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Obituaries & funerals, 1942

1,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 65

Death Of Famous Chess Player

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The death has occurred of the famous chess player Jose Capablanca, world champion from 1921 to…

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Death Of Famous Chess Player

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--The death has occurred of the famous chess player Jose Capablanca, world champion from 1921 to…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 7

Mr. Robert Murphy (77), of Horsley-road, Eastern Creek, died in hospital on Sunday. He leaves a family. The funeral left the parlors of…

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Death of Tom Mooney

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 7

Tom Mooney, a prominent American Trades Union leader, who served 22 years in the San Quentin Penitentiary (U.S.A.) for alleged…

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Obituary

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 10

A well-known figure in the sheep breeding industry in Denlliquin and northern Victorian districts, Mr. William Robert Clarke (77) has died. Mr. Clarke managed Cobran…

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GOULBURN Death of Mrs. M. Coen

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 23

The death on Tuesday, March 3, of Mrs. Margaret Coon, of Yass, in her 93rd year, marks the passing of the head of one of the…

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Obituary Mr. John Reid

The Biz · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 3

The death took place on March 8 of Mr. John Reld, Avenue Street, Canley Vale. He was 86 years of age, and was a poultry farmer in the district for many…

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Obituary MR. H. N. MULLEN

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 5

Mr Horace Nathaniel Millen, a well known and esteemed resident of Riley Street, Penrith, died in Nepean District Hospital on 5th inst, after a…

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Obituary Marist Brothers' Superior Dies in France

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 8

News has just been received in Sydney of the death of the Superior-General of the Institute of the Marist Brothers, the Very Rev. Brother Diogene, at the Mother House near Lyons…

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Obituary

The St George Call · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 3

The death of Mr. George Herbert Armstrong, of 1 Goyen Avenue, Rockdale occurred on the 7th inst. The funeral took place on Monday in the…

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Death of Prominent Curlewis Farmer

The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

The death occurred at Curlewis last week of Mr. Edgar Frederick Young, a prominent farmer of the district and a keen supporter of the…

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DEATH of Dr. Weizmann Reported

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

The Report of a debate in the House of Lords this week reveals that Lord Wedgwood (formerly Col. Josiah Wedgwood) the…

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OBITUARY Sir F. D'Arcy Cooper

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 2

The death occurred recently in the United Kingdom of Sir Francis D'Arey Cooper, chairman of Lever Brothers & Unilever, Ltd.,…

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Death of Authoress New York

The Sun · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 3

Rachel Field author of "All This and Heaven, Too." and many other works, died at Beverly Hills (California) today, aged 47…

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OBITUARY W. H. Barkley

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 2

It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Mr. William Henry Barkley, C.B.E., who died at a private hospital at…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 7

Mrs. Emily Jane. Lee (84), wife of Mr. G. Lee, of Victoria-street, Smithfield, died at her residence on Monday. The interment took place in…

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The Late Mr. H. B. Sevier

Construction · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 15

Mr. Harry Brown Sevier, who died last Tuesday, was a former president of the Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales and of the Associated Chamber of Manufactures of Australia…

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Death of Ex-champion Axeman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 5

Mr. James Heckenberg, aged 74, former Australian woodchopping champion died at his home in Flushcombe-road, Blacktown, on Sunday…

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Death of Thomas Smith Veteran Salvationist

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 6

The death of Mr. Thomas Smith, well known Salvationist, has removed an estimable citizen and Christian gentleman, who for more than 25,…

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Death of Mr. A. A. Hollander

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 6

Mr. A. A. Hollander, managing director of Hollander and Govett. Ltd., one of the oldest advertising and printing firms in Sydney, died at…

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