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Obituaries & funerals, 1940

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Kameruka’s Oldest Identity Death of Mrs FITZPATRICK

The Bega District News · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 2

Mrs Fitzpatrick who was the oldest identity of Kameruka Estate, died in Bega Hospital on Saturday, aged about 80. Mrs Fitzpatrick was…

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Obituary Mrs. E. Bricknell

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 13 November 1940 · page 12

The sad and untimely end occurred in a Sydney hospital on Saturday morning last of Mrs. E. (Alma) Bricknell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alf…

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Obituary Mr. Charles Rene Dunster

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 November 1940 · page 2

The alarming uncertainty of life was strikingly illustrated on Monday last, when a well-known personality of the South Coast, Mr…

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Death of Mr. Blissett the Inquest

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 20 November 1940 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. Reuben King, J.P.) held an inquest at Berry on Wednesday, touching the death of Mr. G. T. Blissett, when the following…

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Death of Mr. C. E. D. Meares the Great Apostle of the Co-operative Movement the Dairy Farmers’ Friend and Champion

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 20 November 1940 · page 13

There has been no greater friend to the co-operative movement in Australia than Mr. Charles Edward Devenish Meares, who passed away on Thursday…

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Death of Mr S. C. Wilton

The Bega District News · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 2

The death occurred at his home, Cuttagee, on the 17th instant, of Samuel Charles Wilton, the “grand old man of Cuttagee,” who passed…

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The Late Mr T. H. McPaul. (From the “Manly Daily.”)

The Bega District News · Monday 2 December 1940 · page 1

Deep regret was expressed throughout Manly and Warringah Shire, when it was learned that Thomas Henry [?]Paul, an old and esteemed…

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Obituary Miss Sarah Nicholson

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 12

Many old Shoalhavenites will regret to hear of the death of Miss Sarah Nicholson, which sad event took place at her home, 1 Macquarie-street,…

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Death of Mr. James Higgins, Senior. (From Braidwood Paper.)

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 December 1940 · page 1

Braidwood was stunned on Sunday when the news flashed round that Mr James Higgins had died suddenly while visiting a friend’s place a few…

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The Late Mr. Bert Moore

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 25 December 1940 · page 14

Mr. Bert Moore, whose untimely passing at the early age of 49 years was briefly recorded in last issue, was a native of the district, being the…

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