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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1942

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The Late Mr. L. P. Waterhouse

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1942 · page 3

Mr. L. P. Waterhouse died suddenly at his home at Belmont last night. Mr. Waterhouse, who attended his office as usual…

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Obituary Mr. L. P. Waterhouse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 4

Mr. L. P. Waterhouse died suddenly at his home at Belmont. A member of the Commonwealth Institution of Accountants, he practised in…

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Obituary Mr. K. C. Mitchell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 6

Mr. Kenneth Colin Mitchell died at his residence, Pelaw Main, at the age of 56. Born at Inverell, he came to…

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Gestapo Chiefs Attend Heydrich Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 3

LONDON. Sunday (AAP):— Prague radio disclosed last night that the dreaded chief of the Gestapo (Himmler) attended the…

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"Chicago Style" Funeral for Nazi Butcher

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 1

LONDON. Monday (Our Special Representative): Reinhard Heydrich, the assassinated "Protector" of Bohemia and Moravia, was…

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Rejects Protests Over Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA: Protests by Australian Natives' Association against the funeral with full naval honors of four dead men found in…

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Death of Rev. A. L. Cannon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

Rev. A. L. Cannon, minister of the Stockton Methodist Church and assistant minister at the Central Methodist Mission, died suddenly at…

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Coalfield Naval Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 2

Thousands of people yesterday afternoon witnessed the first naval funeral on the Coalfield. The funeral was that of Leading Stoker…

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Naval Funeral on Coalfields

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 4

The first naval funeral on the Coalfields was witnessed by thousands of people yesterday afternoon. The funeral was that of…

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Obituary Mrs. Isabel Cheshire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 4

Mrs. Isabel Patrona Athena Cheshire, of Merewether, was buried in the Church of England cemetery at Sandgate. She was 20 years of age,…

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Naval Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

Leading Stoker Stanley William Butcher, of Weston, who…

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Obituary Mrs. E. B. Henson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1942 · page 5

The funeral took place yesterday from Mayfield Methodist Church of Mrs. Emily B. Henson, who for 50 years had lived in Newcastle. She…

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Gestapo Claims Death of Heydrich Killers London, Thursday (AAP)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 1

The German-controlled Prague radio has put out a story that the killers of the Gestapo "butcher," Heydrich. were caught…

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Obituary Mrs. A. Gavin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 6

Mrs. Agnes Gavin died at Bell-bird at the age of 76, She was a native of Scotland. She came to Australia 57 years ago with her…

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Tributes to Late Mr. T. Hoare

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 2

On the Identical spot where Mr. Thomas (Bendy) Hoare a year ago had proudly declared the new miners' building, Federation…

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Obituary Mr. W. A. McMILLAN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 5

The funeral of Mr. W. A. McMillan, Corlette-street, Cook's Hill, took place yesterday, following a service at St. Andrew's Presbyterian…

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Death of Mr. D. McGEACHIE Big Part in Mining Development

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 2

Mr. Duncan McGeachie, a former General Superintendent of Caledonian Collieries Ltd., Newcastle, died at his home, Toronto, yesterday…

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Late Mrs. F. Bewick

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 3

The death occurred suddenly this morning or Mrs. Florence Bewick, of Bingle Street. The Hill, one of Newcastle's best-known and…

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Obituary Mr. D. McGEACHIE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 4

The funeral of Mr. Duncan McGeachie, former General Superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries Ltd., took place yesterday to the…

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Obituary Mr. W. Edwards

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 4

SINGLETON, Wednesday.—Mr. William Edwards, the oldest resident of Broke, in the Singleton district, has died. Born at Warkworth, he…

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