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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1916

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Death of Mr. W. G. Orbell

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 3

After an illness extending over about three weeks, though he had been in indifferent health for some months past, the death occurred at…

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Death of a Child

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

At the District Hospital on Saturday afternoon Rbcet Bowumn, the 106 months-old csn of Mr. aun Mrs. J. McVicar. of Ballimorce,nsucsmbe dJo…

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Death of an In[?]ant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

The death occurred on Saturday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. [?] Gipps-street, of their sixmonths old danghter vera from an…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 6

This morning the death tool place at Montefiores of Mrs. Sarah Mearns, wife of Thomas Mearns, at the age of 65 years, the cause of death being…

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Death of Private Val. J. Madden

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 5

On Tuesday last Mr. and Mrs. James Madden, of Percy-street, received a cable message from the Base Records Office, stating that their son, Corporal…

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Death of Miss Elsie May Kerns

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

On Tuesday morning, March 21st, at Holme-street, Leure, Miss Elsie May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kerns, of Leura (formerly of Dubbo),…

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Death of Mr. W. H. Gartrell

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

Dubbo residents, bowlers particularly, will regret to hear of the death of Mr. W. H. Gartrell, who passed Away at his residence at Chatswood, on…

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Death of a Prominent Bowler. MR. W. H. GARTRELL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

The death occurred at his late residence, Chatswood, Sydney, on Tuesday last of Mr. W. H. Gartrell. Deceased, whe was 66 years of age at the time…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 2

This morning Mrs. Kathleen Robinson, wife of Mr. James Robinson, of Bodangora, died at her residence after two days' illness. The deceased, who…

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Death of a Child

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1916 · page 2

A child named Perry McLean, two months old, son of Mr. W. McLean, of Obley, died in the Dubbo District Hospital on Sunday, afternoon from an…

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The Late Mrs. James Robinson

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 6

The remains of the late Mrs. James Robinson, of Bodangora, were interred in the family grave in the Curra Creek, cemetery on Tuesday, the funeral being…

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Death of Mr. Tibbits

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 1

At Gilgandra yesterday, Mr. W. Tibbits, son of Mr. J. C. Tibbits, of Dubbo, passed away after a short illness. Deceased, who was a native of…

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Death of John Norton

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 4

Mr. John Norton, the well known newspaper proprietor, and one time politician in New South Wales, died of cerebral congestion in Melbourne early…

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Death of Private Knight

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 4

Never has a blow fallen with more awful suddenness than that which has overtaken the family of our esteemed townsman, Mr. J. Knight, of…

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Death of a Lad

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

The death occurred at North Dubbo on Saturday night of Lachlan James Howe. Deceased, who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Howe, of…

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Death of Mr. D. Bowling

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 1

Friends of Mr. David Bowling, headmaster of the Wongarbon Public School, received a painful shock on Sunday when the news spread that he…

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Death of Mr. W. C. Tibbits

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

Another link which bound the Dubbo district has been severed by the death of Mr. W. C. Tibbits, of the firm of Tibbits and Sons, Gilgandra. The…

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Death of Mr. D. J. Bowling. Late Schoolmaster at Wongabon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

It is with deep regret that we chronicle the death of Mr. David J. Bowling, for some years master of the Public School at Wongarbon, which sad event…

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Death of Two Women

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 8

Late on Monday two women were found dead in a cotlage at Kaloomba. It is stated that Mrs. Halle[?] and here daughter, aged respectively 50 and 18…

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Death of a Chinese Fossicker

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 5

The dentil occurred in the hospital last night of a Chinese known us Kurrajong, who has for very many years been a fossicker on the Muckerawa…

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