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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1945

1,126 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 57

R.L.S.'sGIFTOF BIRTHDAY Death of "Anna" a Staff Correspondent in New York. (By Beam Wireless.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 7

JN 1891, on the Island of Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson, in a mock-serious document gallantly deeded his own…

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Obituary

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

The death occurred on January 30th, at a private hospital, Rose Bay, of Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Blank, of Double Bay…

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Day's Widow Not to Attend Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 11

The Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) has refused Irene Merle Day (39) permission to attend the funeral of her husband today…

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Obituary Mrs. Marie Ardouin

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

Aged 22 years. Mrs. Marie Clista Ardouin, wife of Mr. E. A. Ardouin, late of Canley Vale, passed away in hospital on January 24. She was a daughter of…

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Obituary. Mrs. E[?]za Dowsett

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

At the residence of her daughter (Mrs. May, Guildford Road, Guildford), the death o[?]curred on January 25 of Mrs. Eliza Ann Dowsett, aged 67 years. The…

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Death of Dr. R. A. Lovejoy Great Loss to District

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

For the second time within two years, Liverpool and Cabramatta districts have sustained severe loss in the passing of their chief medical officers—…

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Obituary

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 11

The death occurred recently of Mr. George Borrowdale (58), respected citizen and prominent public worker of Shoalhaven district. Born at Comerons, he went to…

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Expensive Funeral for Criminal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

Donald Day, known to his friends in the criminal underworld as "Donald the Duck," was buried yesterday in the south-east corner of the South Head cemetery. Thirty-three of his friends and…

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Funeral of N.c.a. Official

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 7

Mr. D. G. Patterson, a pr[?]minent [?]reyhound owner, died suddenly on Tuesday at Fivedock. The funer[?] took place at Rookwood Cemetary…

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Police Watch Day's Funeral From Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 9

Detectives watched from a hill while Donald Day was buried at South Head Cemetery yesterday. Donald Day, known to the underworld as "Donald the…

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Mourners at Funeral of Underworld Figure

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 9

MOURNERS at the grave of Donald Day, well-known member of Sydney's underworld, who was buried at South Head…

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Death of Cricketer Who Bowled Bradman

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Sat. -- A State XI cricketer who dismissed Don Bradman in Ave out of the six innings he bowled against him died suddenly yesterday…

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German prisoners file past Belgian field of death, scene of Nazi murder of Americans

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 2

As a column of Nazi prisoners marches past a field at Five Corners, near Malmedy, in Belgium, American soldiers in the field are uncovering the bodies of other Americans murdered after they had surrendered to the Germans on December 17…

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Death of Notorious Nazi

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday.--The notorious Dr. Martin Schlimpert, the Nazi representative on the Franco-German Armistice Commission, has died…

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Death of Notorious Nazi

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

BERLIN, Monday.--The notorious Dr. Martin Schlimpert, the Nazi representative on the Franco-German Armistice Commission, has died…

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Death of Notorious Nazi

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday.--The notorious Dr. Martin Schlimpert, the Nazi representative on the Franco-German Armistice Commission, has died…

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Death of Notorious Nazi

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

BERLIN, Monday.--The notorious Dr. Martin Schlimpert, the Nazi representative on the Franco-German Armistice Commission, has died…

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Death of Notorious Nazi

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

BERLIN, Monday.--The notorious Dr. Martin Schlimpert, the Nazi representative on the Franco-German Armistice Commission, has died…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

Mr. Charles Bernard Horsley (59), of Hewlett Street, Granville, died at his residence on Sunday. He leaves a widow and family. The funeral left…

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Death of H. Ferguson

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 11

Merrylands and district has lost a respected citizen by the death of Mr. Hugh Ferguson, which occurred last Wednesday…

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