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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

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Obituary Mr. Arthur Frappell

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 2

The death took place at his home at Lower Muckerawa on Tuesday last of Mr. Arthur Frappell, aged 59 years. The deceased had been in ill…

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Obituary Mrs. P. A. Cooper

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 3

The death occurred at Dulwich Hill this morning of Mrs. P. A. Cooper, aged 66 years. The late Mrs. Cooper was well known in Dubbo, where she…

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Obituary Well Known Resident and Sportsman the Late James Henry Humphries

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 4

The death occurred at the Gilgandra District Hospital on Thursday night last, of Mr. James Henry Humphries, at the age of 81 years…

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Passing of Dubbo Pioneer Death of Mrs. C. J. TAYLOR Had Lived In District 88 Years

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1

In 1851, three years after the site of Dubbo had been pegged out in the scrub, a six-years-[?]old girl arrived there with her…

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Death of Mr. H.C. Strange

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 5

The sudden news passed round town on Friday morning last, that Mr. Herbert Claude Strange, a well known garage proprietor of Bourke…

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Mistletoe At Bourke. Death of Tree Parasite Sult of Heat Wave

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 7

Some time ago Mr. John N. Higgins, of Wilgareena, Bourke, drew attention to the fact that mistletoe was dying on timber near…

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Obituary Mr. John Clifton

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 6

The death took place on Thursday at the Dubbo District Hospital of Mr. John Clifton, aged 12 years. Deceased, who was a native of Cobbity…

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Obituary Mrs. Jemima Whiteley

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 2

The death occurred on Wednesday last at Ashfield of Mrs. Jemima Whiteley, formerly of Byng Street, Orange, after an illness of a few…

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Obituary Mrs. Ada Victoria Turner

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 6

The death occurred on Sunday at the Dubbo District Hospital of Ada Victoria, wife of Mr. Edward J. Turner, of 24 Taylor Street, Dubbo…

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Death Of Arbitration Judge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

Sir Charles Powers the first Commonwealth Crown Solicitor and first…

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Death Of Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Gibson

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

It was with feelings of deep regret that Gilgundra residents learned on Saturday of the death in Sydney that morning of Mrs. Margaret…

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Obituary Gilbert Alexander King

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

Gilbert Alexander King (7G) died suddenly on Tuesday morning. For some years he had been caretaker or the local Rural Bank in Macquarie…

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Obituary Mr. Leslie James Burrell

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

The residents of the town and district were shocked when the news spread round of the death of Mr. Leslie James Burrell, which sad event…

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Obituary Mr. A. J. Pickett

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 9

The death occurred at the Coolah Hospital, on 17th May, of Mr. Alfred James Pickett after a fairly lengthy illness. The deceased, who…

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Obituary. Mr. Phillip Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

Death removed from our midst on Monday last, an old and respected resident of Bourke and the west, in the person of Mr. Phillip…

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Obituary Mrs. Ada Victoria Turner

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 8

The funeral of the late Mrs. Ada Victoria Turner, who was buried in the Salvation Army section of the Dubbo cemetery on Monday, was…

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Obituary Mr. John Frederick Arthur Cohen

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 2

The death took place on Thursday last, at the residence of his parents, at Mookerawa, near Stuart Town, of Mr. John Frederick Arthur Cohen, at…

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Death of Infant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 2

Henry Randolph Fardell, the nine-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Eric Fardell, of Dubbo, died in the District Hospital in the early hours…

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Obituary Mr. Arthur Fox

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

Died at the residence of his daughter, 105 Hastings Parade, Bondi, last week, Mr. Arthur Fox, aged 85 years, after an illness, extending over two…

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Obituary Mk. George Forsyth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 2

The death took place in the Dubbo District Hospital on Sunday, morning, of Mr. George Forsyth, of Mendooran, aged 80 years. Deceased, who was a…

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