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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1932

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Obituary Mrs. Lucy May Lockrey

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 2

After a lingering illness extending over the past ten weeks, Mrs. Lucy May Lockrey, wife of Mr. Richard Lockrey, of "Mullion,"…

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Obituary Lloyd Kable

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

At the District Hospital, on Sunday last, at the ago of 42 years, Lloyd Kable, a resilient of Brisbane Street, Dubbo, passed away, after an illness…

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Obituary William Poole

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 4

The death took place in the Dubbo District Hospital on Saturday evening of William Poole, aged 73, an old resident of Dubbo, whose home was in…

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OBITUARY Mr. Albert Townsend

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 2

By the death of Mr. Albert Townsend, which took place at the Gilgandra District Hospital, on Tuesday, December 29, the Gilgandra…

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Obituary Mrs Susan Hopkins

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 3

The death took place at her daughter's residence on Tuesday night, of Mrs. Susan Hopkins, at the age of 71 years. Just a week ago she took ill…

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EXCAVATING Death Pits of Ur. Abraham's Luxurious House

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 10

IT is a wonderful story which Mr. C. Leonard Woolley has to tell in his new book, "Ur, of the Chaldees." It reads like a chapter of…

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Obituary Mrs. Ellen McGILL

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

Mrs. Ellen McGill, aged 70 died at Rockdale on Wednesday night. but for some time had been living with her daughter Mrs. Back of Old Dubbo…

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Obituary Beryl Harper

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 1

News was received in Dubbo on Thursday morning of the death of Miss Beryl Harper, which sad event occurred at Melbourne, following an operation…

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Obituary Beatrice Rachael Moss

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

Beatrice Rachael Amelia Moss, wife of Mr. John Moss, of West Dubbo, died in the District Hospital on Saturday, Deceased, who was 35 years of age,…

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Obituary Beatrice R. A. Moss

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

A particularly sad death occurred at the Dubbo District Hospital on Saturday morning, when Beatrice. Rachael Amelia. Moss passed to her rest at the…

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Obituary Sarah Lawder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

Sincere sympathy is extended to Mr. P. Lawder, whose wife, Sarah Lawder, died in the District Hospital at Dubbo. The funeral of deceased, who was 44…

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Obituary Mary Reynolds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

After a long illness, borne with true Christian fortitude, Mary Reynoids breathed her last at the residence of her daughter (Mrs. J. H. Wark)…

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Death of Mr. W. A. Russell. Prominent Western Grazier

The Western Herald · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

Succumbing to stroke while he was spending a holiday with his brother—Mr. H. Y. Russell, public accountant, of Sydney—Mr. W. A. Russell, MLA,…

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Sad And Sudden Death. of John Joseph McKENZIE Popular Young Brewarrina Man

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

This week it is our sad duty to chronicle the sudden death of Mr. John Joseph McKenzie, son of Mrs J. J. McKenzie, of Brewarrina, at the…

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Obituary Errol Darcy Brown

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

A death, surrounded by particularly sad circumstances, occurred at the Dubbo District Hospital early yesterday morning, when Errol Darcy Brown…

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Obituary Errol Darcy Brown

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 4

After having been an inmate of the Dubbo District Hospital for some time, Errol Darey Brown died at the institution on Friday last. The…

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Obituary George O'shea

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 3

George O'Shea, Wellington's oldest native, passed quietly away at six o'clock on, Saturday last. His death' ends the last of the male line…

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Death of Mrs. R. O'Connor

The Western Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

We regret to have to record death of Mrs. Rebecca O'Connor, a well known resident of Bourke for a great many years at the age of 65…

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Latest Telegrams. Monday's News Death of Capt. Jacka

The Western Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

Captain Jacka the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in the Great War, died at Caulfield military hospital yesterday…

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Death of Ex-resident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 2

News was received in town on Friday last of the death of Mr. Hurry Merrick, in Sydney, where he has resided for sonic years past. Mrs…

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