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Riverina · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

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Obituary Mr. W. C. Wentworth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 5

Advice was received at the Wagga Forestry Office yesterday of the death of Mr. William Charles Wentworth, aged 53 years, District Forester at…

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Obituary Mr. W. J. Wellington

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

Mv. W. J. Wellington, the member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Charters Towers electorate, died last Thursday in the…

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Obituary Mrs. M. Browne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 4

The death took place at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Young, on Monday, of Mrs. Gertrude Stenhouse Browne, at the age of 41 years, wife of Mr. Maurice…

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Funeral Mrs. E. Broad

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Broad, of 54 Collins-street. Wagga, whose death occurred in Wagga on Tuesday morning after a long illness, at the age…

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Obituary Mr. George Britt

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 5

A well-known Darbalara identity, Mr. George Britt died suddenly at his daughter’s residence in Otway Street, Gundagai on Monday last…

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Obituary Mr. J. T. Castles

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

The death occurred in the Goulburn Hospital on Monday of Mr. John Thomas Castles at the age of 50 years. Mr. Castles, who was unmarried, was…

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Obituary William M'curdy

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

The death occurred on Wednesday night in the Wagga Base Hospital after an extended illness of William Charles M'Curdy at the age of 19 years. He…

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Obituary MR. W. C. WENTWORTH

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 8

Advice was received at the Wagga Forestry Office on Monday of the death of Mr. William Charles Wentworth, aged 53 years, District…

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Obituary Mr. John Duncan Morrison

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 6

The death took place in Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, on Tuesday afternoon last, of Mr. John Duncan Morrison, aged 77 years. Deceased…

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Funeral William M'curdy

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 6

The funeral ol William Charles M'Curdy, of 6 Crampton-street, Wagga, whose death occurred on Wednesday evening after a long illness, took…

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Obituary Mr. William Micurdy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 2

The death took place on Wednesday night in Wagga Base Hospital after an extended illness, of William Charles McCurdy, at the age of 19…

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Obituary Mrs. Anne Allen

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 6

The death occurred on Sunday last of Mrs Anne Allen, of Beckwith Street, Wagga, at the age of 72 years. She was horn at Kyneton…

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Death of Quintuplet COPENHAGEN

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 4

Another of the quintuplets has died. [An earlier reference to quintuplets born in Denmark appears on page 1.]…

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Obituary Rev. Father N. Clack

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 6

Sydney priests have received news of the death in Melbourne of the Rev. Father Norman Clack, well known throughout Australia as an…

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The Sudden Death of Harden Pressman

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

The sudden death of Mr. Frank, H. Hopwood, proprietor of the Harden "Express," came as a shock to a wide circle of friends at Harden and…

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Obituary Mr. Annie Hailey

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 1

The death occurred at Goulburn on March 2 of Mrs. Annie Halley, of 24 Cowper St., Goulburn, after a short illness, at the age of 74. The late Mrs…

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Obituary Mrs. E. M. Wiley

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 4

The death occurred in a private hospital at an early hour yesterday morning of a well-known resident, Mrs. Evelyn Margaret Wiley, of 19…

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Obituary Mr. Frederick Thomas Barker

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 4

Following a long illness the death occurred at 6 a.m. on Sunday last, of Mr. Frederick Thomas Barker, aged 52 years. Deceased was the eldest…

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Invention of Duplicator Death of Gestetner Nice

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 3

The death has occurred of the Hungarian-born Jew, David Gestetner, aged 84 years, who as an office boy so hated letter-copying that he invented…

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Funeral Mrs. E. M. Wiley

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 4

The funeral of Mrs. Evelyn Margaret Wiley, of 19 Gurwood street, Wagga, whose death occurred in a private hospital on Monday morning at the age…

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