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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1941

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Maitland Military Funeral for Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 15

Trooper R. N. Johnstone, 24, of Boomi, a member of the 24th Light Horse Regiment camped at Rutherford, who died in Maitland Hospital on Wednesday night,…

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Obituary Mrs. E. Snedden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 19

After a short illness, Mrs. Eliza Snedden died at the home of her son-in-law. Mr. R. McNorran, of Botany. Once a storekeeper at Martin's Creek, Mrs…

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Obituary Dr. C. W. Thompson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 9

Dr. Clive Wentworth Thompson, of Alt-street, Ashfield, late of Newcastle, died after a long illness. Dr. Thompson was educated at All Saints' College,…

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Obituary Mr. J. J. Edstien

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 6

Mr. Joseph J. Edstien, an old resident of Raymond Terrace, died yesterday in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Waratah. He was aged 75 years, and was the…

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Obituary Mrs. M. A. Bowe, Sen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 4

Mrs. Matilda A. Bowe, relict of Mr. Henry Bowe, sen., died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. Sleishman, on March 27, after a long illness. She was…

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Obituary Mr. A. H. McEWAN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 4

Mr. Albert H. McEwap, a former resident of Lambton, has died in Adelaide. Mr. McEwen left Lambton with his father at the age of 18 to work in…

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Obituary Mr. G. R. Flannery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1941 · page 6

DUNGOG, Monday.—Mr. George R. Flannery, of "Woodburn," Girvan, a member of one of the pioneer families of the mid-North Coast, has died. He was…

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3000 at Mass Funeral of Raid Victims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 5

LONDON, April 15. A.A.P.—Three thousand people attended the first of two mass funerals of victims of the latest Coventry air raid. Union Jacks covered…

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Obituary Mr. W. D. Kerr

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 6

The funeral of the late William Donald Kerr moved from the Lambton Baptist Church for Sandgate Cemetery and was attended by many friends and relatives…

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Obituary Mr. T. Brierley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 3

The funeral of Mr. Thomas Brierley moved from his home in Third-street, Teralba, to West Wallsend Methodist cemetery. Services were held at the home…

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Obituary Mrs. A. E. Avery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 8

DUNGOG, Friday.—Mrs. Ada Evelyn Avery, wife of Mr. F. S. Avery, a former postmaster at Dungog, has died in Sydney. She was 36. Mrs. Avery Was the…

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Death Announced of Greek Prime Minister London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 1

Athens Radio announces the death to-day of the Greek Prime Minister, M. Alexander Korizis…

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Death of Canon Portus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 4

Rev. Canon Harold S. D. Portus, a well-known minister of the Church of England in the Newcastle Diocese, where he served the whole of his ministerial…

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Death of Former Newcastle Canon

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 4

The death occurred on Saturday at the Lister Hospital. Sydney, of Canon Harold Dumares[?] Portus, a former minister of the Church of England…

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Obituary Mr. W. Clayden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 3

Mr. William Clayden, 77, died at Muswellbrook. He resided in the Upper Hunter for the greater part of his life. He carried out many contracts for…

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Detectives Probe Death of Pensioner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives from the C.I.B. spent to-day investigating circum-stances surrounding the death of Henry Henness, 62, an invalid pensioner, who…

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Death of Mr. E. S. Jones

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 4

News has been received of the death in London of Mr. E. Strangeways Jones, who was well-known in Newcastle, where for many years he was an assayer for…

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Obituary Mrs. C. L. Gray

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 13

Mrs. Carolina Louisa Gray, wife of Mr. Stephen Gray, of Murnin-street, Wallsend, died in Wallsend Hospital. She was 74…

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Sudden Death Of Federal Government Whip SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 3

Mr. J. L. Price, member for Boothby (S.A.) and Government Whip in the House of Representatives. died in his sleep last night…

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Obituary Mrs. L. M. Nelson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 9

Mrs. Lillian May Nelson, relict of the late Andrew Nelson, of Marks Point, was buried in the Methodist Cemetery, Sandgate. Services at the private chapel…

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