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Obituaries & funerals, 1919

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Death of Harry Stockdale

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The death is announced of Mr. Harry Stockdale, the old time explorer, and a well-known figure in Sydney racing circles. He was 78 years of…

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Death of Harry Stockdale. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

Harry Stockdale, owner of Some Boy, My Peggy, and other racehorses, died to-day, aged 78. Stockdale was also an explorer…

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Coronial Inquiry. Death of Michael Burke

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the death of Michael Burke, at Murwillumbah, on Saturday last, were inquired into by the Coroner, Mr. A. J. Peisley,…

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Obituary. Nat Goodwin. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Nat Goodwin, the well-known actor…

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Death of Mr. Jas Little

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

WARDELL, Tuesday.—Mr. James Little, 63 years of age, died in Coraki Hospital on Sunday night after an illness extending over several months. The deceased was a native…

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Late Mr. F. G. Johnson

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 2

The death of Mr. F. G. Johnson, of Condong, which occurred on Saturday. evening last, removes an old identity from the ranks of the early colonists. Mr…

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Death of a Doctor

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Seven deaths were reported in Melbourne to-day, including Dr. Eliza May Sweet, aged 37, sister of Dr. Georgina Sweet, of Melbourne Hospital…

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Death of Mr. C. B. Boydell

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. Charles Broughton Boydell, ex-clerk of the Senate and formerly clerk of the N. S. Wales Assembly, died at his home at South Yarra,…

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Death of a Nurse

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—It has been de cided to utilise the Exhibition grounds for acute eases. No convalescent cases are to be taken. Included in to-day'a deaths was…

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Death of Leading Business Man

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Monday.—News has arrived from Melbourne of the death at the quarantine station at Portsea of Mr. R. P. Purmage, one of the leading residents and…

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Obituary. Mrs. J. Butler

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

After an illness extending over some mouths, Mrs. J. Butler passed peacefully away, on Sunday, January 5th, at her resideiigpj. Eltham. Her remains were laid to…

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Death of a Patient From Waterloo. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

John Taylor, an admitted case to the hospital from Waterloo on Friday, died this morning. There are now 46 cases abroad in New South Wals, and 40 at…

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Nursing Staff Affected. Death of a Nurse. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

One member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment, working in the Melbourne Hospital, was overcome to-day. This makes a total of forty-four on this…

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Death of a Footballer

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—James Gittings, a well-known footballer, died at Adelaide, to-day from influenza…

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Death of Prominent Footballer. Adelaide

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 3

James Gittings, a prominent footballer, died at Adelaide to-day from influenza…

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Death of a Centenarian

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 2
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Another pioneer of the Clarence, Mr. John Kinneally, died at the residence of Mr. J. Carr, Palmer's Island, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after nil illness…

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Death of Sir Mark Sykes. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—Sir Mark Sykes has died of pneumonic influenza while attends ing the Peace Conference in Paris as extra adviser on Near Eastern affairs…

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Coronial Inquiry. Death of Mr. C. Cooper

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Christopher Quelez Cooper, son of Mr and Mrs W. Cooper, Fawcett's Creek, was…

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Death of a Lidcombe Patient Four New Cases. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 3

A Lidcombe influenza patient died at the Coast Hospital to-day, and four new cases were reported…

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