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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1938

1,993 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 100

Funeral of Technician

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 2

After a service at Kinsela-parlors conducted by the Rev. J. R. Le-Huray, the funeral of the late Mr. Roy Blanch. Cinesound Productions. Ltd.,…

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Funeral Of Shipping Man

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 12

The remains of the late C. W. D. Conacher were yesterday cremated at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium. A Presbyterian service was conducted…

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Obituary. Mr. D. J. McINTYRE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 19

The death occurred recently of Mr. Duncan [?]ph McIntyre, of Montrose, North Sydney, [?]d 80 years. Mr. McIntyre, who was a [?]phew of the founder of the Free…

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Obituary Mr. R. K. Buscombe Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 4

The death of Mr. R. K. Buscombe, aged 71, secretary of the Western Australian Lotteries Commission, occurred last night…

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Obituary Mr. Roy Blanch

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Largely attended by film and theatrical identities, the funeral of Mr. Roy Blanch, sound engineer, of Cinesound Productions Ltd., who was…

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Death of Mrs. J. Elphick. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The death has occurred, after a long illness, of Mrs. Wilhelmina Elphick, aged 77 years, wife of the deputy president of the Tumut Shire Council. Councillor James Elphick. She…

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Obituary. Captain J. Howell-price. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Captain John Howell-Price, whose death occurred in England at the age of 51 years, was formerly employed by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, and while second…

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Five Were Drowned in State Pathetic Death Of Child Rescue Efforts

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

FALLING into shallow water in the Hawkesbury River, near the Richmond Bridge late yesterday afternoon, fours-years-old Brian…

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Death of Captain J. R. McDONALD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

Captain J. R. McDonald, V.D., who died at his residence, Ben Boyd Road, Mosman, yesterday, was the last surviving officer of the New South Wales Sudan Contingent of 1885…

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Obituary Mr. A. G. Shand

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

The remains of the late Mr. A. G. Shand, secretary of the Master Butchers' Meat and Allied Trades Federation since 1926, who died on…

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Death of Earl of Lindsey. London, Jan 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

The Earl of Lindsey, who was A.D.C. to Lord Carrington when he was Governor of New South Wales in the eighties, has died. The Earl of Lindsey married Millicent, the…

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Sir Charles Davis. Death of Eminent Civil Servant. LONDON Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

The death is announced of Sir Charles Thomas Davis, who was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs from 1925 to 1930…

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Dramatic Happening at Newcastle Inquest Evidence of Shocking Death of Woman Coroner Mentions Houseman At School And Advises Representation NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

A DRAMATIC announcement that certain statements of witnesses pointed to Leonard William Roberts, houseman at Broughton School, as being concerned in the death of Dorothy May Everett, kitchen maid at the school, was made by the District…

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Death of M.L.A. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 14

Mr. Edmund Vernon Brockman, M.L.A. for Sussex, died to-day after an illness extending over several months. He was a member of one of the State's pioneer families, and was…

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Obituary. Mr. A. G. Shand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 17

There was a large attendance yesterday at the funeral of Mr. Arthur Gordon Shand. secretary of the Master Butchers' Meat and Allied Traders' Federation, and son of Mr. J…

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Obituary Mr. A. G. Shand

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

Parliamentarians, well-known public men, and many leading Sydney business-men attended the funeral yesterday at the Northern…

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Own Funeral!

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 14

TRICKING your opponent by throwing different ends continuously only serves to trick yourself, if you are not…

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Obituary

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 33

[Obituary notices submitted for publication to the "Catholic Press" must be endorsed by the parish priest of the deceased person.]…

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The Late Mr. W. J. Thompson

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

The death of Mr William J. Thompson, of Wilson Street. St. Marys, briefly referred to in last issue, took place at the residence of his son-…

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Death of Muter Butchers' Secretary

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

THE death last Sunday of Mr. A. G. Shand, secretary of the Master Butchers, Meat and Allied Trades' Federation of Australia, removes one of the…

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