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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1918

186 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 10

Death of Mr. David Chalmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1918 · page 6

Mr. David Chalmers, chief engineer of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer Hunter, and senior engineer of the company, died…

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Funeral of Mrs. J. S. Rodgers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1918 · page 5

The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret Eliza Rodgers, wife of Mr. James' S. Rodgers, Laman-street, Cook's Hill, took place yesterday…

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Morpeth. Late Mr. A. Lind

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 August 1918 · page 6

News has been received at Morpeth of the death of Mr. M. A. Lind, which took place at Cowper, on the Clarence River a few days ago. The deceased had been…

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Funeral of Mr. H. W. Jefferson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1918 · page 5

The funeral of the late Mr. Harry W. Jefferson, second son of Mr. H. B. Jefferson, postmaster at Newcastle, took place from the Newcastle Hospital yesterday…

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Death of Mr. J. D. Beeston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 5

The death occurred at 6 o'clock last evening of Mr. J. D. Beeston, second son of the late Mr. J. L. Beeston, the first manager of the Newcastle railways…

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Late Mr. J. D. Beeston

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 5

The funeral of the late Mr. John Denison Beeston took place from the Cathedral to the Church of England cemetery at Sandgate this afternoon…

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Death of M. Metin En Route to Australia Leader Of French Mission VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 5

A message from San Francisco states that M. Albert Metin, formerly Minister for Labor in France, and leader of the French Mission to Australia, accompanied by…

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Funeral of Mr. J. D. Beeston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. John Denison Beeston took place from the Newcastle Cathedral on Saturday afternoon. The respect and esteem in which the…

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The French Mission. Death of M. Metin. a Labour Patriot. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 5

M. Metin, a French Minister, and General Pau, and other members of the mission who are en route to discuss war questions with the Australian…

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Death of Mrs. Cavell

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 5

The death took place on June 18, at Henley-on-Thamos, of Mrs. Cavell, mother of Edith Cavell, at the age of 81. Her death (says "The Times"), recalls those days of…

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Funeral of Mrs. Greaves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1918 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mrs. S. E. Greaves took place yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended, included in the mourners being many old friends of the…

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Death of Lord Forrest. a Notable Australian. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 6

Word was received by the Federal Government to-day that Lord John Forrest had died at son. He left for London five weeks ago…

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Death of Captain Seddon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 9

The eldest son of the late Richard John Seddon was killed in action at the front the other day, after he had been in France for only a week. Captain Seddon has at different…

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Escaped From Kelly Gang Futile Police Expedition Death of Sole Survivor

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Newman M'Intyre, who was the sole survivor of the police expedition sent in pursuit of the Kelly gang of bushrangers, his three comrades being murdered…

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The Last Rites Funeral of Sir George Reid Anzacs Form Guard LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 1

The funeral service in connection with the burial of Sir George Reid at St. Columbus Church was most simple and impressive. DRAPED WITH AUSTRALIAN FLAG…

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Death of Mr. W. Mills

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 6

Mr. William Mills, an old resident of Maitland, died yesterday, at his residence, Oakhampton, after an illness of about two years. He was a native of…

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Late Sir George Reid. Funeral in London. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 5

The remains of the late Sir George Reid were interred at Putney this afternoon. The funeral, service was held at St…

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A Soldier's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 6

The funeral of the late Private Reginald James Hackett, who died on Wednesday morning, in very sad circumstances, took place yesterday morning, and was…

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Comedy King's Trainer Death of James Lynch SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 2

Tho Victorian trainer, James Lynch, who came to Sydney for the spring racing and contracted pneumonia a few days ago, died at a private hospital at Randwick early this…

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Death of Mr. John Hay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 8

Mr. John Hay died at his residence, Stockton, last evening, aged ninety-one years. Mr. lay was born at Spoymouth,…

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