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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1947

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Damages for Death of Husband

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 6

Norma McIntyre, of Kyogle, was awarded £150 for herself and £300 for her child for the death of her former husband at Toowoomba Court…

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Obituary Miss E. J. Shea

Northern Star · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 4

Miss Eliza Jane Shea, of Molesworth Street, Lismore, and formerly of Brunswick Heads, who died in Lismore on Wednesday, was…

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Obituary Judith Marriott

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 6

KYOGLE, Friday. — Judith Lorraine Marriott, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Marriott, of 18 Ettrick Street, Kyogle, died early this…

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Obituary Miss E. M. Chilcott

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 2

Miss Elsie May Chilcott (52) died yesterday morning at the residence of her step-father; Mr. R. E. Walls, of Doon Doon, after…

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FUNERAL Miss E. M. Chilcott

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 2

The funeral of the late Miss Elsie May Chilcott, stepdaughter of Mr. Robert Edward Walls, of Doon Doon, moved from All Saints'…

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Obituary Mr. G. S. Allen

Northern Star · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 4

Mr. George Sidney Allen, of Pearce's Creek Road, Alstonville, who died in tismore on Thursday night, was buried on Saturday morning in the…

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Death of Baby Girl

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 4

Judith Lorraine Marriott, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Marriott, of 18 Ettrick Street, Kyogle, died early on Thursday…

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Death of Former Baluna Mayor

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 4

BALLINA, Monday.—The death occurred in Sydney recently after a short illness of Mr. Ewen Robert Mobbs, a former pioneer of the…

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Obituary Mr. John W. Percy

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 4

The death occurred in Sydney recently, after a short illness, of Mr. John William Percy, of Bangalow. He was a railway employee, and…

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Obituary Mr. B. R. Rogers

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 4

A Well-known resident of Coraki, where he had lived all his life, Mr. Bernard Robert Rogers died suddenly at his residence in Richmond Terrace,…

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Obituary Mr. B. R. Rogers

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 4

There was a large attendance at the buriai, at Coraki yesterday morning, of Mr. Bernard Robe[?] Rogers, of Richmond Terrace,…

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OBITUARY Mr John W. Percy

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 2

The death occurred in Sydney recently, after a short illness, of Mr John William Percy, of Bangalow. He was a railway employee, and…

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Obituary Mr. F. B. Blanch

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—Mr. Francis Bentley Blanch, who died yesterday morning, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blanch, and was…

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Gravediggers' Strike Prevents Funeral

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Funerals scheduled to be held in Sydney at the weekend were postponed because of a strike of…

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Pathetic Scenes at Funeral

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday: Pathetic scenes were witnessed this afternoon at the Kyogie cemetery at the Duru[?] of the four members…

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Obituary Mr. Atrick Halpin

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday. — The death took place on Saturday night at Casino Memorial Hospital of Patrick Halpin, 77, of South Casino,…

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Pathetic Scenes at Funeral of Collision Victims

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 4

KYOGLE, Sunday— Pathetic scenes were witnessed this afternoon at the Kyogle Cemetery at the burial of the four…

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Obituary Mr F. C. O'shea

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

Mr. Frederick Charles O'Shea, of Bent Street, Murwillumbah and husband of Mrs M. A. O'Shea, died in Tweed District Hospital…

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OBITUARY Mrs H. Hughes

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

Following a period of ill-health the death occurred at a private Hospital in Brisbane on Sunday night of Mrs Alice Jane (Dolly)…

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Obituary Mr. G. H. Duncombe

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 4

Mr. George Henry Duncombe (74), a resident of Bailina, died in Ballina on Sunday nign. Mr. Duncombe was 'born at Mackay…

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