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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1916

72 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4

The Death of Private Montgomery

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

Private Stanley Montgomery, whose death from meningitis we reported last issue, was accorded a full military funeral last…

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Death of an Erstwhile Resident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. E. Lewis, aged 76, a watchmaker, at Mullumbimby, died recently. Deceased was of Jewish persuasion, and two of his religious belief, Messrs. D. Davis and Leu…

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Death of Mr. W. H. Wheatley

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Wheatley, the well-known stock and station agent of Goulburn, passed away at midnight on Tuesday night at "Wotton,"…

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Death of Racing Mare

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. R. J. Cooper received word on Sunday that the valuable blood mare Orizelle—Orzil, Rozelle—had met with an accident while running in Miss Cooper's paddock at…

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Local and General. OBITUARY

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 2

It is with deep regret that we have to Record the death of Mr. John Gosling, of Monkittee street, Braidwood, which took place on…

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Obituary. Mrs. Jane Hamilton

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 2

The death occurred on August 7, at her late residence, Wodonga, Vic., of Mrs. Jane Hamilton, relict of the late Mr. Robert. Hamilton, and…

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Death of an Octogenarian

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 2

Died on Tuesday, August 15, at Queanbeyan, Laurence Purcell, aged over eighty years. The deceased was a native of Ireland and for many years resided at Tarago…

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Bungendore. Death of an Old Resident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 2

On last Thursday word was received in Bungendore that Mrs. Donoghoe had died in Sydney, and on Friday morning the remains arrived…

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Obituary. John Woods, Ætat 32

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

Last Tuesday night, 5th inst., the death (in the Queanbeyan Hospital) of John Woods brough regret—widespread, deep, and sincere—to the…

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"The Last Post." Death of Mr. D. S. LINDSAY

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 3

Another of the oldest residents of the district, in the person of Mr. D. S. Lindsay, storekeeper and newsagent, of Braidwood, passed…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 2

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mrs. Ferguson, mother of Mrs. A. Barnett, of this town, which took…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Sydney, Tuesday. Death of Newspaper Proprietor. a German Arrested

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

Archibald Blue proprietor of the "Kingaroy Herald", died yesterday. It is stated that he accused a local barber in the last issue of his paper with circulating anti-conscription…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 2

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. James Green, of Major's Creek, which took place at the…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 2

Thy old landmarks are disappearing one by one. The last to go is Mr. W. Dawson, who has been residing in Sydney for…

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Obituary

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Osborne, of "Foxlow," Bungendore, died suddenly at his late residence on Tuesday afternoon of heart failure. The late Mr…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

It is with feelings of deep regret that we have to record the death of Mrs. Philip Madigan, which took place at Araluen on…

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Funeral of William McCANN

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2

In all the slect and wintry winds, with streets aslush with mud, and every condition hostile to out door movements, the funeral rites which…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mrs. George McKay, late of Pambala, and mother of Mrs. J. W…

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The Late Mr. Coffey. Public Tributes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

At the opening of the Shire Council meeting yesterday Cr. Alley, deputy-president, moved that as a mark of sympathy for…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. P. Coffey

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

The imposing cortege which composed the funeral of Mr. Patrick Coffey last Thursday afternoon was the longest and the most deeply affected of any witnessed…

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