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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1940

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Death of Pioneer Pastoralist Mr. Stephen Edwin Donelan

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

The following reference to the death of Mr. S. E. Donelan (reported in last Friday’s “Pastoral Times”) is taken from Jerilderie “Herald”:—…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 1

FARRELL.—The death occurred at the residence of her daughter (Mrs. Birrell, Mathoura), of MRS. C. FARRELL, aged 36 years. Mrs Farrell,…

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Obituary. Mr James Netting

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 4

It is with regret that we chroni[?] the passing of Mr James Netting and old and respected resident [?] Finley, whose death occurred at the…

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Obituary Mr. William Stuart

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 2

The death occurred on 17th April last of Mr William Stuart, at his home, "Ballyhivistock," Dervock, County Antrim, Ireland', at the…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1

BALL.—Mrs Gatherine Ball, mother of Cr. J. P. Ball, of Finley, died at Footscray. The deceased, who was an old identity of the Nathalia district, is…

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Obituary Mr. Arthur Roach

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 3

Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday Mr. Arthur Roach was found in an outhouse at, the Terminus Hotel suffering from a bullet wound. A revolver…

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Obituary Mrs. C. B. Low

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

Mrs. Constance Beatrice Low, wife of Mr. William C. Low, of Albury, and mother of Mrs. J. S. Wild, Miss Clover Low, and Mr. William A. Low,…

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Funeral

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Farrell took place on Tuesday, and the-cortege was a lengthy one. Requiem Mass was celebrated in the morning by the Rev…

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Genuine Sorrow Ald A. C. Hake’s Death Many Expressions Voiced Funeral at Albury This Afternoon

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2

Not for years have so many expressions of genuine sorrow been heard in Albury at the passing of a prominent citizen as were voiced…

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“Did Not Mean to Kill” Death of A.L.F. Soldier Old Man’s Alleged Statement Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2

Giving evidence at the Coroner’s Court to-day concerning the death of Michael aged 38, a private in the A.I.F. at East Sydney on April 6…

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Thousands Pay Tribute Ald. Hake Buried Long Funeral Procession All Sections of the Community Represented

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 5

With a funeral procession believed [?] have been the longest ever seen in Albury, the community yesterday paid [?] last tribute to Ald. Alfred Charles…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 1

[?]ARDINER—Referring to the death [?] week-end of Mr. A. J. Gardiner, of [?] Park,” Deniliquin, the Echuca [?] states: “Mr Gardiner came to…

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OBITUARY Mr. John Tilden

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 2

The death occurred in the Hay Hospital, on Wednesday, after a lengthy illness of John Tilden, eldest son of the late Thomas Knight Tilden…

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Clergyman Collapses at Funeral Service at Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 4

While conducting a service in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Wagga, before the burial of Rupert Drummond and Francis Roberts, both aged 20…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

DAVIDSON.—The body of a military pensioner, Mr. Arthur Hallam Davidson, aged 64 years, who had been missing from his camp in West Hay for 10…

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The Late Mr. M. SAVAGE Monument at Benalla

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

The Benalla Shire Council has approved of a site for a memorial to the late Mr. M. Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand, which it is proposet…

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Padre Collapses at Funeral Service

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 2

After he had pronounced the Benediction at a service at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church in connection with the double funeral of Rupert…

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Obituary Mr. James Flanagan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 3

There passed away at the Corowa Hospital at midday on Saturday last May 11, a very old identity of the Corowa, Rutherglen and Wangaratta…

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Tributes Paid to Late Mr. Hake References in Court Sorrow of Colleagues in Legal Profession

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 6

Before an almost fall assemblage of members of the legal profession of Albury at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. G. M. Stedman…

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“Women Makes Own Funeral Pyre” Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 4

Alice Gertrude Trueman, aged 45, Shamrock st., West Brunswick, was found burned to death In her washhouse, by her husband,…

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