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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1969

37 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

Death of Noted Unionist

Tribune · Wednesday 2 July 1969 · page 12

SYDNEY: Ernie Thornton (above), a member of the National Committee of the Communist Party of Australia and a man who won international repute as a trade union leader, died at his home in Lidcombe…

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OBITUARY Dave Surplus

Tribune · Wednesday 9 July 1969 · page 11

TRIBUNE extends condolences to the relatives and many friends of the lata Dave Surplus of Brisbane, who died, at…

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Death of club's past president

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 15 July 1969 · page 2

Ted Chilcott, the immediate past president of Cumberland County Golf Club, Wentworthville, died on Friday night. Mr. Chilcott was presi…

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OBITUARY Kate Manifold

Tribune · Wednesday 23 July 1969 · page 11

THE countless friends of Mrs. Kate Manifold and her husband John have been saddened by the death of Kate in…

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Death of leading Aust. unionist

Tribune · Wednesday 20 August 1969 · page 12

NEWS OF THE sudden death of Alexander (Alex) Macdonald in Brisbane this week, at the age "of 59,…

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OBITUARY Alan Matthews

Tribune · Wednesday 3 September 1969 · page 11

THE FAMILY and friends of Alan Matthews were shocked at his sudden death recently. He was only 40…

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Sudden Death of N.t. Wharf Leader

Tribune · Wednesday 10 September 1969 · page 12

DARWIN: The death occurred here suddenly last Friday of George Gibbs, President of the Waterside section of the North Australian Workers' Union, public officer of the Northern Territory Council of Aboriginal Rights and…

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Death of journalist

Tribune · Wednesday 17 September 1969 · page 12

MELBOURNE: A well known personality in Labor movement and journalistic circles, Mr. Ernst Platz, died recently…

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OBITUARY George Docker

Tribune · Wednesday 24 September 1969 · page 11

GEORGE DOCKER, father of Norman Docker and brother of Ted Docker, died in Sydney, aged 79, after having been a…

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OBITUARY Ted Walsham

Tribune · Wednesday 24 September 1969 · page 10

WELL-KNOWN Communist and trade union activist Edgar Noel Walsham -- known to all his many friends as Ted…

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Obituary

Tharunka · Tuesday 30 September 1969 · page 3

The editor and staff offer sincere condolences to the family of Dr. Helen Oppenheim, who died of cancer 22nd of September. Dr. Oppenheim was a lecturer in the School of…

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OBITUARY Mrs. J. Bourke

Tribune · Wednesday 15 October 1969 · page 11

A STAUNCH supporter of the Footscray Branch, CPA, Mrs. J. Bourke, died recently. Her homo was always…

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OBITUARY Szaja Frydman

Tribune · Wednesday 29 October 1969 · page 11

AN active participant in the Jewish progressive movement Mr. Szaja Frydman of Richmond (Vic) died last week…

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OBITUARY Helen Hawkins

Tribune · Wednesday 19 November 1969 · page 11

HELEN GRACE HAWKINS died on November 9 at the age of 79 years. Mrs. Hawkins migrated from…

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Death of an Artist

Tribune · Wednesday 3 December 1969 · page 7

A MAN who lived and worked as an artist till he was 90 died at Springwood, NSW, last Friday week. The man who made the Bacchanalian etchings, the voluptuous nudes with lascivious eyes and ripe nipples, the swinging buttocks, the…

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OBITUARY Pam Walker

Tribune · Wednesday 10 December 1969 · page 11

Communist Party members and other friends of Mrs. Pam Walker of Melbourne will regret to hear of her death offer…

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Death of Communal Benefactor

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 24 December 1969 · page 1

Veteran communal worker, Mr. A. Isman, died on Friday, aged 65 years. The late Mr. Isman was a…

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