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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1942

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Obituary

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 3

Elizabeth Ada Chatfield, aged 70 years, of Coonabarabran, died at Coonabarabran on July 23 Born at Dubbo, deceased was…

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Obituary Mr. C. A. Ward

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 1

The death occurred suddenly at Harden on 20th July of Mr. C. A. Ward, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ward, of…

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Obituary Mr. Timothy Tomlins

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

The death occurred at the Dubbo District Hospital on Tuesday morning, after a long illness, of Mr. Timothy Tomlins (77)…

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OBITUARY Mr. Timothy Te[?]ns

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 5

As reported in Tuesday's issue of the "News," the [?] occurred at Dubbo hospital on [?] night of Mr. Timothy T[?] years…

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Obituary

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 4

Mrs. Joe Roach died on Wednesday last at her home in Nyngan aged 58 years. The deceased lady leaves a grown-up family. She was a native…

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Obituary Merleen June Head

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 3

Merleen June Head, who died at the Dubbo District Hospital on Saturday night, as the result of ptomaine poisoning at the age of two years and…

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Tragic Death of Child Three Others Seriously Ill Ptomaine Poisoning Assumed to Be Cause

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 3

As the result of what appears to be ptomaine poisoning a two and a half years old girl and three other children were taken…

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Link with Early Days the Late Mr. Desmond Jackson

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 1

A link with the early days of Gilgandra was severed by the death on August 2, at his late residence, 9 Maymotte…

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Obituary Mr. J. A. Bloodworth

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 4

The death is announced of Mr John Andrew Bloodworth, late of Coonamble, at his resident, Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill, on…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Cross

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 1

It is with [?] have to record the [?] Cross, wife of Mr. [?] event…

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Obituary Mrs. Rosaline Irvine

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 2

The death occurred shortly before 2-o’clock to-day, at her residence, 127 Bourke-street of Mrs. Rosaline Irvine, wife of Mr. Abraham Irvine, proprietor…

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Drowning Fatality. Death of Old Age Pensioner. Narrow Escape for Three Children

The Western Herald · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 6

A drowning fatality occurred in the Darling River on Wednesday morning last, when an old age pensioner named James Cowley…

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Obituary Funeral of Late Mrs. A. Irvine

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mrs. Rosaline Irvine, wife of Mr. A. Irvine, proprietor of the “Dubbo liberal,” took place on Saturday afternoon…

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Obituary

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 4

Miss Carrie Hickey died after a few hours’ illness, on Monday last, at the residence of her nephew, Mr. Ernie Martin. The deceased lady,…

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OBITUARY Mr. [?]gh

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 1

It is with [?] regret, that [?] here to record the [?] at the [?] of his sister, Mm. [?] as [?] day night, of Mr. [?]…

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Obituary Mrs. Anna Dorothea Linke

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 1

As briefly reported in last issue, the death occurred at Chinnock Private Hospital on the morning of 13th August, of Mrs…

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Death of Mrs. Rushton

The Western Herald · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 6

It is with deep Regret that we record the death of Mrs. Margaret Jane Rushton, which occurred in Bourke at her daughter's residence…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Jessie Goldsmith

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 6
Also in Dubbo Dispatch

With the passing on August 17 of Mrs. John Goldsmith, at the grand old age of 64, Trangie has [?] one of its oldest and [?]…

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OBITUARY Mr. Fred J. Leak

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

It is with de[?] is record the [?] of Mr. Fred J. [?]…

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