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Riverina · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1944

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Funeral Mrs. M. T. Hogan

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 4

The death occurred in Wagga on Thursday of Mrs. Mary Th[?] Hogan, of the Esplanade. Wagga, at the age of 88 years. Mrs Hogan, who…

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Funeral Mrs. W. J. E. Melville

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Eva Elizabeth Melville (wife of Ald. W. J. E. Melville), whose death occurred in Rawson Private Hospital on…

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Obituary Mrs. I. Roach

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 2

The death occurred last Monday evening of one of the old pioneers of the Narandera district, Mrs. Isabella Roach, widow…

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Obituary Mr. P. J. Parnell

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 4

The death occurred to a private hospital in Wagga of Mr Patrick Joseph Parnell, of Cookardinia, at the age of 66 years. Mr Parnell, who…

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Funeral Mr. P. J. Parnell

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mr. Patrick Joseph Parnell, of Cookardinia, who died in Wagga on Friday, took place on Saturday. The cortege, which was…

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Obituary Mr. D. R. Murphy

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 2

The death occurred in Wagga on Saturday night of Mr Daniel Roger Murphy, of 82 Thorne street Wagga, and formerly of Matong, at the age…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Phyllis Denley

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

The death occurred at the North Show Hospital on Thursday, February 17, of a wall known former resident of Grong Grong in the person of Mrs…

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OBITUARY Mr. Peter Snelson

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

The death occurred suddenly at Orange on February 22 last, or Mr. Peter Snelson, aged 81 years. The late Mr. Snelson was well…

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Tragic Death of Mr. William Arentz at Gilmore Railway Siding

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

A tragic accident occurred at Gilmore Railway Siding on Saturday afternoon last at 4.25 p.m. when Mr. William Peter Joseph Arentz, 62, well-known goods-shed porter at Tumut Railway Station, was killed when he was caught between the…

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Death of Centenarian Mrs. Mark Causer, of Young, Aged 105 Years

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

YOUNG Monday: Claimed to be the oldest person in the State, and probably in Australia. Mrs Mery Causer died at Young last…

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Obituary Mrs. M. Harmon

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2

The death occurred yesterday the residence of her brot[?]er, Mr. [?]seph Erskine, of 193 Edward [?] Wagga, after an extended illness…

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Funeral Mrs. Margaret Harmon

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret Harmon, of Travers street. Wagga (wife of the late Joseph Harmon), whose death occurred in Wagga…

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Panzer Creator Death of General Lutz

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: The Berlin radio announces a report from Munich of the death from illness of General Lutz and describes…

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OBITUARY Neville Francis Hutchison

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

Hillston residents received a shock on Thursday morning last when the sad news was received that Neville Francis Hutchison…

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Death of Mr. Edwin Leary Severs Link With Early Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

In 1853, one year after the disastrous flood, among the pioneers of this land who pushed westward was Jeremiah Leary, who,…

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Obituary Mrs. Eleanor Norris

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

The death occurred at Valmar Private Hospital, Tumut, on the 23rd February, at the age of 71 years, of Mrs. Eleanor Norris,…

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OBITUARY Leslie John Appleby

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 3

Leslie John Appleby, a returned soldier of the last war, passed away at the Leeton District Hospital on Wednesday morning where he had…

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Obituary Mrs, M. Harmon

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

The death occurred on Tuesday, at Wagga, after an extended illness of Mrs Margaret Hamm, wife of the late Joseph Harmon, at the age of 72 years…

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Obituary Mr. Robert White, of Stockinbingal

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

Mr. Robert White, 76, an old resident of the Stockinbingal and Temora district, died in the District Hospital, Cootamundra, at 6 o'clock this…

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Death of a Centenarian Official Correspondence Letters to Mr. Enticknap on Hospital Matters

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 1

Claimed to be the oldest person in the State, and probably in Australia, Mrs. Mary Causer died at Young on Monday, aged 105 years. Had Mrs. The following letters from the Minister for Health (Mr. C. A. Kelly) have been received by Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A.:…

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