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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1941

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Obituary Mrs. W. H. Mackie

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 6

Mrs. Maggie Berrie Mackie, wife of Mr. William Henry Mackie, a well known resident of Clunes, who died in a hospital at Lismore on…

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Obituary William James Meaney

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 4

The death occurred at St. Vincent's Hospital, Lismore, early yesterday morning, of William James Meaney, of North Creek, Ballina. The deceased was…

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Obituary Mrs. M. A. Walmsley

Northern Star · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 4

Mrs. Margaret Ann Walmsley (83), an old resident of Rosebank, died in a hospital at Lismore on Saturday night. Mrs. Walmsley was born in Ireland and…

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Death Trap of the U-Boat

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 3

Depth charges are made ready aboard a British destroyer. Catapults on both sides of the vessel hurl them into the sea where they bring quick and terrific destruction to U-boats or submarines lurking below the surface…

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Obituary Mrs. Frances Hart

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2

A wide circle of Tweed district friends will regret to learn cf the death in Sydney yesterday of Mrs. Frances Margaret Hart, relict of the…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret A. Walmsley

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 4

Mrs. Margaret Ann Walmsley, a well known resident of the Rosebank district for many years, who died in hospital at Lismore on Saturday night,…

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Obituary Mr. A. T. Phillips

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 4

The death occurred, after a short illness, in a Murwillumbah hospital yesterday morning of Mr. Albert Theodore Frank Phillips, of Reserve…

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Obituary Mr. T. H. Ellem

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Henry Ellem, aged 46 years, of Lismore, died in the Lismore Base Hospital last evening after a short illness. He was a son of Mr…

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FUNERAL Late Mrs. F. M. Hart

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 4

The long years she had devoted to the service of her church, and more particularly her untiring work among the children of St. Andrew's…

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Obituary Mr. T. H. Ellem

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 4

There was a large attendance of friends and relatives at the funeral of Mr. Thomas Henry Ellem (46) in Lismore yesterday. Mr. Ellem, who…

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Obituary

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Ann Want, 83, of Lavadia who died at Grafton on Sunday, was a native of Ryde who went to the Clarence as a Ryde. Her husband, the late Edward. Want, died 12…

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Obituary Mr. Tom Ellem

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

News of the sudden death of Mr. Thos. H. Ellem, 46, of A.G. Robertson's staff, Lismore, was received with manifest regret by a wide circle of…

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Obituary Marcia Avril Foster

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 8

Marcia Avril Poster (10[?] daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Foster, of Rous Mill, died yesterday morning in a hospital in Lismore after a long illness…

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Obituary Marcia Avril Foster

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 6

There was a large congregation in the Methodist Church, Rous, yesterday afternoon for the funeral of Marcia Avril Poster (10), daughter of…

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Obituary Mr. Edward Reading

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

The death occurred yesterday in Tweed District Hospital, Murwillumbah, of Mr. Edward Reading, of Stoker's Siding. He was born in…

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Obituary Mr. John Ellem

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

Mr. John Ellem, a pioneer settler of the Clarence River district, but latterly of Banyabba where he was engaged in reaafforestation work, d ied in the…

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Obituary Mr. David Partridge

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

A well known resident of Wollongbar, Mr. David Partridge (64), died suddenly at his home early on Saturday morning. Mr. Partridge went to bed…

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Obituary Merle Davis

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 6

Merle Davis, the two-years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Davis, of Bungabee, died in the Lismore Base Hospital yesterday morning after a long…

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Obituary Mr. R. W. Richardson

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 2

Mr. Ronald William Richardson, of Terranora, died yesterday in a Murwillumbah hospital. A wife and three children survive. The children are:…

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Funeral Late R. W. Richardson

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 4

The funeral of the late Ronald William Richardson, husband of Mrs. R. W. Richardson, of Teiranora, took place yesterday morning after a…

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