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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1954

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Death of Mr. J. W. [?]

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 2

The death occurred on Saturday of John William Saunders on 74 at his home in Wave Hill [?] [?]…

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Funeral of Man Found in Scrub

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

The remains of Joseph Linton Jermyn, which were found in dense scrub about eight miles from Captain’s Flat last week, were…

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Sudden Death of Mr. R. P. Hodgson

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

The death occurred quite suddenly at his home in Morton Street early yesterday morning of Mr. Robert Joseph Hodgson…

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Sudden Death of Monaro Shire Clerk

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

Mr. Henry Raymond Stenning, who died suddenly last Sunday at Cooma, was the Monaro Shire Clerk since 1949…

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Obituary. Dr. John Kennedy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

The death occurred on Wednesday night of Dr. John Kennedy, of Marrickville. The district, and particularly Araluen, was saddened and shocked by…

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Obituary Mr. Miles Dempsey

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

Braidwood has lost one of its grand old stalwarts by the passing of Mr. Miles Dempsey on 1st July. There was no one better known or more respected…

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Death of Former Member

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

Mr. John Arthur Perkins, a former member for Edan-Monaro in the Federal Parliament and a Minister in the Lyons and Menzies Government,…

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Death of Mrs. Eliza Coppin

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 6

The death occurred in Morrisett Street on Saturday night of Mrs Eliza Suzannah Coppin, aged 74. Mrs. Coppin is survived by two…

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Death of Oldest Australian LITHGOW

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 5

George McDermott, the oldest man in Australia, died last night aged 104. He would have been 105 on…

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Death of Former Yass Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 2

Mr. William Leslie Simon, successful mercer, ex-Mayor, Methodist Church lay preacher and prominent citizen of Ya[?] for…

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Death of Mr. Clem Marsh

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

Mr Clem Marsh, a former resident of Queanbeyan, died suddenly at Woomera Rocket Range, South Australia, Oh Wednesday afternoon…

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Sudden Death Of Mr. Sid Bell

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

Mr. Sidney Bell, 66, of Hayes Street, Queanbeyan passed away suddenly at his home about 10 o’clock last night…

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Obituary Mr. Martin Galligan

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

The untimely passing of Mr. Martin Galligan recently, brought about by a tractor turning over and pinning him underneath while & dam was being…

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Obituary Mr. Walter H. Ewell

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

The death occurred In the Moruya Hospital on 24th July of Mr. Walter H. Ewell after en illness of six weeks duration…

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Death of Mrs. Lily Irving

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

Mrs Lily Margaret Irving, who died at Sydney Hospital on July 23, Was a sister of Mr John W. Cartwright of Queanbeyan…

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Obituary Mrs. Edith Clowry

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

The death occurred in Lewisham Hospital on 31st July of Mrs. Edith dowry. Although she had been in indifferent health for a considerable…

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Death of Mr. A. H. McCLUNG

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

Mr. Alexander Harvey McClung of Hawthorne, Murrumbateman who died a week ago at Yass, was a wellknown grazier and horseman…

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Obituary Miss Margaret Curry

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 2

The death occurred in the Young Hospital on 10th August of Miss Margaret Curry, after a short illness. Miss Curry had gone to Young for a holiday…

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Death of Cr. A. J. Fenning

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 2

"The death of Cr. Fenning was a very great blow to all of us. We all regarded him as a dear friend," Cr. D. Thomson, shire president, said at…

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Obituary Late John Burke

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

Mr. John Burke, who died on August 5, for most of his life was an employee of Eurobodalla Shire Council, with the exception of five years during…

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