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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1962

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Death of railway veteran

The Biz · Wednesday 16 May 1962 · page 9

A woman, who for ten years was booking clerk at Guildford Railway…

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Guard of honour at schoolgirl's funeral

The Biz · Wednesday 16 May 1962 · page 1

One of the largest attended funeral services ever conducted in the Soldiers Memorial Church of England, Cabramatta, was that of 14-year-old third year…

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OBITUARY Mr. F. J. CONNELL

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 June 1962 · page 7

To many Penrith folk, the recent passing of the well known and highly esteemed resident, Francis…

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Death of Pioneer

The Biz · Wednesday 13 June 1962 · page 2

Mr. Pritchard suffered a great loss when, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Polly) Paine, passed away…

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Obituary Mr. A. M. Davison

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 June 1962 · page 4

A former Castlereagh farmer died recently in Orange Base Hospital, after being an inmate for…

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OBITUARY Mrs. B. SMALLEY

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 June 1962 · page 8

Leaving a husband, five children, 16 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, Mrs. Barbara Smalley…

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Obituary Mr. G. A. Ferguson

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 June 1962 · page 4

A former World War I major and Penrith district property owner died at Lewisham Hospital last…

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At Sydney Theatres “The Ham Funeral”

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 20 July 1962 · page 8

A YOUNG and romantic poet shares the first floor of a slum tenement with a fair haired girl he ecstatically mistakes for his muse…

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Death of World War veteran

The Biz · Wednesday 25 July 1962 · page 9

First World War veteran and resident of Fairfield for 40 years, Mr. Sydnay Francis Ernest, passed away in Liverpool Hospital, after 10 month's illness, of the age of 68 years…

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Obituary Mrs. M. A. Jackson

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 July 1962 · page 3

Within 12 months of the death of her husband (the late Joseph Jackson, O.B.E.), Mrs, Mylora Ann…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 1 August 1962 · page 8
Also in The Biz

IT is with deep regret that we write of the death of Comrade Allen Lott. The working class and the Communist Party have indeed lost…

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Obituary

The Biz · Wednesday 8 August 1962 · page 2

The funeral of Mr. Augostino Badino, of 41 Dublin Street, Smithfield, took place at the Catholic…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 15 August 1962 · page 8

ALF NORTON, Secretary of the Tamworth Branch of the Communist Party for many years, died recently in Tamworth. One of the…

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Obituary Mr. S. M. Bourke

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 August 1962 · page 4

Sylvester Michael Bourke, who died on August 6, at the age of 72, was born at Kingswood and was a son…

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OBITUARY Mr. A. S. H. WILLMINGTON

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 August 1962 · page 8

The sudden passing of Arthur Sidney Herbert Willmington, of the post Office, Luddenham, on…

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Petition Against New Funeral Parlours

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 August 1962 · page 10

Petitioners against the establishment of a funeral parlour in Queen Street, St. Marys, protest that the building will cause traffic hazards due to its proximity to Great Western Highway…

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Obituary Mr. A. C. Curnuck

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 August 1962 · page 6

The death occurred recently of Mr. Alfred Charles Curnuck, well known in Penrith for his…

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Obituary Dr. I. M. Barrow

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 August 1962 · page 5

The death occurred on Monday night of a former Government medical officer of Penrith, Dr. Isaac…

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Obituary Mrs. M. Morrison

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 September 1962 · page 4

Always proud of being bom in Penrith, Mrs. May Morrison, former licensee of Tattersall's Hotel, died…

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