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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1945

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Death Of Dr. Birdwood

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday: Dr. G. T. Birdwood. younger brother of Field- Marshal Lord Birdwood, died yesterday at the age of 78…

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Obituary Mr. George Clapson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 4

Born in Sussex, England, 90 years ago, Mr. George Clapson, who died recently, had lived in New South Wales for 59 years and at Stockton…

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Death of Mr. F. A. Cadell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

Mr. F. A. Cadell, partner of the firm of Lang, Wood and Co. Pty. Ltd., Newcastle, died in Sydney on Saturday…

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Death of Former P.m.g

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

YOUNG, Monday.—Mr. T. J. Collins, who was Postmaster-General in the Lyons Government Cabinet, died suddenly at his home. He had…

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Death of Policeman Believed Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The fatal shooting of Constable Harold Reuben Dudley McMillan at Omeo police station is believed to be accidental…

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Obituary Mrs. E. Metcalfe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

Mrs. Elizabeth Metcalfe, wife of Mr. Thomas William Metcalfe, died at her residence, Hobart-road, New Lambton, on April 4, after a long…

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At President Roosevelt's Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 1

President Truman (right) consoles Mrs. Ann Boettiger, daughter of the late President Roosevelt, as the await the funeral train in Washington. —U.S. Office of War Information Padiophoto…

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Obituary Mr. P. Ryan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 8

Mr. P. Ryan, who died at his Hamilton residence on April 15, at the age of 65, was Senior Railway Traffic Inspector for the…

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Marine's Funeral in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 4

LEONARD LEE, who was accidentally drowned on Sunday, was buried yesterday in Newcastle War Cemetery, Sandgate…

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Obituary Mr. T. J. Hughes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Johnson Hughes died it his residence, Young-road Lambton, after a long illness. He was 49 years of age, and was born in…

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Obituary Mr. H. Pilder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 6

Mr. Herman Pilder, of Cook's Hill, died in Newcastle Hospital on April 20. aged 52. He was privately cremated at Beresfield…

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Alibi Issue in Trial on Death of Girl

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: "Though the defence will set up that Dowe was not in Moree at the time Miss Jenkins met her death, the Crown will establish that he was particularly well-informed of some facts relating to the crime", said the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Kidston)…

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The Death of a Tyrant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 2

The description of the square in Milan where the bodies of Mussolini and his mistress were trampled underfoot by a frenzied…

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P. And C. Tribute To Late Mr. W. R. Little

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 4

The president of Hamilton P. and G. (Mr. J. E. Moran), the headmaster (Mr. R. Smith), headmistress of girls' department (Miss Burgess) and…

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Ignoble Death of Mussolini

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 3

The camera attests the inglorious end of Mussolini's despotic rule. The bodies of Mussolini (centre), his mistress, Clara Petacci, and the former Propaganda Minister and Secretary-General of the Republican Fascist Party, Alessandro Pavolini,…

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Obituary Mr. George Asquith

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 4

The funeral of Mr. George Asquith, 83, took place on Tuesday afternoon. A church service was conducted by the rector of St. Paul's Church of…

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Death Throes of Third Reich

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 1

BERLIN HAS FALLEN. A Russian communique says that the Germans in the city laid down their arms and fighting has ceased…

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Obituary Miss A. Tudor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 6

Miss Adelaide Tudor, who died in a private hospital at Hamilton, aged 78, was the eldest daughter of the late Thomas and Ellen Tudor, after…

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£800 for Death of Husband

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 10

For the death of her husband, John Shaw, shiftman at South Waratah mine, on January 8, this year, Mrs. Doris Shaw, of High-street,…

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Obituary Mr. G. De Glorian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 6

After a very short illness, Mr. H. George Wynne de Glorian died at the Newcastle Hospital on April 21. He was born in Perkin-street in 1893…

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