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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1938

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OBITUARY Alfred Henry Benham

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 3

Alfred Henry Benham, who dies at Dubbo last week, was one of the few men who had seen Dubbo grow from a small township to the…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Elizabeth Keed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 8

The sudden death took place at her residence on Saturday night last of Mrs. Elizabeth Keed at the age of 52 years. Although the…

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Obituary Ernest William Payne

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 3

By the death of Mr. Ernest William Payne Wellington and district has lost another of its fine citizens. A man who followed in the footsteps…

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Yeoval Sudden Death Of Well-known Resident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 9

The sudden death look place at her residence on Saturday night of Mrs. Elizabeth Keed, aged 52 years. The deceased, who had been ill for some…

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Motor Accident Near Dubbo Evidence at Inquest Concerning Young Woman's Death Driver of Utility Said He Was Dazzled by Lights of Approaching Car

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 1

A sequel to an accident on the Wellington Road, eight miles from Dubbo, on the night of May 15, was an inquest at Dubbo to-day, before the Deputy Coroner (Mr. I. B. Mackenzie), concerning the death of Margaret…

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Death of Mr. W. Ryan

The Western Herald · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 7

Word has been received in town by friends that Mr. William Ryan, who for a few years worked in Bourke and district, passed away…

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Manslaughter Charge Sequel to Accident Death of Nurse Simpson

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1938 · page 2

As reported in the final edition of "The Liberal" on Thursday, Mervyn Donald Carter (21) was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Obituary Baby Evans

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 1

The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. C. Evans, of Maryvale, died yesterday morning and was interred the same afternoon in the Church of…

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Obituary Miss Vivianna Tuite

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 3

The death took place at her late residence, Percy Street, on Thursday night, of Miss Vivianna Tuite, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs…

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Obituary William G. Green

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 1

At the Dubbo District Hospital, on Saturday, William George Green passed away after a month's illness. He was 43 years of age, and his late…

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Queen's Death Marie of Roumania Bucharest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 1

The death has occurred of Queen Marie of Rumania. She had been ill many years and had just returned from Germany, where she was being…

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Obituary Late Mrs. F. SPARGO

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 7

The death of Mrs. F. Spargo, daughter of Mrs. James Harper, of Coonabarabran, occurred in Dubbo on Sunday last. The deceased, who…

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Late Mrs. Von Schill The Floral Tributes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 3

The funeral or the late Mrs. Alleen Vera von Schill (nee Serisier) took place to the Church of England section of the cemetery yesterday, when…

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OBITUARY Mr. Lawrence Galvin

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 1

The death occurred recently in a private hospital in Orange of Mr. Lawrence Galvin, 87 years of age, one of the best known property…

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Obituary. Jambs Daniel Higgins

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 4

The death oceurred in Orange on Monday of Mr. James Daniel Higgins, an old and respected resident of the district…

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Obituary Mr. Fred Titheradge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 2

The death took place about midnight on Tuesday last of a well-known identity in the person of Mr. Fred Titheradge, at the age of 54…

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Obituary Sarah Ann Moseley

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 3

The death of another former old resident of Dubbo—Mrs. Sarah Ann [?]eley—is reported. The deceased, who was 87 years of…

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Obituary Mr. Daniel McDONALD

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 2

The following, reprinted from "The N.S.W. Presbyterian," will be read with interest locally, as a daughter of deceased, Miss Nora…

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Died in Sleep Late Mr. J. Parsons Promising Gold Claim at Tucklan

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 3

Mr. John William Parsons, of Coonabarabran, who died suddenly from heart failure at Tucklan last week, had been working a mining…

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Obituary Mrs. C. H. von SCHILL

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 4

The death occurred at the Dubbo District Hospital on Tuesday morning of Aileen Vera Ruby von Schill, wife of Mr Carl Herrman von…

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