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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1940

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Personal Death of Me Wm. Hawkshaw

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 1

THE death occurred with tragic suddeness while sitting in ins motor truck outside his home in Hunter street Deniliquin on Friday night last, of MR…

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Obituary. Mr John Hogan

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 3

It is with regret that we have to chronicle the demise of Mr John Hogen, of Gum Swamp station, Jerilderie, and also of Wangaratta,…

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Obituary. Mr Edward A. Roberts

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 4

The death took place at Albury of Mr Edward A. Roberts, aged 46 years. Deceased, who was born at Mt. Gwynne, was the youngest son…

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Obituary Mr. William Hawkshaw

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3

It is again our sad duty to record the death of another former old Jerilderie resident in the person of Mr. William Hawkshaw, which…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

MALONE— Mr. James Malone a well known resident of Finley, died on Wednesday morning at Finley Hospital. His health had been failling for several…

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Death of Wangaratta Town Clerk

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Mr. T. C. Muntz, who has been Town Clerk of the Borough of Wangaratta for the last 32 years, collapsed when going home from his office on…

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Obituary Mr. Edward a Roberts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

The death took place at Albury of Mr. Edward A. Roberts, aged 46. Deceased, who was born at Mt. Gwynne, was the youngest son of the…

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Death of Bathursts Oldest Woman

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

Susan Quinn, Buthurst's oldest woman, died recently at the age of 96, She was born at Bathurst and lived in the same home for 60 years. In…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1

INGRAM.—The death occurred at the Deniliquin Hospital early this morning of MR. WILLIAM INGRAM, aged 72 years, for many years a…

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Death of Mr W Hawkshaw

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

The death [?] ddenne[?] truck outside [?] Street, [?]…

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Obituary. Mr James Malone

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 3

All the residents of Finley and many in the surrounding towns, were thrown into mourning on Wednesday last, who it was learned that the…

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Obituary Mr. James Malone

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

The death occurred at Finley on Wednesday of last week of one of its oldest and most respected residents in the person of Mr. James…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 1

BYRNE.—The death occurred recently in Sydney of Mr. Patrick Joseph Byrne, who retired from the police force about 14 years ago when…

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Obituary Mr. Thomas Devine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 5

The death occurred at his residence, Pollock street, Colac, on Friday, January 19, 1940, of Mr. Thomas Devine (formerly of Corowa), at the…

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Obituary Mr. Charles Meadth, Senr

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 1

The deepest sympathy is felt by their many friends for Mr. and Mrs. Meadth in the sudden death of Mr. Meadth's father, which occurred in…

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A Shooting Tragedy Death of Mr. E. F. FISHER

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

On Thursday evening last, at about 7 o'clock, the dead body of Ernst Friedrich Fischer was found in a shed at the rear of his residence in Graham…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

THOMSON.—Expressions of deepest regret were heard on all sides in Deniliquin to-day when it became known that Councillor Hugh Ramsay…

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Death Of Racehorse

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

Mrs. R. W. Clark of Mycumbene, [?]ooligal, had the misfortune to lose her good performer Marrakech (Legionnatre-Bine [?]ox) during the week,…

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Anthrax Causes Death Of 30 Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

An outbreak of anthrax has occurred in a flock, of 1,100 sheep on a property near Aratula, between Deniliquin and…

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Death of Elderly Woman. Open Finding Recorded Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

“I am not prepared to say that there is evidence of manslaughter,” said the Coroner (Mr. Tingate), in recording an open finding to-day at an…

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