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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1932

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Last Tribute Captain Jacka's Funeral MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 6

Thousands lined the city streets and all traffic was suspended when the funeral of the late Captain Albert Jacka, V.C., took place to-day. Many people…

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Obituary Captain Jacka, V.C.

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 1

Captain Albert Jacka, the first Australian to win the Victorian Cross in the late war, died in the Caulfield (Vic.) military hospital on Sunday…

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Obituary Mrs. J. B. Sharman

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 5

A tribute of respect to the late Mrs. J. B. Sharman, of Upper Crystal Creek, who died in a Murwillumbah hospital on Friday night last, after…

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Disgraceful Incident in Chicago. Shotgun Squad Precedes Funeral Unionists Strike

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 4

CHICAGO, Monday:--A woman's body was buffeted by a union funeral controversy that provoked a [?]ot and resulted in four arrests…

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Death of Miss Norman

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 5

Death came with tragic suddenness of Miss Ada Norman on Monday evening last. Seemingly in the best of health and highest spirits she at…

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Obituary Mr. Dominic Roder

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 4

One of the few surviving members of the memorable expedition of Italians who 51 years ago joined the Marquis De Ray's expedition in Italy and…

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Obituary Dominic Roder

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. Dominic Roder, a well-known resident of the New Italy district who died in Coraki on Tuesday night, took place at South…

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Death of Mr. M. Farrell Old Pioneer Passes

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

By the death of Mr. Michael Farrell the Richmond loses a pioneer who had seen the district grow from a sparsely settled locality into perhaps one of…

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'Babes in the Wood' Romantic Victorian Bush Episode Recalled Death of Heroine

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday:--Mrs. G. Turnbull, better known as Jane Duff, the heroine of the bush story which made a reality of the story of the…

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Obituary Mrs. Clara Anderson

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

The death occurred at the Ballina District Hospital on Monday night last of Mrs. Clara Anderson, wife of Mr. Seymour J. Anderson, of Kyogle, and…

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Obituary Mr. E. De Voss

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 4

The death occurred in Brisbane on January 20 at a private hospital of Mr. Earnest de Voss, senr., at the age of 59 years. The late Mr. de Voss,…

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OBITUARY Mr. Ernest De Voss

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 2

The death occurred at a private hospital in Brisbane on January 20 of Mr. Ernest De Voss, senr., at the age of 59 years…

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Mysterious Death of Shire Engineer Puzzling Case

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 4

The inquiry by Mr. E. J. McCullech at Tenterfield into the death of Archibald Francis Gerald Staffrod, shire engineer, of Tenterfield, who died at Tenterfield…

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Obituary Mrs. Charlotte Nugent

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 3

Following a protracted illness, the death occurred at Casino on Saturday of Mrs. Charlotte Nugent, wife of Mr. John Nugent, of Tabulam. The late Mrs…

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Obituary Miss Zena Armstrong

Northern Star · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

The funeral of the late Miss Zena Armstrong, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Armstrong, of Alstonville, who was drowned in…

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Obituary. Mr. E. W. Brierly

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

The death occurred in a private hospital at Orange last week of Mr. Edward Weir Brierly, one of the most outstanding figures on the retired list of the…

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OBITUARY Mr. Walter Watson

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 2

Mr. Walter Watson, of Brisbane, formerly a resident of Murwillumbah for many years, passed away in Brisbane General Hospital on Saturday…

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Obituary Mr. W. G. Sutton

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

The death occurred at Ruthven yesterday morning at the age of 61 years of Mr. William G. button, an ex-councillor of Gunduriinba Shire. The late…

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South Brisbane Murder Man Arrested Pathetic Scenes at Funeral

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday:--After whirlwind activities in certain sections of the city to-day the detectives in charge of investigations…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Christina Bartlett

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 5

An ailment suffered for several months by Mrs. Christina Bartlett, wife of Mr. A. E. Bartlett, of Condong, ended fatally on Monday morning in Holyrood…

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