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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1947

1,363 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 69

Funeral Of P. A. Connolly

The Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 8

PERTH, Wednesday. -- Probably the greatest number of people ever to attend the funeral of a sporting man in this State…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 4

Mrs. Lydia Ralph (82) died at Wentworthville recently. Her husband, band, Mr. Sam Ralph, predeceased her. She leaves a family. The…

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Death of Mr. C. H. Everson

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 4

Mr. Charles Henry Everson died suddenly on December 23 at his home in Mill Street, Carlton, aged 74 years. He is survived by two sons and five…

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Obituary MRS. E. F. QUINN

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 6

Mrs. Emma F. Quinn, who passed peacefully away on Xmas Day at her residence, 91 Eastwood Avenue, Epping, at the age of 69 years, after a long…

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Mount Druitt Death of Mrs. L. J. GIBSON

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 5

We regret to have to record the death, which occurred in hospital, of a very much respected citizen and n lifelong resident of the district—Mrs…

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Death of Mr. H. J. NORLEY. Retired Police Officer

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 1

Mr. Herbert James (Bert) Norley, of The Boulevarde, Punchbowl, and late of Hurstville, died suddenly in the Canterbury Hospital on Friday…

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Protege Attends Funeral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 9

HOLLYWOOD, Friday.--The funeral that W. C. Fields didn't want, was held up yesterday when the late comedian's close…

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Protege Attends Funeral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 9

HOLLYWOOD, Friday.--The funeral that W. C. Fields didn't want, was held up yesterday when the late comedian's close…

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Protege Attends Funeral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 9

HOLLYWOOD, Friday.--The funeral that W. C. Fields didn't want, was held up yesterday when the late comedian's close…

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Protege Attends Funeral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 9

HOLLYWOOD, Friday.--The funeral that W. C. Fields didn't want, was held up yesterday when the late comedian's close…

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Protege Attends Funeral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 9

HOLLYWOOD, Friday.--The funeral that W. C. Fields didn't want, was held up yesterday when the late comedian's close…

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Protege Attends Funeral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 9

HOLLYWOOD, Friday.--The funeral that W. C. Fields didn't want, was held up yesterday when the late comedian's close…

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Death Of Woman Who Helped AIF

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 5

The Administrator of Papua-New Guinea has advised the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Ward), of the death of…

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Obituary Mr. R. W. Peacock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 8

For many years manager of the Bathurst. Experiment Farm, Mr. R. W. Peacock of the Kurrajongs. I Dot hurst, has died it tho age of…

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Late Rev. L. M. K. Mills Funeral Address by Chairman of Newcastle District

The Methodist · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 7

The Rev. C. L. Connor, Chairman of the District, speaking at the funeral service, said that Mr Mills and he had entered the Hermitage for training on the same day, and had maintained a…

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Pretty College Girl Was Murdered After She Saw the "Dance of Death" The FBI is patting itself on the back, pleased because praise is showering on it from police forces all over the world after G-men have solved one of the toughest murder cases of the decade. For months the FBI had been trying to solve the riddle of the death of pretty young college student, Henrietta Schmerler, murdered after she defied the taboo of the warlike Apache Indians, and watched the warriors prance through their annual Dance of Death. Soon, Henrietta's Apache murderer will go to the electric chair

The World's News · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 5

IT is roughly 2000-miles from the campus of Columbia University, in New York City, to the Whiteriver Apache Indian Reservation, in…

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Death of Recluse Aged 97

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 5

Narrabeen police are trying, to contact relatives of Robert Murphy, who died in Manly Hospital on Saturday night at the age of 97…

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Open Finding Over Death of Infant

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 9

THE City Coroner (Mr. Stewart), recorded today an open finding at the inquest on a male infant whose body was found in a parcel at the…

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Open Finding Over Death of Infant

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 9

THE City Coroner (Mr. Stewart) recorded today an open finding at the inquest on a male infant whose body was found in a parcel at the…

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Open Finding Over Death of Infant

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 9

THE City Coroner (Mr. Stewart) recorded today an open finding at the inquest on a male infant whose body was found in a parcel at the…

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