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Obituaries & funerals, 1919

2,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 107

Death of Mr. H. Dawson

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. Henry Dawson, 69 years of age, senior partner of the firm of Dawson and Herford, solicitors, of Elizabeth-street, Sydney, died at his residence,…

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Death of Constable J. Williams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 5

The death occurred at the Coast Hospital, Little Bay, on January 4 or Constable John Williams. He was well-known in Sydney, being 6ft 6in high,…

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Death of Mrs. F. Lassetter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 5

A private cable has been received in Sydney conveying the news of the death of Mrs. F. Lassetter, widow of the late Mr. Frederic Lassetter, of "Redleaf,"…

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Late Mr. C. H. Edols. Estate Valued at £127,244

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 12

Probate has been granted of the will and codicils (three) of Mr. Charles Hedley Edols, grazier, of Burrawang, near Forbes, who died at Sydney on September 8 last, leaving an…

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Clarence River District. Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 14

Mr. Alfred John Spicer, a well-known resident of the South Grafton district, aged 64 years, was found dead near a well on his property. Medical evidence…

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Late Mr. Roosevelt. Montreal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

A message from Washington states that President Wilson has issued a proclamation directing that flags on the public buildings be flown at half-mast for 30 days, and that…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 23

Yet another of the old pioneers of the Murrumbidgee passed away recently with the death of Mrs. Hannah mary Costello in here seventyeight…

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Death of a Priest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

The Rev. Miehael Kirby, who had been for 27 years in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sydney, died at St. Vincent's Hospital. Darlinghurst, on Tuesday night. There will…

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Late Mr. Roosevelt. Newspaper Tributes. New York

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

New York newspapers declare that one of Mr. Roosevelt's most important achievements was the reformation he forced on big business during his administration. They praise the…

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Death of Mr. Patrick Caffrey

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 17

The death occurred in Sydney, on December 12 last, of Mr. Patrick Caffrey, late of Greenwell Point, at the age of 75 years, as a result of an accident by his horse falling…

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Death of Mr. James Byrne

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 23

The late Mr. James Byrne, who passed away at St. Bernard's Private Hospital, Burwood, on November 11, from an attack of cerebral hemorrbage, two days after the…

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Fall From Balcony Death of a Child

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

Neville Morris, aged 4, who lives in Georgina-street, Newtown, was playing on the balcony of his home this morning, when he overbalanced, and…

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Death of Father J. SHERIDAN. Requiem at St. Mary's

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 19

On Friday night, the 3rd inst., Rev. Father James Sheridan, one of the oldest and best-known priests of the Archdiocese of Sydney, whilst staying at Hartley, of…

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Death of a Sister of Charity. Sister Mary Ignatius D'arcy

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 20

On the 3rd inst., died calmly and peacefully as she had lived, Sister Mary Ignatius D'Arcy, of St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, where she had laboured for 42 years among…

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The Late Mr. Harry Dawson

Arrow · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

With the death of Mr. Harry Dawson early on New Year's Day, there was severed yet another link binding the old and the modern brigade of notable…

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Asylum Sensation. Death of Patient. Attendant Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Following an inquest to-day on the body of John Clafton Saunders, who was a patient at the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, Edwin Augustus Potter,…

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Death of Mr. E. White. a New England Pioneer

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 12

Edwin White, fine old man and a pioneer of the New England, died recently at his home, Kinlossie. Ben Lomond, aged 88 years. He was…

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Death of Leefe Robinson, V.c. Broken by Brutality of the Germans This Famous Airman Was the First to Smash Down a Zeppelin on British Soil

The Mirror · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

Captain William Leefe Robinson; V.C., who destroyed the first Zeppelin brought down over England, has died at Harrow from Influenza. He returned from captivity in Germany on December 14. He returned completely broken by the brutalities of his imprisonment…

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Obituary

People · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 4

With sincere regret we have to record the death of Comrade Richard Higgins, who died in Sydney last month, and who for many years was a member of the Central Branch. Our late…

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Death of Mr Gillard

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 8

Mr. Thomas Gillard (64) passed away on the 7th of January at his residence, "Wattle View," Cecil avenue, Castle Hill. The funeral (the arrangements in…

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