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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1945

1,126 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 57

Obituary. Mrs. Phoebe Shaw

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

A well-known and respected resident of Merrylands Mrs. Phonebe Kate Shaw of Oxford street. Merrylands died on March 3. She was the widow of the late…

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Generals' Funeral

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

CAIRNS, Thursday. -- The funeral of Major-General G. A. Vasey, Major-General R. M. Downes and Lieut-Colonel G. A…

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Death of Mrs. Peter Fraser

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Wednesday.—Mrs. Peter Fraser, wife of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has died after a long illness…

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Wife's Body Found On Funeral Pyre

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--A woman h in Wellsville (Ohio) is believed to have built and lit her own funeral pyre. The charred body of the woman, Mrs…

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Death of Archbishop Sheeham Former Coadjutor Here Was Brilliant Scholar

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

THE Most Rev. Michael Sheehan, D.D., D.Ph., M.A., Co-adjutor-Archbishop of Sydney from 1922 to 1937, died at Blackrock, Dublin, last week, in his 75th year. One of the greatest Catholic scholars of the 20th…

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Obituary

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

DEATH OF MR. I. RIPPS It is with deepest regret that we inform our readers of the death of Mr. I. Ripps, who although a…

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Death Of "Nelson"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 10

UNABLE to adjust himself to the climate of the Northern Hermisphere, "Nelson," a pet parrot belonging to Australia's fighter pilot "age…

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Generals' Funeral at Cairns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 3

The bodies of Major-General Vasey. Major-General Downes, and Lieut.-Colonel Bertram, who were lost in an air crash off Cairns on Monday, were…

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Death of Wool Firm Executive

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 6

MR. F. J. WILSON, manager of Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Brisbane, died on February 28, after becoming ill suddenly, writes our Brisbane…

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Death of Noted Turf Writer

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 10

Mr. J. F. Dexter, known to thousands of racing readers in Australia as "Pilot," died…

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Death of Well-known Turf Writer, J. Dexter

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 20

MR. JOHN DEXTER, "Pilot." doyen of Australian turf writers, died after a protracted illness early this morning. He was 80…

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Death of Well-known Turf Writer. J. Dexter

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 20

MR. JOHN DEXTER, "Pilot," doyen of Australian turf writers, died after a protracted illness early this morning. He was 80…

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Death of Well-known Tube Writer. J. Dexter

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 20

MR. JOHN DEXTER, "Pilot," doyen of Australian turf writers, died after a protracted illness early this morning. He was 80…

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Death of Well-known Turf Writer. J. Dexter

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 20

MR, JOHN DEXTER, "Pilot," doyen of Australian turf writers, died after a protracted illness early this morning. He was 80…

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Death of Well-known Turf Writer, J. Dexter

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 20

MR. JOHN DEXTER, "Pilot," doyen of Australian turf writers, died after a protracted illness early this morning. He was 80…

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OBITUARY. Mr. B. B. Wiltshire

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 2

Mr. B. B. Wiltshire, of the firm of B. B. Wiltshire Pty., Ltd., shipping agents, died suddenly at his seaside residence at Palm Beach…

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Funeral of Mr. J. F. Dexter

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1945 · page 3

A large and representative, gathering of racing and newspaper men attended the funeral yesterday of Mr. J. F. Dexter,…

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Death of Alderman Samuel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday of Alderman A. C. Samuel, 10 times Mayor of Vaucluse. Alderman Samuel, who was 59, is…

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Death of Queensland Sugar Assn's Officer

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 4

BRlSBANE, Monday-- The general secretary of the Australian Sugar Producers' Association (Mr. F. C. P. Curlewis) died suddenly last night…

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