Death of Mr. R.j. Nicholls
Mr. R.J.Nicholls, died on the 1st instant at his home in Woronora Parade, Oatley, aged 69 years. He is survived by his wife and five…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1940
1,631 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 82
Obituary Mrs. Sara Childs
Born as long ago as 1847, and therefore 93 years of age. Mrs. Sara Childs, relict of the late John Childs, of Holdsworthy and Macquarie Fields, passed…
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Aped 80 years. Mrs. Sarah Ann Drosten, of irrigation Road. Merrylands, died on February 5. Her husband predeceased her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obituary Mrs. Frances Bennett
The death occurred last Thursday of Mrs. Frances Bennett, aged 88 years, at the residence of her son. Mr. Frederick Bennett, "Dundee," Fairfield St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OBITUARY Mr. N. R. Wilson
The death occurred recently at Dunedin, N.Z., of Mr. Newman Robert Wilson, at the age of 51 years, and came as a shock to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Obituary. Mr. R. McDERMOTT BRAIDWOOD
By the death of Mr. Richard McDermott, of Six Mile Flat, on the 19th ult., the Braidwood district loses one of its best known and most respected citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Obituary. Mr. William John Kelly, Marrickville
On New Year's Day the funeral of William John (Jack) Kelly, aged 23 years, took place at Field of Mars Cemetery, following his tragic death in…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Obituary Mr. H. E. Dowle, of Cobbitty
Mr. Henry Easton Dowle died at his home, "Limerick," Cobbitty, on Tuesday of last week, at the age of 77 years. The Dowle family has been associated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diocesan Union of the Holy Name Society. Notes and News. Obituary
The council of the Diocesan Union of the Holy Name Society has learned with regret of the deaths of the following members of the society recently: William…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Many Mourners at Funeral
Many sections of the community were represented yesterday at the funeral of the late Mr. Harold Sydney "Sonny" Westbrook, 46…
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Horace Abello (36), of Renwick-street, Drummoyne, died in the Balmain Hospital early to-day from head injuries suffered yesterday when his…
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LONDON, Jan. 16th. The death in Warsaw at the age of 41 of Mr. Joseph Katznelson, first head of the Jerusalem Betar, the Brith…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Mr. Wilks. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It seems a shame that memory of the late Mr. W. H. (Bill) Wilks, who was a member of the first Commonwealth Parliament, should pass into the arid air of history…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OBITUARY Mr. J. L. Mitchell
The death occurred suddenly during a voyage to New Zealand of Mr. J. L. Mitchell, chief engineer of one of the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Obituary. Mr. W. E. Finney
Mr. William Edward Finney, who died at his home in Petersham recently, aged 17 years was a former resident of Hurstville, and was an alderman in Kogarah Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aden, the Hot Little Rock How Cigarettes Caused The Death Of Fifty
I am sleeping on the deck, for the heat in my cabin is unbearable. A mild breeze wakes me up. A light color is dawning in the grey sky. At the break of day everything seems different, as in a fairyland. Volcanoes rise from the sea, only their flat tops visible. In the distance the shores are gradually getting nearerâunder bare mountains small houses are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Great Rider
For the first time since the inception of my column in the Sunday Telegraph I have no heart to sit down…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Obituary. Mr. W. H. Carson
Mr. William H. Carson, whose death took place at Hornsby, had a long service in the police force. He entered it in 1886 and retired some years ago with the rank of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →12,000 See Funeral of Jockey Lappin Crowd's Early Morn Vigil
In one of the most striking tributes ever paid in Sydney to the memory of a sporting figure, 12,000 lining six streets in Randwick this afternoon, accorded their last respects to the jockey, "Billy" Lappin, as his flower-covered coffin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Lord Tweedsmuir
MONTREAL, Monday.--Lord Tweeds-muir, Governor-General of Canada, is the first representative of the King to die in office in Canada since the formation of…
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