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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1948

130 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 7

Parents Awarded Damages For Death of Daughter

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 4

At Wagga oh Wednesday, a Supreme Court jury awarded £1,601 damages to the mother and father of a girl of 23 years, who was killed…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 3

We regret to record the death, which occurred suddenly, on 14th October, of Mr. J. F. L. King, at Manly. The deceased will be remembered as having…

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Obituary. Mrs. Maria McMAHON

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

As previously reported briefly, the death occurred of Mrs. McMahon at her son, Leslie'.s residence at Auburn on 7th October. The deceased lady…

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Obituary Mr. Samuel Michael Moses

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 4

By the passing of Mr. Samuel Michael Moses, whose death occurred in Canton Hospital on Thursday, September 30, Temora has lost a good…

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Death of Ex-Premier of W.A. PERTH

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 2

Mr. Philip Collier, a former Labour Premier of Western Australia, died last night at the age of 75 years…

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Obituary. Mrs. R. Doherty

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 2

On Wednesday another of the old hands of the Braidwood district in the person of Mrs. R. Doherty, sen., passed over to "that other bourne…

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Obituary Mr. Frederick Joseph Hart

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 2

The passing of Mr. Frederick Joseph Hart, late of Tomboye, which occurred at the District Hospital, Goulburn, on 16th October, removes a fine old…

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A Wreath for Old Hank's Funeral

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 4

A small-town undertaker tells the strange and moving funeral story. "The funeral," he relates, "was that of 'Old Hank, most despised man in…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret Higgs

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 2

The death occurred on 14th October of Mrs. Margaret Higgs, who had been in indifferent health since he[?] husband, Mr. Thomas Higgs. passed…

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Obituary. Miss Mary Mackey

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 2

The death occurred at Young on Tuesday of Miss Mary Mackey, member of a well-known district family, who was born at Araluen 82 years ago…

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Notes and News Obituary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 2

The death occurred on Saturday night of Mr. William E. A. Byrne, of Queanbeyan at the District Hospital there. He had only been ill for a…

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OBITUARY Mr.A.E . J . Mugridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 2

Our Michelago correspondent writes:— It is with feeling of deep regret that we learn of the death of…

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Obituary Miss Frances Colgan

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 3

It is with regret that we record the passing of Miss Frances Colgan, of Bondi Junction, which occurred at the Meter Misericordiae Hospital, Nth…

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OBITUARY William E. A. Byrne

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 3

The death took place in the Queanbeyan District Hospital on November 6, Of William Edward Albury Byrne, aged 81, He was born…

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Obituary

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 1
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

The death occurred in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, on Sunday, November 7, of Mr. Norman C. Swan, at the age of 54 years,…

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Obituary Mr. Frank Townsend

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 2

The death occurred at Goulburn on Sunday night last of Mr. Frank Townsend, one of the district's best-known residents and one of its…

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Obituary

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 2

The death took place yesterday of Mr. George Richard Carrol, of 79 Campbell Street, Queanbeyan, at the age, of 55 years. He had not…

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Obituary Mrs. Mary Ann McDONALD

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 2

The death occurred in the Goulburn District Hospital on Sunday afternoon of Mrs. Mary Ann McDonald, an old and highly respected resident…

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Obituary Mrs. F. L. Walcott

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

Deep regret was expressed on all sides in Braidwood when the sad news became known that Mrs. F. L. Walcott had passed away at…

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