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Riverina · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1944

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Obituary Mr. C. F. Webb

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

The many friends of Mr. Cecil Frederick Webb, well-known Cootamundra dentist, were shocked to hear of his sudden death at Cronulla…

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Obituary Mrs. G. L. Lawrence

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

The death occurred at her residence, 28 Beckwith street. Wagga, after a lone illness, of Mrs. Sarah Maud Lawrence, wife of Mr George Lemington…

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Death of Futurity Acceptor

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Mosfino, who accepted for the Futurity Stake died yesterday following a mysterious illness which lie contracted on…

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Death of Mr. Les Moody

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

SEYMOUR, Wed.—Mr. Leslie Moody, widely known in racing circles, died in Seymour after a Short illness on Monday, at the age of 65…

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Obituary Mr William Eurell

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 8

Died at the Tumut Hospital on Friday last, Mr William Eurell, aged 82 years. He was one of Tamut’s best known identities. He was born…

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Obituary Mr. J. W. Morton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

The death occurred in Rawson Private Hospital Wagga, yesterday afternoon of Mr. James Walter Morton, of 24 Gormly Avenue…

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Obituary Dorothy Irene Green

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

The death occurred suddenly on February 1, 1944. at her home in Merrylands, of Dorothy Irene Green, aged 16 years, daughter of…

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OBITUARY William John Lloyd

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

Mr. William John Lloyd, or Farm 26, Leeton, died in St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, on February 8, aged 42 years. Deceased had been ill for five…

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Obituary Mr. Thomas Patrick McEVOY

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

Mr. Thomas McEvoy, a native of Gundagai, passed away in Sydney at the age of 74 years, heart-failure being the cause of death. Born at…

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Obituary Mrs. M. J. M Mepham

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 2

The death occurred at Rawson Private Hospital, Wagga on Thursday night of Mrs. Mary Jane Marwood Mepham, wife of the late John…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Chelly Milliken

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 1

Early on Saturday, 12th February, death claimed Hay district's oldest country resident—both at to age and years of residence—Mrs. Chelly…

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Obituary Mr. W. P. Devereux

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1944 · page 2

Mr. Walter Page Devereux, for many years a leader in the Australian wool Industry, died on Sunday at his home at South Yarra, aged 71 years…

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Death of Mrs. Gandhi

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 1

DELHI, Wednesday: Mrs. Gandhi, wife of the Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi, died at the Aga Khan's palace, in Poona,…

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Funeral Mr J. E. Cox

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

The funeral of Mr. James Edward Cox, of "Coxville," Tarcutta, [?] died in Wagga on Tuesday, took place yesterday. The cortege, which was a…

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Obituary Mrs. W. J. E. Melville

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

[?] occurred the last night at Rawson Private Hospital Wagga, of Mrs. Eva Elizabeth Melville, wife of Alderman W. J. E. Melville, of the…

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Funeral Mrs. W. J. E. Melville

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 2

The funeral of Mrs. W. J. E. Melville, whose death was reported in yesterday's issue, will take place this afternoon. The cortege will move…

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Obituary Mrs. Isabella Roach

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 2

On Monday evening last death removed from our midst still another of the pioneers of the Narandera district in the person of Mrs. Isabella…

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Obituary Mr. Jas. P. McENROE

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 2

It is with profound regret that we chronicle the death of James Patrick McEnroe at his home at Grahamstown on Sunday morning…

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Obituary Mrs. Mary Ann Harrold of Stockinbingal

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 3

The death occurred, in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Cootamundra, at 7.10 on Wednesday morning, of Mrs. Mary Ann Harrold, 84, relict of the late Mr…

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Mrs. Gandhi's Funeral

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Thurs. (AAP).— Mahatma Gandhi was temporarily released from detention for the crenation of his wife at Poona,…

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