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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1974

25 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

OBITUARY Marge Watson

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1974 · page 11

A veteran of the Communist Party in Footscray, Melbourne, active since the hungry 'thirties, died during the Christmas holidays. Wife of the late George Watson, JP, a former…

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Death of Sportsman

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 February 1974 · page 24

Ivan Saffer, one of Victoria’s leading sportsmen, died last Sunday, at the age of 40. Saffer competed in more…

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Death of B. Harris

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 April 1974 · page 9

The man responsible for the high standard of the Hunters Hill garden of the Montefiore Home, Mr Bernard Harris,…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 7 May 1974 · page 10

MELBOURNE: We regret to announce the death of Kate Creed, of East Melbourne. A member of the Communist Party of Australia since the early years of the second…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 21 May 1974 · page 10

Spencer Barden, a veteran in the working class movement and the Communist Party, died recently after a brief illness, aged 87 years…

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Political Science Death of a Subject

Tharunka · Wednesday 29 May 1974 · page 15

In the Students’ Union counter-course handbook for this year, the author of the section on the School of Political Science, claimed that DLP membership cards abound…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 11 June 1974 · page 10

The death occurred recently in Queensland of veteran communist P.H. (Prosper) Byrne. In his earlier years Prosper was connected with the IWW and later joined the Communist…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 25 June 1974 · page 10

South West branch CPA regrets to announce the death of Bob Gentle, an active party member for over 30 years until his health broke down…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 2 July 1974 · page 11

MELBOURNE: Tribune regrets to report the death of John Stubbs of Geelong. He 8 suffered a sudden heart attack last week. For over 10 years John Stubbs worked at…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 9 July 1974 · page 11

BRISBANE: North East branch of the CPA regrets to announce the death of one of its veteran members, Jack King. Though over 92 years old, Comrade King…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 16 July 1974 · page 11

L. Harry Gould, well known to communists throughout Australia, died on Wednesday, July 10, in a car accident. He was 75 years of age…

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Sudden Death of Rabbi Blau

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 July 1974 · page 1

Jerusalem: Rabbi Amram Blau, head of the anti-Zionist Natorei Karta Sect, died unexpectedly here on July 5. Members of his family said he was 74, but according to…

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Death of The Mufti

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 July 1974 · page 11

BEIRUT: Haj Amin el Husseini, the former Mufti of Jerusalem who for 40 years led…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 6 August 1974 · page 11

Tribune regrets the sudden death in Adelaide on July 11 of Charlie Jarrett, aged 82 years. A small man with a big heart, there would…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 20 August 1974 · page 11

Tribune regrets to announce the death from typhoid in India, of Graham Cathcart of Brisbane. Graham Cathcart was a leading activist…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 27 August 1974 · page 11

MELBOURNE: After a long illness, Sally Barker of Elwood (Vic.) died recently at the age of 87. She was born into a working class family…

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Sudden Death of 'Home' Groom

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 August 1974 · page 6

Mr. Joe Morris, the 77-yearold Montefiore Home bridgegroom, who was married at the Home less than two weeks…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 3 September 1974 · page 11

Frank Walkington, an active communist since he joined the party at the outbreak of World War 2, died on August 27 in the Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital,…

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Obituary

Tribune · Tuesday 10 September 1974 · page 11

William (Gil) Bodsworth, an active communist since the nineteen twenties, died last week aged 81. Gil was a lifelong member of the…

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Tribune · Tuesday 17 September 1974 · page 11

MELBOURNE: Bill O'Brien, assistant-secretary of the Victorian branch of the Australian Railways Union died suddenly last week…

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