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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1938

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A Grazier's Estate. Late Mr. G. R. Horton. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3

The late Mr. George Robert Horton, grazier, of Toogimbie, Hay, left £66,445 to his widow, children, and grand-children. Mr. Horton died on…

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Obituary Miss Alice Chandler

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 5

On Friday last, August 5, the death occurred at Tumut, of Miss Alice Chandler, sister of Mrs. W.H. Chambers of Rutherglen. The late Miss…

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Obituary MR. J. P. JELBART

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 5

Member of a pioneering family which came to Australia in the early days, Mr. John Phillips Jelbart died at the residence of his son. Dr. C. E. Jelbart,…

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Personal Items Obituary Spent Life in Benalla, Died in Wangaratta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 46

Mr. Thomas Joseph Page, aged 53 years, of Benalla West, who had suffered a long illness, died on last Thursday morning in the Wangaratta…

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Grew Up with Albury Death of Mr. Cyrus Osborne Active Life of 89 Years Ends

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 44

Mr. Cyrus Osborne, whose death at the age of 89 years occurred in a private hospital in Albury on Wednesday, was a veritable "landmark" in…

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Jockey’s Funeral Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 8

W. Lee, who died from [?] received in a fall at Moonee Valley on Wednesday, was buried at the New [?] Cemetery to-day. The…

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Death of Famous Cricketer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2

Followers of cricket will regret to learn of the death of Mr. Hugh Trumble, at his home in Hawthorn; on Sunday last. The fame of the late Mr…

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OBITUARY. Mr. G. R. Ayre

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2

We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. Gordon Russell Ayre, which took place, suddenly, at Manly, on Friday night. For some…

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Obituary Mrs. K. A. Lloyd

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2

The death occurred suddenly in Wagga on Thursday, of Mrs. Kathleen Alice Lioyd, of 22 Berry street, wagga, at the age of 39 years…

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Resident for 83 Years Death of Mrs. Jones

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Louisa Sabina Jones, a resident of Deniliquin for 83 years, died on Saturday morning, at the age of 88 years. Mrs. Jones possessed a wonderful…

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Boys’ “Mine” Almost Causes Death of One Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 5

A “mine” at the rear of a house, which two boys had been tunnelling for a month, collapsed yesterday, and one of the lads was buried under a…

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Remanded on Murder Charge Death of Young Woman Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 6

Charged with the murder of Yoland Joan Shieley Bordin, 22 married woman of Lelcester street, Cariton, Carlton, on August 3. Edward Allan May, 30…

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Obituary Mr. William Cowhan

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 3

It is with regret that we record the death of another old resident in the person of Mr. William Cowhan, at the age of 74 years. The…

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Tribute to Late Mr. J. P. Jelbart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 46

At Friday's meeting of Hume Shire Council the president (Cr. J. P. Smith) referred to the death of Mr. J. P. Jelbart, father of Cr. J…

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Personal News Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 8

Mr. John Mutch, 78, one of Cootamundra's oldest and most esteemed residents, died last Monday. He was born at Delegate (N.S.W.), and went…

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Obituary Mr. Charles Johnson

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 5

May old Corowa friends of the late Mr. Charles Johnson jun[?]., will regret in heavy of his death, which occurred in Sydney on Sunday, lost at…

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Pioneer of Paspalum Death of Mr. W. Seccombe

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 3

The death is announced from Coff's Harbor (N.S.W.), of Mr. Williams Seecombe, who evolved the system of handshaking the seed of the now…

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Obituary Cheerful Invalid "Digger" Racegoer Dies

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 46

Known on many Victorian racecourses for Ms unfailing cheerful good humour and for his keen interest in racing form, Mr. Cecil Travis…

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Leakage of Gas Causes Death of Woman Grandchildren Also Affected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 38

A leaking pipe to a gas-stove in a fish shop in Parramatta road, Annandale, caused the death of a woman in the small hours of Saturday morning…

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Tragic Death of Mr. Ron Gibson Found in a Cave at Manly

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 10

On Saturday night last a man was discovered in a cave at North Head, near Manly, and was taken to the Manly Hospital where he died on…

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