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Obituaries & funerals, 1928

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Obituary Mrs. E. Renkin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 5

An old and highly respected resident of Sebastopol, Victoria, Mrs. Elizabeth Benkin, died recently at the age of 92 years. The deceased possessed all her…

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Obituary

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 2

The death occurred in the Wagga District Hospital last night of Bruce Watson, at the age of two years and 10 months after a few days' illness…

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Bulli Pass Smash Death of third Victim SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 1

John McWilliam, of Redfern, who was injured on March 11, when a lorry got out of control and capsized on Bulli Pass, has died in hospital…

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Funeral

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 6

The funeral of the late Bruce Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William John Watson, of Ladysmith, who died in the Wagga District Hospital on Monday,…

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Obituary Joan McDONNELL

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

The sad death occurred yesterday morning of Joan Margaret McDonnell, aged 9 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roley McDonnell, of Bourke…

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Obituary

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 6

It is with regret that we record the death of Wallace, the five-year-old son of Mr. T. E. Parr. The sad event occurred at the residence of his grand…

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Ended His Sufferings Death of Mr S. Campbell

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

A sufferer for some considerable time, it is supposed that Mr Samuel Campbell put an end lo his agony on. Tuesday last, when he wus found dead in the yard, or his residence on Farm 185, Stony Point, with, a gun­shot wound in the head and the gun near the body. The deceased ijentle-maii, who was 77 years of age came to this settlement from Hay in 1912. He lo survived by his widow four sons (Bob William Collln and Alex) and three daughfj>rs (Jano Madge and Ruth now Mrs Walsh). Tho…

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Funeral Alan Collocott

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 1

The many friends of the Rev. E. E. V. Collocott. M,A., B.D., of Albury, who is the financial secretary of the Riverina Methodist Synod, will learn…

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Obituary Mr. R. Yelland

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 4

Word has just come through of the death in Melbourne of Mr. Robert Yelland a very old and esteemed resident of Coolamon. Mr. Yelland…

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Death of Mrs. J. Claffey

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Yesterday (Sunday) the death occurred of Mrs. Jas. Claffey of Tumut Plains. Deceased, who was about 45 years of age, had been ill…

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Obituary Miss Ellen Crowe

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Miss Ellen Crowe (daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Crowe, Gobarralong) aged 72 years, died in the Sacred Heart Hospital,…

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Obituary Mr. R. Tapp

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. Richard Tapp was found dead on Thursday night at Narandera by the police in a van alongside the old brewery. He was aged 73 years, and…

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Obituary Mr. Allen E. Davis

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. Allen Edgar Davis, who sold his Dudauman property a couple of years ago, and came to reside in Cootamundra, on Church Hill, took…

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The Late Mrs. Arthur N. Ward

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

At the memorial service on Sunday night the Rev. Gustavus Thompson said of the late Mrs. Ward: "Florence Gertude Hobbs was born in Camden,…

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Obituary

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

The death is announced of Samne Clowes, M.P. The death is also announced of Arthur Price, otherwise Richard Bruce Hardy. an old Etonian…

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Death of Mrs. James Claffey

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

Mrs. Lucy Claffey, wife of Mr. James Claffey, of "Westwood," Tumut, died at their home on Sunday afternoon, after a prolonged and…

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Obituary Naomi Jenkins

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

The friends of Mr and Mrs Harry Jenkins will be sorry to hear that their baby daughter Naomi, aged 14 months, passed away at 7 o'clock last…

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Death of Jean E. W. Moorhead

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

At the Tumut Court House on Thursday last, Coroner R. L. Blakeney held an inquest touching the death of Jean Elizabeth Wilson…

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OBITUARY Mrs. J. A. Broadbent

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

Word was received in Narandera on Saturday last of the death in Sydney on Friday evening of Mrs. J. A. Broadbent, of Windella, after a long illness…

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