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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1941

1,613 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 81

Death of Mr. Harry Hughes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 7

Mr. Harry Hughes, president of the Employers' Federation of New South Wales died in St. Vincent's Hospital yestrday, after a short illness…

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Death Leap of 1400Ft

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 1

An unknown man yesterday jumped from the lookout at Echo Point, Katoomba, and crashed 1400 feet to his death…

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The Late Mrs. J. Cole, Sydney an Appreciation

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 19

In the death of Mrs. J. Cole, St. Joseph's School, Francis-street, has suffered a severe loss. As secretary of the Sewing Guild, of which Mrs. Cole was…

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Obituary

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 20

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

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Obituary. Mr. Allan Walsh

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 27

The death occurred recently of Mr. Allan Walsh, of 11 Dunlop-street. Parramatta. In 1925 he moved to Parramatta, and was…

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Obituary MR. S. N. DUKES

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

The death oocurred at the Nepean District Hospital, on 24th ult., of Mr Stanley Norman Dukes, of Thurston Street. Penrith, in his 50th year,…

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Death of Prominent A.I.S. Stud Breeder

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

MR. K. J. (Jack) DUDGEON, principal of the firm of Messrs. H. Dodgem and Sons, Parkview A.L.S. stud, Albion Park, died last Friday. He was 66…

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MRS. T. CARTWRIGHT Death of Aged Sutton Resident

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 12

A WELL-KNOWN and highly respected member of the Button district, Mrs. Thomas Cartwright, died early last month. Mrs. Cartwright was 80 years of ago and…

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Great Cow Death of Veteran Ayrshire Victoria's Records

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

VICTORIA, the veteran Ayrshire cow owned by Messrs. Korff Bros., Glengowan, Campbelllown, died last Friday. She was a big,…

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Obituary. Mr. John Patrick Brosnan, Annandale

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 15

The death occurred on Wednesday, December 18, of John Patrick Brosnan, of 338 Annandale-street, Annandale, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Brosnan…

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Captain W. J. Wade Death of Well-known Shipping Identity

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 1

It is with deep regret that we record the death, on Christmas Day, of Captain W. J. Wade, M.B.E., representative in Australia and New Zealand of the Manchester Ship Canal Company (Port Authority for Manchester), after three months' illness…

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A Martyrdom at Canterbury The Death of Thomas a'Becket

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

The monks hurried him through the cloister into the twilight of the huge Canterbury Cathedral. He was their Archbishop, and how could they see him perish?…

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Obituary. Rev. J. A. R. Perkins

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

A veteran Presbyterian minister the Rev. J. A. R. Perkins, died at Eastwood on Wednesday, after a short illness…

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Mystery Of The Week His pants were left in a cave Death of His Uncle, by C. H. B. Kitchin. London: Constable and Co. Sydney: Dymocks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 6

CERTAIN devices in murder mystery technique are so outworn that their use, no matter how…

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Death of Pilot in Crash Narrandera

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

Touching a desk on the R.A.A.F. advanced landing field with the tip of its wing as its pilot was…

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Funeral of Stockbroker

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

The afternoon call on the Sydney Stock Exchange was suspended to-day to enable members to attend the Mineral of Mr. Sydney James Evans…

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Death of Mr. E. Conrick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 13

Mr. E. Conrick, who became seriously [?] while on an annual visit to Melbourne in November, was brought back to Sydney by plane last week, and died in a…

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Death of Mr. Walter T. Costello

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

News has been recelved of the death in Budapest, Hungary, of Mr. Walter T. Costello, who, from 1921 to 1929, was Vice-Consul for the United States at…

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Obituary. Mr. C. F. Burdett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

The death at the age of 78 has occurred at Hazelbrook of Mr. Charles Francis Burdett. Born in Canada in 1862, Mr. Burdett joined the Royal Navy as a…

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Funeral of R.a.a.f. Plane Crash Victim

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 2

Sergeant-Pilot Arthur Lloyd Bernard Smith, 24, R.A.A.F. instructor, who was fatally injured in a plane crash at Grong Grong on Saturday…

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