John Jones

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 2

The death occurred in a private hospital Sydney, on Monday, of Mrs. Florence Helena Jones, widow of the late Mr. John Jones, of Wattle Villa…

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Dubbo. Obituary

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3

Mrs. Mary May McLennan died at the Dubbo District Hospital, after a short illness, at the age of 56 years. The deceased lady resided at Darling…

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Death of Judge Armstrong

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3

The death or Judge Laurens Frederick Mathews Armstrong, who was State Censor in New South Wales in the last war, occurred on last…

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OBITUARY. Mr. James Kerr

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

The death occurred on Thursday of an old resident of Grenfell in the person of Mr. James Kerr, who was 80 years of age…

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OBITUARY Mrs. T. Darcy, Junr

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 2

Friends of Mrs. Ellen Darcy (nee Miss Dwyer, of Bogan Gate), and wife of Mr. Thomas Darcy, Junr., of Condobolin, were shocked when the news…

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