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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1947

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OBITUARY. Margaret Conaghan

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 2

Margaret Mary Conaghan, daughter of Mr and Mrs W. B. Con[?]han, of Condong, died on Sunday, March 30, at Toowoomba…

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Obituary Mr. J. F. Cusack

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4

There was a large attendance at the burial service in Lismore yesterday morning of Mr. John Frederick Cusack, who died at his home…

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Obituary Mr. Josiah Ellis

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 2

Mr Josiah Ellis, of Paterson Street, Byron Bay, who deid suddenly at his home recently, was a son of the late Mr and Mrs…

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Obituary Mr. G. H. Duncombe

Northern Star · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 4

Mr. George Henry Duncombe, of 53 Tamar Street, Ballina, who died in Ballina on Sunday night, was buried yesterday afternoon in the…

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Obituary Mr G. Bignell

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 2

Mr George Bignell (75) died in Tweed District Hospital, Murwillumbah, yesterday morning after a long illness…

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Funeral Mr. Geo. Bignell

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 2

The funeral of Mr. George Bignell, husband of Mrs. Janet L. Bignell and father of Mrs. H. A. Kinneally and Mr. Norman S…

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Crowds Watch Funeral of Greek King

Northern Star · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 5

ATHENS, Sunday (AAP). —Crowds lined the Athens streets from dawn to watch the funeral procession of King George…

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Obituary Vincent Anthony Byrne

Northern Star · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 4

The funeral of Mr. Vincent Anthony Byrne, of Clarence Road, via Woodburn, moved from St. Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, on…

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Obituary Mr. A. C. Winterbon

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 2

The death occurred suddenly at Leura of Arthur Charles Ely Winterbon (62). Born in London, England, in…

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Incident Over Greek King's Funeral

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: A large crowd of Right Wing sympathisers stormed the town hall at Limassol,…

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Greek Riot Over King's Funeral

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

ATHENS, Monday (AAP). — A crowd of right wing sympathisers stormed the town hall at Limasol, Cyprus, when a Communist major refused to half-mast the flag for the funeral of King George…

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Obituary Mrs. Sarah Shackell

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 2

Mrs Sarah Ann Shackell (91) died, yesterday morning at the residence of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. Windley…

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Obituary Mrs. Rebecca Ann Harris

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 4

The death occurred at Ewingsdale. of Mrs. Rebecca Ann Harris, aged 80 years. Mrs. Harris was born at Berry, South Coast, and was a…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Rebecca Harris

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 2

The death occurred at Ewingsdale on March 26 of Mrs. Rebecca Ann Harris (80), following a seizure three days earlier. She was born…

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Obituary Mr. B. Harnum Singh

Northern Star · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 4

Mr. Boota (George) 'Harnum' Singh, aged 87 years, of Goonellabah, who died in Lismore on Monday morning, was born at Banapur,…

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Obituary Mr. William F. Cummings

Northern Star · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 4

BALLINA, Thursday.—The funeral of Mr. William Frederick Cummings, who was drowned in the Richmond River on Saturday,…

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OBITUARY Robert Desmond Pollett

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 2

The death occurred at Tweed District Hospital, Murwillumbah, on Thursday night of Robert Desmond Pollett, aged 2½ years, son…

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Obituary Mrs. Frances Farrell

Northern Star · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.— Mrs. Frances. Farrell, 73, who died at her home at Tabulam on Thursday, was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs…

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FUNERAL Robert D. Pollett

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 2

The widespread sympathy created by the death of Robert Desmond Pollett. 2½-vear-old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Pollett, of…

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Obituary Mr. William Tweedie

Northern Star · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 4

The death occurred suddenly at Tare last week of Mr. William Tweedie, a former Town Clerk of Coraki and Murwillumbah. He left…

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