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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1935

2,562 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 129

Posthumous Honour. Late Mrs. Pattie Deakin. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

For the first time within living memory a posthumous civil honour has been conferred on an Australian. Mrs, Pattle Deakin, widow of the late Mr…

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Late Mrs. Deakin Was to Celebrate Her Birthday To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Since childhood the late Mrs. Alfred Deakin had been called "Pattie." That is the Christian name used in the…

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Funeral of Manly Business Man

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 9

The funeral of Mr. Edward Bennetts, of Manly, was largely attended yesterday. Mr. Bennetts at one time was…

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Death of Nonagenarian. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 8

Mrs. Margaret Packer, one or the Hawkesbury district's oldest natives, died at East Kurrajong, at the age of 90 years. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Peter Hornery,…

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Death of Mr. Arthur Seers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 8

Mr. Arthur Beera, honorary secretary of the Enfield Amateur Swimming Club, and a member of the executive committee of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association,…

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Obituary. Mr. E. a Hodge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

Mr. Ernest Arthur Hodge, who died at private hospital in Hurstville, on. Saturday, Biter an illness of only two days, was born on the Tambaroora goldfields in 1871. He…

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Kempsey Identity Northern Suburbs Funeral of Mr. J. Gilfillan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 9

Mr. John Gllflllan, 84, who had been prominent in public affairs in Kempsey for years, was cremated yesterday at Northern Suburbs…

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First Death Toll of New Year

The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

THE New Year's first death as a result of an accident occurred in Parramatta Hospital, where Joseph Cowell,…

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At Funeral Swimmers' Tribute

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

Members of the Enfield Amateur Swimming Club, in their black and white blazers, were pall-bearers, while others formed a guard of honor…

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Death of Prominent Bankstown Man

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

The close of the year 1934 also saw the close of the life of Mr. William Thomas Brennan, of Bankstown, who died unexpectedly at Tuggerah…

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Late Mr. Hillman. Romantic Business Career. LONDON, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 10

Mr. Edward Hillman, managing director of Hillman's Airways, who died yesterday at the age of 45 years, spent his first 40 years in obscurity, but in the past two years became…

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Obituary. Mrs. Alfred Deakin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 10

Representatives of many philanthropic institutions with which the late Mrs. Alfred Deakin had been associated attended her funeral at the St. Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne,…

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OBITUARY. Mr. J. Ballantyne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

The death has been announced from England of Mr. James Ballantyne in his 84th year. Mr. Ballantyne was an Associate of…

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Death of Old A.w.u. Member

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 14

Mr. J. H. Simpson, A.W.U. Agent at Forbes (N.S.W.), reports that Joe Hamilton, an old member of the A.W.U., died suddenly from heart failure at the wheel…

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The Late Mrs. Charles Cavanagh

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 37

On the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, at his residence, "Rosaire," The Strand, Gladesville, the death occurred of Mr. ?Charles Cavanagh, at the age of 85 years…

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Obituary

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 15

On Christmas Eve the death occurred at Our Lady's Home, Dudley-street, Coogee, of Nurse Mary Drohan, one of the foundation members of Our Lady's Nurses of the…

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The Late Mr. W. T. Brennan

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

An indication of the esteem in which the late William Thomas Brennan was held in the Bankstown district was evidenced at his…

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Death of Mr. James Boler

The Propeller · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

Mr. James Henry Boler, of Armidale, an old Rockdale School boy, died yesterday at a private hospital in Sydney, aged 54 years. The deceased…

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Death of Two Brothers. Coroner's Inquiry

The Propeller · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

The City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) found yesterday that Ronald Edward, the 23-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Griffiths, of Gloucester Rd.,…

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Obituary. Mrs. Susan Robinson

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 29

The death occurred rather suddenly on November 6 of Mrs. Susan Robinson, at her home, 13 Robert-street, Marrickville, aged 71 years. Though her end came so…

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