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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1947

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Death of Prosecutor in Tokio TOKIO

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

Mr Worth F. KcKLmey (prosecuting attorney for the United States) died of a heart attack in the Japanese War Ministry building while the War…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

PIMBLETT.—The death occurred at the Deniliquin District Hospital on Saturday night of MRS, LINDA THERESA PIMBLETT, at the age of…

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Obituary Mr. J. G. Cofield

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

The death occurred on Friday last at the Corowa Hospital of a well-known and highly respected resident of Corowa in the person of Mr. John…

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Quiet Funeral or Flamboyant Interment? Decision Awaited on Capone Miami

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

The body of the gangster At Capone, who died on Saturday, still [?]s in the funeral parlor, awaiting Mrs Capone’s decision whether there…

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Death of Rotary Leader Chicago

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 2

The death occurred to-day of Mr Paul Harris, who as Rotary International’s first president emeritus travelled extensively, addressing Rotary…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

MILLMAN.—The death occurred on Wednesday morning suddenly, of MR. ALFRED MILLMAN, an old and highly—esteemed resident of Deniliquin,…

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Death Of Mrs. Eric Giersch

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

The death occurred suddenly at Lewisham Hospital, Wagga, early on Thursday morning, of Dorothy Jean; Giersch, wife of Mr. B. K. Giersch,…

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Obituary Mr Walter Thomas Whitehead

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 3

The death occurred at the Corowa Hospital on Monday last of a very old Resident of the district, Mr. Walter Thomas Whitehead, aged 86…

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OBITUARY Mr. E. G. Lamerton

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

The death occurred on January 31, at Manly District Hospital, of Mr. Edmund Gilbert Lamerton, a former well-known resident of Hay…

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Death of Mr, "Bernie" Russell Due To Motor Cycle Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

The distressing news was received in Deniliquin yesterday of the death of Mr. Joseph Bernard Russell, aged 22, The late Mr. Russell was widely…

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WALWA Tragic Death of Infant

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

Deep regret is expressed for Mr. and Mrs. Wally Neslon, formely of Walwa, in the death of their infant son, Brian, aged 5[?] months. The child was…

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Quiet Funeral For Capone CHICAGO

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 5

In contrast to the flamboyant funerals he used to arrange for the victims of his gang, AI Capone was buried quietly under a tent that had been…

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Obituary

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

HYNES. — The death occurred on Wednesday morning of MRS. ROSA SARAH HYNES, wife, of Mr. Walter Hynes, of Deniliquin, at the age of 35…

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Death of Mr. Percy Stewart Dawson

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

Percy Stewart Dawson, 59, of Sydney, died in a private ward at Royal Melbourne Hospital recently. He was an uncle of David Stewart Dawson,…

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OBITUARY Miss Susan Kerrish

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

The death took place at the Hay Hospital early this morning of Miss Susan Ann Kerrish, a lifelong resident of the Oxley and Hay districts…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret King

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

Mr. Michael King, of Corowa, received the sad news yesterday morning of the death of his mother, which occurred at 6.40 a.m. that day, at the…

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OBITUARY Mr. John Clancy

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

The death occurred on Sunday morning last, at Lockhart, of Mr. John Clancy, of "Clontarf," Urangeline East. Mr. Clancy had been in good health…

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Death of Miss Ellen Wilkinson LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 8

Death occurred today of the Minister Education (Miss Ellen Wilkinson). Miss Wilkinson died from a heart attack in the hospital where she was…

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Accountant for Trial Death of Pretty Clerk Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 1

A witness in the Brisbane Police Court to-day said that when he went to the office of the Brisbane Associated Friendly Societies on…

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Death Of Mrs. Robinson

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1

There were expressions of regret heard on all sides when it was learned that MRS. ISOBEL ROBINSON, owner of the Federal Hotel, had died early on…

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