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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

1,895 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 95

Mysterious Death of Baby

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 1

Eighty minutes after he was put to bed, John Lincoln Wilson, 13 months, was found dead on Monday night. His grandmother, Mrs. Kettlewell, put…

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The Late Mrs. H. L. Taylor. a Life of Unselfish Devotion

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 9

Mrs. H. L. Taylor (Matron Rushton), whose death occurred on January 11, at her home, "Living-stone House," Glenorie, spent her…

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Hills District Many Attend Funeral of Show Treasurer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 14

A tribute to the popularity of Mr. Francis (Frank) Stephenson, whose death at the age of 67 occurred on Friday, was the large funeral at Castle…

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Backs to the Wall. Catalans Fight to the Death. Fate of Barcelona

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 16

Authorities in Spain predicted long ago that if General Franco was to win, the Spanish civil war would probably end in Barcelona. The Nationalists,…

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Obituary

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 27

[Obituary notices submitted for publication in the. "Catholic Pross" must bo endorsed by the parish priest of the deceased person.]…

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The Late Mr. Vincent W. Bergelin, Chatswood

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 31

Under circumstances that were tragic, the death of Mr. Vincent Wilhelm Bergelin, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bergelin, of "St. Laurence," Ashley-street, well…

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Obituary Mrs. Springall

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 4

Mrs Minnie Springall, relict of Richard Springall, sister of Mrs Priddle, of High Street, Penrith, and of Mrs R. Beanaud, of Cootamundra, formerly of…

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Death of Mr. M. W. Binder

The Propeller · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 3

Mr. M. W. Binder, of Bassett St., Hurstville, died at his home on Tuesday, aged 88 years. The late Mr. Binder, who was one of the oldest…

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Obituary. Mrs. Elizabeth Sunderland

The Biz · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 6
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Aged 64 years. Mrs. Elizabeth Sunderland, wife of Mr. Thomas Sunderland on Hume Highway. Liverpool, passed away on Wednesday. Besides the husband,…

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Obituary. Mr. William Thomas Arundell

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 22

The death occurred at Sydney of Mr. William Thomas Arundell, of O'Donnell Street, North Bondi, and formerly of Holbrook, N.S.W. Mr. Arundell, who was…

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Obituary. Constable H. H. Thorpe

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 43

A police funeral was accorded the late Constable Herbert Henry Thorpe at Cessnock. Superintendent J. W. White, of Newcastle, Inspector A. Duckworth…

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Death of Mrs. A. Sheahan. Grand Old Pioneer of Jugiong Passes Away

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 26

Jugiong and the district mourned recently when the news of the death of one of its grand old pioneers, in the person of Mrs. M. A. Sheahan, proprietress…

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Estate of £33,129. Late Mr. S. R. Dobbie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 19

Application has been made for probate of the will of the late Mr. Stuart Randolph Dobb[?]e, of Turramurra, a well-known surveyor, formerly of the firm of Messrs. Dobb[?]e…

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Hoax Ends in Death of Child. Suffocated by Towel. WINNIPEG, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

A "publicity stunt," which was designed to avert a divorce, cost the life of a six-year-old girl, whose father, Stephen Eiler, an unemployed…

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Death of Sir James Murdoch

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 1

Sir James Murdoch, one of Sydney's best known business and sporting figures, died at Manly to-day,…

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W. B. YEATS. Death of Irish PlaywrightPoet. LONDON, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 9

The death occurred to-day of Mr. W. B. Yeats, the celebrated Irish poet, playwright, and author, who was 74. William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on…

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Death of Sir J. Murdoch

Daily News · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

Jockeys were black armbands when they raced at Randwick yesterday. They were mourning Sir James Murdoch, who owned several good horses…

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Death Of Sir James Murdoch

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

Sir James Murdoch died at Manly yesterday, at the age of 72. He had been holidaying at the…

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Death of Mr. J. T. Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 13

The death occurred on Sunday night in a private hospital at Darlinghuist of Mr. Joseph Thomas Hall, a well-known bookmaker and sportsman…

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