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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

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Obituary Mr. C. J. Williams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 14

Mr. Charles J. Williams, formerly a building contractor and architect at Newcastle, died at his home at West Kogarah on February 7, at the age of…

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Death of Howard Carter Found Tutankhamen's Tomb LONDON, March 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 11

The death has occurred of Mr. Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen. Mr. Carter, who was 66 years of age,…

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Obituary Mr. John T. Watkins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 2

Mr. John Thomas Watkins the elder surviving brother of the late Mr. David Watkins, M.H.R., and uncle of the present Federal Parliamentary representative…

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Storekeeper Free Brisbane Murder Trial Ends Death of Hotelkeeper Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 7

"Not guilty of murder. Not guilty of manslaughter," was the verdict given by the jury to-night in the case in which Edwin Claude Helton, 36, storekeeper,…

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Was Accidental Death of C. T. P. Ulm's Father SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 10

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner (Mr. Wood) to-day when he held an inquest on Gustave Emile Ulm, father of the late C…

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Death of Constable Two Labourers Remanded SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 8

On a charge of having murdered Lionel George Guise, a police constable, Leslie William Murphy, 28, labourer and Stanley Arthur Dayment, 26, labourer, were…

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Death of Mrs. McCOY, of Muswellbrook Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 3

Mrs. Matilda Mary Alice McCoy, who died in Sydney, was an old resident of the Muswellbrook district. She was born in Goulburn in 1860 and…

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Obituary Very Rev. J. O'flynn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 13

The funeral of the Very Rev. John O'Flynn, who parish priest at Raymond Terrace for 25 years, took place yesterday after a Solemn Requiem Mass…

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Funeral Held Up Hearse Collides With Taxi BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 7

A funeral in Brisbane was interrupted to-day when a motor hearse was put out of action in a collision with a taxi-cab. The front portion of the hearse was badly…

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Death of Mrs. S. Makin

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 8

Mrs. S. Makin died to-day at her home in Turnbull Street. Hamilton South, after an illness extending over a number of years…

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Obituary Mr. Frederick Gardiner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 14

Mr. Frederick Gardiner, the oldest police pensioner in New South Wales, died at his home in Reay-street, Hamilton, on February 23. He was 90…

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Death of Lubra Aboriginal Arrested DARWIN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 8

An aboriginal named Victor to-day was arrested near Maranbov in connection with the death of a lubra. Brumby, last week-end…

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Late Mr. James Archer Work For Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 5

The death occurred at the aRe of 76 at Wahroonga yesterday of Mr. James Archer, who played a prominent Dart in the suburban civic life of Merewether…

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"Morbidity" at Funeral London, February 27

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 8

Damage to shrubs and bulbs was caused by crowds who trampled over graves in Barking cemetery, Essex, as Pamela Doreen Coventry, 9, whose…

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Obituary Mr. Jack Paul

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 2

The ambulance movement on the Coalfields, and Weston Ambulance Class in particular, lost an enthusiast by the death of Mr. Jack Paul, from injuries received…

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Funeral of Late Mr. J. Archer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 7

There was a large attendance at the funeral this afternoon of the late Mr. James Archer of Merewether, who died on Monday at Wahroonga. The…

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Member of Pioneer Family Late Mrs. Milton Capp

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 7

Mrs. Milton Capp. a member of one of the oldest pioneer families of New South Wales, died in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital last night…

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Obituary Mr. J. Archer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 5

Eight of Mr. James Archer's colleagues in the old Merewether Council, of which he was an alderman for 20 years, were among the large gathering that attended…

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Death of Prominent Randwick Trainer Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 12

The well-known Randwick trainer. Mr. J. H. Trenoweth. died early this morning after a short Illness…

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Obituary Mr. F. C. Towler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 11

The death occurred at Dungog Cottage Hospital of Mr. Frederick C. Towler after an illness of nine weeks. Mr. Towler, who was 14, was born at Booral, and…

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