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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

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Death of V.c. Winner

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 6

LONDON, Monday:—The death has occurred, at the age of 62, of Lieut-Commander Percy Dean, V.C., a hero of the naval operations at Zeebrugge…

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Obituary. Capt. R. Nicholson

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 2

The death occurred recently at Grafton of Captain Robert Nicholson (81), a member of the same Anglo-Irish family of Nicholson as…

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Obituary Mrs. J. St. C. SNOWDON

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 10

Mrs. Pearl Snowdon, wife of Mr. John St. Clair Snowdon, of Gosford, died at Gosford yesterday morning after a short illness. Until about…

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FUNERAL Late Yvonne Hayes

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 4

The funeral yesterday of Yvonne Hayes, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Hayes, of Chmderah, whose death occurred…

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Obituary. Mr. Alexander Campbell

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 11

Mr. Alexander Campbell, an old resident of the Richmond River district, and a resident of Dorroughby for the past four years, who died in the…

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Obituary

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

Mrs. Lydia Watts, 65, wife of Mr. John A. Watts, of Palmer's Channel, died at the week-end, leaving a husband, one son (Endicott) and one daughter,…

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Obituary

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 4

Mr. A. H. Grimm, 70, who died at Manly at the week-end, was the oldest son of late Rev. George Grimm, pioneer Presbyterian minister on the Bland. He…

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Obituary Mrs. J. St. C. Snowdon

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 4

The death of Mrs. Pearl Snowdon, wife of Mr. John St. Clair Snowdon, of Gosford, occurred at Gosford on Tuesday after a short illness. Both…

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Obituary. Mr. A. E. Leece Casino

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 12

Mr. Alexander Ellis Leece, who died in Brisbane last night, was well known in the newspaper world on the North Coast. The deceased, who was 75 years…

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Obituary. Mr. A. E. Leece Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 8

The esteem in which the late Mr. Alexander Ellis Leece, of Casino, was held was indicated by the large attendance at his funeral this…

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Man's Colorful Career in Police Force in Early Days Death of Mr. J. Draper

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 7

Mr. James Goulding Draper (83) who in the early part of his colorful career in the police force was stationed at Murwillumbah…

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Death of Judge J. J. Cohen

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 6

SYDNEY, Saturday:—The death occurred this afternoon, in his eightieth year, of Judge John Jacob Cohen. He was a member of the…

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Obituary Miss Vera James

Northern Star · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 5

Miss Vera James, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. James, of Shellharbour, and formerly of Clunes, died in a private hospital at Waverley…

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Obituary Mr. Henry Bashforth

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 4

The death occurred in a Murwillumbah hospital yesterday of Mr. Henry Bashforth, aged 76. Born in England, he came to Australia in 1883…

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Eighteen Killed Tragedy at Funeral JAIPUR (India)

Northern Star · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 7

Eighteen were killed and 20 were injured when a balcony from which they were watching a funeral collapsed…

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Death of Prominent Methodist Minister

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday:—The death occurred to-day of the Rev. Danie Daley, well-known Methodist minister and active member of the…

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Obituary Mr. R. M. Dickson

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 12

Mr. Robert Murray Dickson, a resident of Bridge-street, North Lismore, and a well known former resident of the mid-Richmond, who died in St…

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Death of Mr. M. P. Hynes Q'land Minister

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday:—The death occurred at his home at Kedron early this morning after an extended illness of Maurice Patrick Hynes,…

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Death of Youth Electricity Breakdown Caused "Iron Lung" To Cease Functioning

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 4

PERTH, Monday:—A youth aged 19 suffering from infantile paralysis at the infectious Diseases Hospital died yesterday afternoon after a…

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State Funeral of the Late Mr. Hines, M.L.A. BRISBANE

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 3

Crowds lined the streets to-day when the funeral of the late Mr. M. P. Hynes, Minister for Labour and Industry moved from St. Stephen's…

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