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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1942

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Death of Ballina Constable

Northern Star · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

BALLINA, Friday. — After a brief illness Constable William Resolute Gibbons died in the Ballina District Hospital in the early…

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Obituary. Killed in Action

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Cameron, of Kattabul, up Mackay (Q.) way will sympathise deeply with them in the loss of two of their…

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OBITUARY George Kenneth Lyndon

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

The death occurred in Greta hospital on Monday night of George Kenneth Lyndon (22), of Lismore. He died whilst undergoing an operation to…

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Obituary Mrs. L. A. Hughes

Northern Star · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

A resident of Evans Head for the past 17 months, where her husband, Cpl. L. A. Hughes, is attached to the R.A.A.F. Bombing…

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Obituary. Mr. John McMULLEN

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

The death, on Saturday last, of Mr. Jolin McMullen, 78, after more than a year's acute suffering, removed one of the stalwarts of a…

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Pauper's Funeral

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday: William McLean, whose murdered body was found in the harbor on Wednesday, was given a pauper's funeral to-day. As the police…

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Obituary Const. W. R. Gibbons

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 4

BALLINA, Friday. — First Class Constable William Resolute Gibbons, of the Ballina police staff, died at Ballina District Hospital at an…

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OBITUARY Sergt. William White

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

After an illness of only a week, Sergeant William White (37), R.A.A.F., died in a Brisbane hospital on Friday. Sergeant White, who…

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Obituary Mr. J. J. Mulholland

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Sunaay. — The death occurred in hospital at Casino to-day of Mr. Joseph James Mulholland, of Mummulgum, atter an illness of…

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Obituary Mr. J. J. Mulholland

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—The funeral of Mr. Joseph James Mulholland, of Mummulgum, moved from St Mark's Church of England to the…

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Obituary Mrs. E. A. Creen

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 3

The death occurred in Kyogle Memorial Hospital on Sunday of Mrs. Clara Green, wife of Mr. E. A. Green, of Casino, and formerly of The Risk,…

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Obituary Mrs. E. A. Green

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 4

KYOGLE, Tuesday.-Mrs. Clara Green, wife of Mr. E. A. Green, of Casino, and formerly of The Risk, at the age of 63, died in…

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Death of S.A. Chief Justice

Northern Star · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 5

ADELAIDE. Wednesday.— The death occurred to-day, following akn operation, of the Chief Justice and Lieut. Governor of South…

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Obituary Miss Jessie [?]Lancy

Northern Star · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 4

After being in ill-health for a long time, Miss Jessie Clancy (34). daughter of Mrs. A.[?]. Clancy, of Kingsley-street, Byron Bay, died…

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Obituary

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Pte. Tom Poarce, killed in action in Malaya, was one of Rappville's most popular young men. The death is reported of Mr…

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Obituary

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

Mr. W. E. Harwood, 82, an old resident of Frederickton, Macleay River, is dead. Died at Graf ton on Saturday Mr…

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Obituary Mrs. E. M. Barber

Northern Star · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Mrs. Elizabeth May Barber, wife of Mr. Prank Barber, of "Allanwah," Sydney, died suddenly at her. home on February 12 at the…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret Boyd

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 2

Mrs. Margaret Jane Boyd, wife of Ald. O. E. Boyd, of Myrtle Street, Murwillumbah, died yesterday afternoon in a Murwillumbah hospital after…

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Obituary Mr. Edwin H. Johnson

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

An old and highly esteemed pioneer of the Tweed district passed away suddenly in Murwillumbah on Saturday evening, in the person of Mr…

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FUNERAL Late Mr, E. H. Johnson

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

A large number of mourners attended All Saints' Church of England, Murwillumbah, yesterday morning when the Rector (the Rev. C. Egerton)…

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