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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1954

1,432 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 72

Duke Attends N.z. Funeral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 4

The Duke of Edinburgh (at right) stands bareheaded beside the mass grave of victims of the New Zealand train disaster during the funeral at Karori Cemetery yesterday. (Report, Page 5.)…

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Death Of Mrs. W. E. Ardill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 5

The founder and president of the Playgoers' Club, Mrs. W. E. Ardill, died suddenly at her home in…

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Wreath Placed By Duke At Train Victims' Funeral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —The Duke of Edinburgh to-day laid a wreath from the Queen and himself on the communal…

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Death of Radio Actor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 7

Sydney radio actor Marshall Crosby last night collapsed and died at Port…

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Death of Lord Norwich

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday (D.M.W.C.).-- Lord Norwich, formerly Sir Alfred Duff Cooper died…

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Death of Air Pioneer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 5

THE HAGUE, Fri. -- Dr. Albert Plesman president of K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines, died today after a…

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Death of veteran actor

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. Marshall Crosby, Australian radio, film and stage actor, who died yesterday, was in…

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Death of Minister

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 7

The Rev. Charles Alfred White, Presbyterian minister, died at his home in Bowbray Rd.,…

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Suicide Verdict Death Of Wife Of Alderman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. E. T. Smythe, S.M., found yesterday that Mrs. Winifred Theresa…

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Death of Admiral

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. (Extel).--Admiral Sir Guy Royle collapsed and died last night while helping…

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Death of Admiral

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5
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LONDON, Wed. (Extel).--Admiral Sir Guy Royle collapsed and died last night while helping…

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Death of Admiral

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. (Extel).--Admiral Sir Guy Royle collapsed and died last night while helping…

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Obituary Mr. S. G. N. Hamilton

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 4

We regret to report the death of Mr. S. (Sid) Hamilton, on January 2. Mr. Hamilton was known through out the shipping community of…

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Obituary

The Observer · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 14

Britz, Peter William—January 2nd, 1954, at his residence, 16 Trevellyan Street, Cronulla (suddenly) aged 33 years…

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Death Of Well-Known Queensland Priest

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 11

THE Rev. Father Vincent Wheeler, parish priest of Banyo (Brisbane), who died recently at Brisbane Mater Misericordiac Hospital, served for four years as a missionary of the Society of the…

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Death of Director

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Mr. Allan C. Smith, joint managing director of Tom Piper, Ltd., canners, died…

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Death of Pressman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 9

HOBART, Thurs.--Mr. Charles Ellis Davies, chairman of directors and managing editor of Davies…

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Death of Show-man

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 6

New York (JTA) (JTA). The death has been announced of Lee Shubert, 78, “king” of show business, a…

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Death of surveyor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 9

Prominent Sydney quantity surveyor Mr. George V. Dunwoodie, died on Tuesday, aged 63…

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