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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1928

69 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4

Funeral

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mr. Donald Murty took place on Friday last at Weetangara and was largely attended. Rev. Ellis Thomas conducted a short…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 7

Mr. Alfred E. Jaques, a member of the old-established firm of Messrs. Stephen, Jaques and Stephen, solicitors, died yesterday at the age of 81…

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Local & General News Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

The residents of the Braidwood district will be sorry to hear of the death at Brisbane of Mrs. Jane Woodward, who was the daughter of the…

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The Late Mr. Donald Murty Memorial Sermon Preached by Rev. Ellis Thomas on Sunday, 29th April, 1928

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 2

Texts: Psalm 91—16, With long life will I satisfy him arid show him my salvation; also Heb. 11—4, He, being dead, yet speaketh…

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Sudden Death of Minister of Customs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 2

The Minister for Trade and Customs, the Hon. Herbert Edward Pratten was delivering a speech in the Masonic Hall at Turramurra last…

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Obituary Mr. Charles Hardy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 1

There passed away yesterday morning, at his residence, “Mill Cottage,” Mowatt Street, Mr. Charles Hardy, at the age of 62 years. Deceased had…

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Local & General News Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 2

Another resident of the district, in the person of Mrs. Randolph Taylor, of South-street, Braidwood, passed away on Tuesday night last at…

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Death of Mr. John Gearin

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 2

Mr. John Gearin, a well-known figure in Central Western Queensland for the past half-ceutuhry, passed away in a private hospital in…

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Death of Senator Givens

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 2

As briefly reported in our last issue the death occurred on Tuesday morning of Senator Thomas Givens, of Queensland, who was President of the…

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Obituary Sidney James Flint

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 1

The late Sidney James Flint whose death took place at Auberne Private Hospital on Thursday morning last, at the age of 45 years, was a native…

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Death of Sir James Fairfax

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 4

Sir James Fairfax, who was a director of John Fairfax and Sons, Limited, and a son of the late Sir James Fairfax, died from heart…

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Local & General News Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 2

The death occurred at his residence, "Winston," Sutton Forest, on Wednesday night of Mr. J. W. Cunningham, president of the…

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Obituary

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 3

The death took place on Thursday afternoon last, at his. residence, McKeahnie Street, Queanbeyan, of James Clifford Gillan, in his 53rd…

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Obituary. Mrs. Ellis Smith

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 2

The late Mrs. Ellis Smith whose death was briefly recorded in our Tuesday’s issue was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas…

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General News Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 2

Yet another of that fast-diminishing band of grand old pioneers went to his last resting-place on Thursday night, when Mr. Geo. Thorpe, senr.,…

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Memorial Service The Late Mrs. Ellis Smith

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 2

There was a large congregation at the Wattle Park Methodist Church on Sunday, August 5th, when Rev. Ellis Thomas conducted a special service in…

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Passing of an Estimable Citizen. Death of Mr. F. H. DOWELL

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 3

There was no man better or more favorably known in the Braidwood district than Mr. P. H. Dowell, the proprietor of the Central Stores,…

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Death of Mrs. Tully

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 1

There-passed away yesterday, at the advanced age of 69 years, another old and respected resident of the district in the person of Mary Agnes Tully,…

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Obituary John West

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 2

The untimely death last week of the late Mr. John West (as the result a motor accident) removes a very familiar figure from our midst. Born…

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Death of Mr. Fred. Campbell Well-known Pastoralist

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 1

Mr. Frederick Campbell, formerly owner of Yarralumla Station, now portion of the Federal Territory. and a member of one of the State’s…

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