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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1947

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Death Probed of Italian "Martyr"

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

SOME, Thursday (AAP).—Giving evidence before the Court which is trying him and three other former henchmen of Mussolini in…

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Obituary Mr. W. S. Batt

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 4

Mr. William Sylvester Batt, of 35 Charles Street, South Lismore, died In Lismore yesterday after being in ill-health for the past three months;…

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Obituary Cr. A. W. Parr

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 2

The tragic death on Thursday of Cr. Albert William Parr, of Carrara, will be regretted by a wide circle ef friends on the…

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Obituary Mr. W. S. Batt

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

Mr. William Sylvester Batt, of 35 Charles Street, South Lismore, who died in Lismore on Friday, was buried on Saturday in the Lismore cemetery…

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Obituary Mrs. Anna Heym

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

The death occurred at Kyogle Memorial Hospital on Friday night, after a short illness of Mrs. Anna Heyman, at the age of 78 years. She…

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No Inquest Into Death Of Stewart Dawson

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—No inquest will be necessary into the death in the Royal Melbourne Hospital on Saturday night of Percy…

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Obituary Mr. H. V. Green

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

Mr. Harold Victor Green, 66, of Lawrence, and a former well known resident of Alstonville, died in Lismore early yesterday…

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OBITUARY S. EDNA J. McALPIN

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 6

[?], Tuesday.—The death took [?] after a brief illness, of Mrs.[?] Jean McAlpin, of Gorge [?]. She was a…

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Large Attendance At Child's Funeral

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 6

District wide sympathy for Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Claydon and family, of Campbell Road, in the death of their nine-year-old daughter Ruth…

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Obituary Mrs Stella Lewis

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

The burial took place on Tuesday last at Woronora cemetery of Mrs Stella Victoria Lewis, wile of the State secretary of the R.S.L…

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Obituary Mbs. Isabelle Barton

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 4

Mrs. Isabelle Barton, a resident of the Newrybar district, died recently at her home at the age of 85. She was born at County…

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Obituary Mrs. G. B. Restall

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 4

Mrs. Elizabeth May Restall, 54, wife of Mr. G. B. Restall, of Dorroughby, died on Thursday night in a Brisbane Private Hospital. Mrs…

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Obituary Mrs. G. B. Restall

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 5

Mrs. Elizabeth May Restall, wife of Mr. G. B. Restall, of Dorroughby, who died in a private hospital in Brisbane on Thursday, was buried…

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OBITUARY Mr. Gordon M. Graham

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 4

The death occurred on Friday of Gordon Maxwell Graham. Born at Armidale 70 years ago, he had been a farmer in the Unumgar district…

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Obituary Mrs. A. E. Green

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

Although she had not enjoyed good health for some time, Mrs. Anne Eliza Green, 63, collapsed and died while being conveyed to…

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Obituary Mr J. S. Griffin

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

Mr James Sturgen Griffin (83), of Little. Wharf Street, Murwillumbah, died yesterday afternoon in Tweed District Hospital after…

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Obituary Mrs. E. A. Wilkinson

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 4

While visiting her son at New Lambton, Mrs. Elizabeth May Wilkinson; died in her sleep at the age of 65. She was a native of Bingara,…

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FUNERAL Late Mr J. S. Griffin

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mr James Sturgen Griffin, of Murwillumbah, left the Church of England, Murwillumbah,…

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Jo Shiba Enjoyed His Own Funeral

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 5

TOKIO (AP): Buddhist priests in robes of gold, purple and scarlet, gathered at a recent ceremony, chanted sonorously…

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Obituary Mr. E. J. Simpson

Northern Star · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

The death took place at the Kyogle Memorial Hospital, after a long illness, of Mr. Ernest Joseph Simpson. He was born at Albion Park, 74 years…

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