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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1928

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Late Mr. W. H. Soul

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 19

Probate has been granted of the will of the late Mr. Washington Handley Soul, of Agincourt, Albert-road, Strathfield, who died on December 13 last, leaving an estate of…

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Death of Old-time Jockey

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 45

BATHURST, Friday. -- The death occurred suddenly to-day of William Neal, one of the oldest ex-jockeys in the west, at the age of 52 years…

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Late Mr. Washington Soul Estate Valued at £76,084

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 13

The late Mr. Washington Handley Soul, of Albert Road, Strathfield, who died on December 13 last, at the age of 82 years, left an estate worth…

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Death of Vaudeville Artist. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 18

The death has occurred of Thomas ("Scotty") Mc[?]ntosh, who came to Australia when 18 years of age as a member of the Seven Perezoffs, acrobats and jugglers. On Harry…

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Obituary. Mr. F. A. Davis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 14

The funeral took place yesterday at Rookwood Cemetery of Mr. Fred A. Davis, Factories and Shops Inspector of the Department of Labour and Industry. He had been…

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Obituary MR E. G. ELLISON

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 5

Mr Edward George Ellison, formerly of Emu Plains and lately of Lithgow, died in the Lithgow Hospite on Monday at the ago of 35 yours, the cause…

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A Funeral Wanted

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1928 · page 12

THE demand, ever growing stronger, for the scrapping of the lumbering, noisy, funereal tram-cars which clutter up our main highways within…

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Author's Funeral Flower Strewn Hearse London

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1928 · page 2

In a hearse, of which the interior was strewn with flowers, Thomas Hardy's body, clothed in his academic robes, was removed from his home at daybreak…

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Army Loss Death of Mrs. Colonel Harris

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1928 · page 16

News reached Sydney on Tuesday morning of tile death in Melbourne or Mrs. Colonel Harris, of the Training Garrison, Melbourne, after weeks of suffering…

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Late Mr. A. D. Fowler

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 12

The death occurred on January 11 of Mr. Arthur Daniel Fowler, at his residence, Elissa, M'Intosh Street, Gordon. Mr. Fowler, who was 72 years of…

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Death of Grazier

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 7

The death has occurred at his residence. William St., Granville, of Mr. Edward Hewitt. 82. formerly a well- known grazier and a nephew of the…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Dickson

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 24

The death has occurred at Auburn of Mr. Thomas Dickson, an employee of the Department of Education for over thirty years…

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Death of Mr. W. A. Medlicott

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 26

Mr. William Arthur Medlicott, who died at his home at Paddington on Saturday, was a well-known dentist who had conducted an extensive…

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Masonic Funeral Mr. C. N. M'clure's Death

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 9

MR. Christopher Nicholson M'Clure, whose death occurred last Saturday, was accorded a Masonic funeral at the Presbyterian section of Rockwood…

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Premier As Bearer Hardy's Body Cremated Funeral To-day London

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 1

The coffin containing the remains of Thomas Hardy, the famous author, was conveyed yesterday by road from his home at Max Gate, Dorchester, to…

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Rose-draped Coffins Snyder—gray Funeral Letters to Daughters New York

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 1

THOUSANDS of people attended the funeral of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, who were electro cuted on Friday morning for the…

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Hardy's Ashes for Abbey, Heart at Home New Plans for Funeral of Famous Novelist Body Cremated London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 4

An eleventh-hour alteration has been made in the arrangements for the burial of the late Thomas Hardy…

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Late Mr. E. J. Vindin

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 12

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Edmund James Vindin, at his home, Blenheim-street, Waverley. He was 57 years of age and was…

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Late Mr. T. CORNISH. Prominent Pastoralist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 12

Mr. Thomas Cornish, who died on Saturday at his residence, Lillingstone, Ocean-street, Woollahra, was a prominent pastorallst, He was 75 years of age, and for nearly 50 years…

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Funeral of Mr. Medlicott

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 4

There was a large attendance yesterday at the Waverley Cemetery at the funeral of the late Mr. W. A. Medlicott, the well-known dentist, of…

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