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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1948

1,187 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 60

Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 4

The death occurred last month of Mr. Marshall T. W. Eady, who was recently appointed managing director of McPherson's…

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Military funeral for Emmanuel

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 24

ALEXANDRIA, Thursday. -- Ex-King of Italy Victor Emmanuel was buried in the precincts of St. Catherine's…

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Death of Mrs. Cooper Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 4

Mrs. Blanche Evelyn Cooper Day, who was widely known in both Sydney and London, died in Sydney yesterday. She was 80 years of age…

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Sudden Death of Ship's Captain

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.-- Captain William McDonald (57), master of the Bass Strait steamer Nairana, collapsed and…

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Death of Mr. T. L. THOMPSON Former Engineer of Sutherland Shire

The Propeller · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 1

At a recent meeting of Sutherland Shire Council the president referred to the death of Mr. Thomas Lingwood Thompson, C.E., M.I.M.E., who…

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Death of Bishop of Armidale Beloved Prelate Honored In St. Mary's Cathedral

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 1

HIS Lordship the Bishop of Armidale, the Most Rev. John A. Coleman, D.D., Ph.D., died in St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, on Monday, December 22, a few minutes after receiving Absolution from his…

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Death Of Baby

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

A month-old baby girl who cried and was taken into her parents' bed last night was later found to be…

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Death Of Baby

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

A month-old baby girl who cried and was taken into her parents' bed last night was later found to be…

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Death Of Baby

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

A month-old baby girl who cried and was taken into her parents' bed last night was later found to be…

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Death Of Baby

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

A month-old baby girl who cried and was taken into her parents' bed last night was later found to be…

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Death Of Baby

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

A month-old baby girl who cried and was taken into her parents' bed last night was later found to be…

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Death Of Baby

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

A month-old baby girl who cried and was taken, into her parents' bed last night was later found to be…

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Death of N.z. Parliamentarian

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--The Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council (Mr. Mark Fagan, M.L.C.) died…

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Funeral of Colonel A. W. Hyman

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

High tributes to the late Colonel A. W. Hyman, who died on Wednesday, aged 66, were paid at the funeral…

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Sudden Death of Priest at Warwick

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

WARWICK, Friday. -- Father Thomas Concannon, administrator of the Warwick parish, had a heart attack at…

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Death of Mr. J. A. Wilson

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 8

The death at the age of 82 of Mr. J. A. Wilson, well- known in Sydney sporting circles for many years,…

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Death of Association's First Vice-President

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 8

MEMBERS of the Country W o m e n's Association throughout Australia will regret to learn of the death of…

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Death of U.S. Vegetarian

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday.—One of America's, most militant vegetarians, Mrs. M. R. L. Freshel, who for…

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Death of old man

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 5

Story of an old man's lonely death was revealed yesterday, when police forced an entry into the home of…

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Death of Mrs. Eric Taylor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

Mrs. Eric Taylor (formerly Miss Irene White, of Westmead) died in a private hospital at Darling Point on December 30,…

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