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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1915

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 5

The death took place at the hospital yesterday of Thomas Dawaon of the ago of 72 yours The old man, who died from the debility incidental to old…

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Death of Mr. G. Machattie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 1

Though it was known that Mr. Gordon Cluny James Machattie, of Rocky, old Dubbo, was in failing health, residents of the district were…

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Death of Mr Gordon Machattie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

Mr. Gordon C. J. Machattle, one of the [?] popular young men of the district passed away at Dundullimal on Sunday at the early age of 30 years…

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Death of Mr. Roy Proctor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

Three sons of Mr. E. Proctor, Stock Inspector, Coonamble, were at lite front a week ago, and now one, William Robert (20), is but a living memory. Roy,…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 4

Yesterday Mrs. Margaret Haynes (relict of the late John Haynes, carpenter, who died about five years ago) died at the hospital after a week's stay in the…

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Obituary. Sad and Sudden

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 8

He is not dead, this child of our affection, But gone unto that school where be no longer needs our poor protection,…

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Death of a Hero. To Be Buried with Military Honors

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 4

Profound and general is the sorrow at the death of Mr. Stanley Worthington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington, of "Orange Grove," Newtown, Dubbo,…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 2

On Friday last the death took place at the hospital, from enteric fever, of Mr. William Bridges, who was at one time a resident of the Molong district…

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Military Funeral

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2

The body of the late Private Stanley Worthington, who died at the Liverpool training camp, was brought to Dubbo on Saturday, and in the afternoon the…

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Military Funeral. Late Private Worthington

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 1

The lamented death of private Schley Worthington, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Worthington, of Newtown, Dubbo, struck a universal and deep note of…

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Obituary

Western Age · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 2

It is with regret we have to chronicle the death of Mrs Mary Jane Kenny, which sad event occurred on Sunday morning at the…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 June 1915 · page 2

Yesterday Mrs. Finneran, the wife of John Finneran, died at her residence, Stuart Town, at the age of 35 years, the cause of death being…

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Obituary

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 4

The death occurred at his residence, McGarvey-st., Paddington, on Friday night last of Mr. James Timothy Keighran at the age of 74 years…

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Death of Miss Hyde

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 1

Miss Edith Maud Marv Hyde died at the Dubho District Hospital on Sunday morning from acute appendicitis. The deceased, who was only in…

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Death of a Trangie Lady

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 2

The death occurred at Clydebank Haspitol, Dubbo, on Sunday, after a short illness of Mrs. Frances Ann Cowling, wife of Mr. —. Cowling, of…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 June 1915 · page 5

Late on Tuesday, night Ernest William Campbell, a resident of Jawbone, died at the age of 30 years from heart [?]ai[?]ure, resultant from a severe internal…

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The Late Mr. Trefle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 4

Mr. W. G. Gillett, at one time resident at Coonamble, in a letter written from Sydney, hints that Coonamble folk are slow to recognise the worth…

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Death of Mr. Larkin. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 4

The Assembly, on meeting yesterdayimmediately adjourned until Tuesday out of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Larkin. Mr. Holman…

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District News. (From our own Correspondents). TRANGIE. Death of Mrs. Cowling

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 2

Word was received in town on Sunday last that Mrs. Gowling, wife of Mr. T. Cowling, had passed away in Dubbo after a severe illness, The…

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At His Own Funeral the Two George Webbs Army Mistake

Western Age · Saturday 19 June 1915 · page 3

The presence In the same buttery of artillery of two men of the same age and same name and almost of the same Army number was responsible for an extraordinary scene…

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