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Obituaries & funerals, 1938

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Obituary. Captain T. Allen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 17

Captain Thomas Allen, who died at North Sydney on Wednesday, was well known along the New South Wales coast, where he commanded vessels during the past 35 years. For…

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Obituary Mrs. George Thompson

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 9

One of the most prominent women in the civic and social life of Orange, Mrs. George Thompson, 59, wife of the proprietor of the Orange…

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Story Of "Wild Drive" Death Of Saywell

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

Shortly before Thomas Richard Say-well, 21, crashed to his death in a motor car, a friend had begged him to put the car in the garage…

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Death of Police Officer. Charge Against Woman Dropped. PERTH, Firday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 18

The Crown has decided not to proceed against Mrs. Margaret Louise Dunlop, who was committed for trial on a charge of having unlawfully killed Stanley Russell Lewts, chief…

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Death of Old Soldier. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

The death occurred yesterday of Sergeant-Major Darken, one of the oldest soldiers in the Commonwealth. He was in the Imperial Army and served in several wars, receiving…

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OBITUARY Loss of Margaret Macdonald

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Margaret Macdonald, pioneer Australian writer, died on January 14, at Afternoon, Sydney, aged 72…

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Obituary Mr. Paul Montford Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

Melbourne's leading artists and architects attended the funeral today of the noted sculptor, Mr. Paul Montford who died in a private…

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Death Knell Of Blackboard

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

When blackboards and white chalk are replaced by yellow boards and blue chalk, the efficiency of school children should be…

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Death of Jockey in Smash Coroner Adjourns Inquest at Randwick

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

THE inquest into the death of Maxwell Alfred Papworth, 15, apprentice Jockey, of Weston Street. Harris Park, who died in hospital…

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Obituary Mr. J. J. Fowler

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 4

Mr. John Joseph Fowler, 63, well known grazier of Grenfell and Young, died yesterday at Manly. For many years Mr. Fowler was a director of…

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Obituary. Mr. J. V. Parmentier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 12

The funeral of Mr. J. V. Parmentier, wool representative of W. G. De[?]char and Co. Pty., Ltd., took place yesterday at the Northern Suburbs Cemetery, after a Requiem Mass at the…

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OBITUARY Monsieur J. V. Parmentier

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

The interment of the late Monsieur J. V. Parmentier, of W. G. Deuchar & Co. Pty., Ltd., took place yesterday at the Northern…

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Obituary

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 27
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

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

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Late Mr. A. DUNBAR Werombi Pioneering Family

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

Mr. Andrew Dunbar, of Baulkham Hills, whose death occurred at Parramatta District, Hospital on Saturday morning last, was a member of a…

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Prominent Umpire Late Mr. E. A. Marsh

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

The death of Mr. E. A. (Joe) Marsh on Saturday has robbed Parramatta cricket, and especially umpiring circles, of a strong supporter and keen active…

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Death of Music Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 7

First student of cuter Our lady of Mercy College. Mrs. Jessie Eccleston (formerly Miss Harroway) died at a local private hospital recently…

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Church Worker Passes Late Mr. C. W. Gliddon

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

The death of Cyrus William Gliddon, aged 58 years, occurred at his residence, Willoughby-street, Carlingford, on Monday evening. He leaves a widow, one…

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Obituary. Mr. John Walsh

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 32

When the news went abroad on the evening of Monday, January 3, that Mr. John Walsh had answered the last summons, at his residence, corner…

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Obituary. Little Mary Carr

Liverpool News · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carr, of Edna Avenue, Mt. Pritchard, suffered a severe loss in the death of their infant daughter Mary, aged two years…

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