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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1954

1,432 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 72

Obituary MR.G.E. McCARTHY

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 7

One of Junee district's best known residents died in Adelaide last week. He was Mr. G. E…

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Death of Australian

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Sat.--An Australian, who rose from a £3 a week London Window dresser to…

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Death of Bankrupt

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Mon.-- Charles Coward, bankrupt company director, died last night at…

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Death of Bankrupt

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Mon. --Charles Coward, bankrupt company director, died last night at…

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Death of sportsman

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 27

ORANGE, Monday. Dr. Walter Frederick Matthews, 69, manager of the Australian…

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Death of Bankrupt

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Mon. --Charles Coward, bankrupt company director, died last night at…

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Death of Bankrupt

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Mon. --Charles Coward, bankrupt company director, died last night at…

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Death Of Dr. W. F. Matthews

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 14

ORANGE, Sunday.—Dr. Walter Frederick Matthews died suddenly at Orange to-night. He was 69…

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Death of Woman grazier

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.-- An 87-years-old woman station owner, Mrs. Janet Biddlecombe, who…

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Death of Boy in Lagoon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 15

The City Coroner (Mr. Forrest) said yesterday that the death of a boy showed the danger of…

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Clergyman urges knife ban Girl's Funeral

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 19

MAITLAND, Wednesday. -- A clergyman at the funeral of a slain girl today declared that the carrying of a sheath knife or dagger should be…

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Sorrow at death of Aub Davis

Tribune · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 11

THE Lee ton branch wish Tribune to record the death of Mr. Aub. Davis. Aub was an active member of…

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OBITUARY Mr. W. E. Field

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

The dentil occurred at Sydney early this month of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty. Ltd…

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Mystery deepens in death of two women Suicide of Murder Suspect

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

COLOGNE, Wed.--Roland Chesney, wanted for questioning about the murder of two women at Ealing, was found dead in the woods outside Cologne yesterday…

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Death of shipping director

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 26

Mr. Ernest Alexander Stewart Watt (79) died this morning after an illness of eight weeks…

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Death of shipping director

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 26

Mr. Ernest Alexander Stewart Watt (79) died this morning after an illness of eight weeks…

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Obituary MRS. W. M. GILES

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

Mrs. Hazel Marie Giles, wife of Mr. Werris Maxwell Giles, of 16 Thurston Street, Penrith, died in Nepean District Hospital on…

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Death Of Queensland Naturalist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

MR. HEBER A. LONGMAN, who was Australia's foremost authority on giant extinct animals,…

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Death of Mrs. Biddlecombe

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

Mrs. Janet Biddlecombe, of Golf Hill, Shelford, Victoria, died at Golf Hill on February, aged 88. Her death marked the passing of one of Australia's most widely known grassing personalities…

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Death of Dr. George Landauer

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK.—The death took place at a hospital|iere of Dr. George Landauer at the age of 57. He…

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