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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1945

321 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 17

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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Obituary Mr. Des. McNEILL

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 4

A Digger of World War 1, Mr. Des McNeill died in Newcastle Hospital. The second son of the late Neil and Flora McNeill, of Stroud,…

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Obituary Mr. W. R. White

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 5

Mr. Walter R. White, who died at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Waratah, aged 49, was the fourth son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph…

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Obituary Mr. A. Woolley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 7

Mr. Arthur Woolley, who died at Newcastle Hospital aged 43, was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woolley of Mark Point, and late…

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Obituary Mrs. Alice Emslie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 5

Mrs. Alice Maud Ethel Emslie, wife of Mr. Thomas Emslie, died at her home, Stockton, aged 68 years. Born in Victoria, Mrs. Emslia lived…

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Montaomery's Tribute On Death Of A.D.C.

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.—A remarkable tribute has been paid by Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery in a letter to "The Times" to Major…

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Obituary Mr. H. J. Sarlow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 6

The funeral took place yesterday of Mr. H. J. Sarlow, who had spent a lifetime on the Newcastle waterfront. Mr. Sarlow was born in…

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Obituary Mrs. E. C. Taylor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 4

Mrs. B. C. Taylor widow of the late Mr. Robert Taylor, died at her residence. Henry-street, Tighe's Hill. She was 80…

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Obituary Mr. W. Thompson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 6

Mr. V. Thompson, of Thomas-street. Adamstown, who died last week, was 45. He had lived all his life at Adamstown. He was the…

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Death Today Of Mr. Noel Raymond

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 3

The death occurred in Newcastle Hospital early this morning of Mr. Noel A. O. Raymond, a member of the editorial staff of "The Newcastle…

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Obituary Mr. N. A. O. Raymond

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 4

Mr. Noel A. O. Raymond, 46, a member of the editorial staff of the "Newcastle Sun," died in Newcastle Hospital early on Saturday morning…

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Mass Funeral of Kapooka Victims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

WAGGA, Tuesday.—What will probably be the largest mass military funeral ever witnessed in Australia will take place to-morrow when the funeral of the 26 victims of the explosion at Kapooka military camp will take place…

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Obituary Mrs. A. Chalmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 5

Mrs. A. Chalmers, who died recently, aged 77 years, was the widow of the late Captain J. H. Chalmers. For 43 years she lived at Stockton,…

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Obituary Mr. E. J. Warner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 5

Mr. Edwin James Warner died at his home, Main-road, Marks Point, after a long illness. He was born 80 years ago at Warner's Bay, which…

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Obituary Mr. T. R. Nott

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Nott, 71, of Barnsley, died in Wallsend Hospital on May 13. He was cremated at Beresfield Crematorium. Rev. Robinson…

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Death Ashes of Japanese Australians' Find Near Wewak

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 1

MANILA, May 25.—Australian Sixth Division troops at Wirui Mission, three miles from Wewak, found 7000 small boxes containing…

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Late Mr. Thomas Jones

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 8

A resident of Newcastle from childhood until his retirement, Mr. Thomas Jones died in Sydney at the age of 76…

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Obituary Mr. George Yule

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 4

Mr. George Yule, who was accidentally killed at the Steel Works, Port Waratah, on May 15, was 50 years of age and had worked for the Broken…

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Obituary Mr. A. J. Sutton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 5

Mr. Adnet James Sutton, who died at Stockton on Tuesday, was in his 92nd year. In his early life he worked as a miner then as a…

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Death Reported of Stalin's Son

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday.— Stalin's eldest son by his first marriage, Yasha Djugashville, flung himself to death on an electrically charged wire…

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