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Obituaries & funerals, 1939

1,895 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 95

Death of Wreck Hero

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 8

A man who was the State's hero 40 years ago died yesterday. He was Police-Sergeant W…

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The Pope's Funeral ROME

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 1

The body of the late Pope Pius XI will be lowered into the crypt at 4 p.m. (1 a.m. Sydney time)…

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Death of Sheep Breeder. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 13

Charles Castle Hall, 79, well known stud sheep breeder, died at his home, Yeumburra, on Sunday night. He was a prominent exhibitor at the Sydney Sheep Show a few years ago…

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Charity Worker Death of Mrs. Galloway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 11

A fine record as a worker for charity was held by Mrs. Alice Mary Ann Galloway, of Marsh-street, Clyde, who died on Saturday at the age of 58 years…

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Death of Deputy Mayor. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 13

Alderman William Henry Watson Deputs Mayor of Armidale, who has been a member of the city council for more than 40 years died last night He had been Mayor five times…

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Traffic Court Has Record Day Funeral Plea Failed

The Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 3

Today was another record day at the Traffic Court. In the morning Mr. Goldie, the Chief Traffic Magistrate, dealt with 210 undefended cases. In adjacent courts, Magistrates Scobie and Wells, who had been sent to…

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Death of Mr. E. G. ULM. ather of Aviator

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 18

The death occurred on Monday in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital of Mr. Emil Gustave Ulm, the father of the late Mr. C. T. P. Ulm, the famous aviator and…

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Death of Pope Pius Xi. End Follows Two Severe Heart Attacks

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 7

POPE PIUS XI died at the Vatican City (Rome) early last Friday morning. Prior to his passing he suffered two severe heart attacks from…

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The Late Mrs. Bridget A. Ell

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 37

One of Merriwa's best-known residents, Mrs. Bridget Amelia Ell, died at Sydney recently. The late Mrs. Ell, who was born at Gulgong, was 81 years of age. The whole of her life was spent…

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Obituary

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 5
Also in The Catholic Press

Mrs Phoebe Rose Richards, widow of James Brewer Richards, died at her residence, Nelson Street, Mt. Druitt, on Tuesday at the ase of 57 years. The…

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Death of Pope

Liverpool News · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 2
Also in The Hebrew Standard of Australasia, The Biz

His Holiness. Pope Plus XI, died on Friday last at 5.31 a.m. (2.31 a.m. Sydney tune). Shortly before the end it was announced that the Extreme Unction…

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Death of Pope Pius Xi

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 4

The Board or Management of the Great Synagogue has conveyed to Archbishop Panico, the sympathy of the Jewish Community on the death of Pope…

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Death of Robert Todd Forsyth

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 9

Known as "the father of Willoughby," Mr. Robert Todd Forsyth, aged 60. died last night at the Royal North Shore Hospital…

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Obituary Bernard Keeffe

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 5

Bernard Keeffe, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Keeffe, of Bringelly Road, Penrith, died suddenly in Nepean District Hospital on Sunday, at the age of 20…

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Death of Secretary of Clydesdale Society

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 3

MR. SAMUEL MACKENZIE, who until a abort time ago was secretary of the Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland, has died. He began…

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Obituary. Mrs. M. Fogarty

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 34

The death occurred on January 10 of Mrs. Mary Fogarty, wife of the late Michael Fogarty, of Forbes, aged 81 years. She was born at Knocktopher…

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Obituary. Master Arthur Parkinson

Liverpool News · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 2

Arthur Reginald Parkinson, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Parkinson, of Hammondville, died in Liverpool Hospital on Tuesday. He had been admitted to the…

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