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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1986

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

Death of Guides’ leader

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 January 1986 · page 13

Wanda McPherson, who died recently after a long illness, was one of the community’s…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 29 January 1986 · page 13

It is with regret that we record the death of ZOE O'LEARY who departed this life in the closing hours of the…

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OBITUARY The life and times of Harry Webb

Tribune · Wednesday 29 January 1986 · page 12

"The geographical position of Bunnerong. standing alone on the windswept sandy lands of…

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Death of leader

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 January 1986 · page 16

PERTH: With the death last month of Roy Shilkin, the Perth Jewish community lost one…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 12 February 1986 · page 13

With the death of BILL HART on Friday, January 17, 1986, at 75 years of age, the Matraville-Maroubra-La…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 19 February 1986 · page 13

It was with a real pang of sorrow that I heard of the death of our good friend McKENZIE BROWN…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 26 February 1986 · page 13

JIM SEAMER, a well-known identity of the Miners Federation, pensioners, retired miners and the…

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Death of publisher

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 February 1986 · page 24

MELBOURNE: Tony Rubinstein, publisher of The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne,…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 5 March 1986 · page 13

Tribune regrets to report the death of ARTHUR HOWELLS, of Olinda, Victoria…

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PLO hailed at mayor’s funeral

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 March 1986 · page 6

Jerusalem Post Middle East Staff Zaafer al-Masri the mayor of Nablus who was shot dead last week, was one of the most sueessful West Bank…

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Death of Adelaide doctor

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 April 1986 · page 46

ADELAIDE: Charles John Helman, a prominent and highly decorated former North…

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Vast throng at U.S. rabbi’s funeral

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 April 1986 · page 6

The joy of Jerusalem’s Shushan Purim celebration was mingled with grief last Wednesday, as a huge crowd of Orthodox and…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 9 April 1986 · page 13

MARIO ABBIEZZI died in Sydney on March 20, after a life of struggle against fascism and for socialism. He…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 16 April 1986 · page 13

JOHN McDADE died last week at the age of 64, after six months' illness. He was born in Glasgow and his parents…

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Obituary

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 April 1986 · page 10

Many of my friends and are disappointed that the only mention in the AJT of Dr John (Tubby) Davis’ recent…

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Th[?] (Temporary?) Death of Nswean

Tharunka · Monday 28 April 1986 · page 4

NSWEAN has voted to wind itself up. The April conference of the Network (April 12/13) moved to…

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Death of top film director

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 May 1986 · page 20

Otto Preminger, film and stage director, died of cancer in his Manhattan home last week. Preminger, born in…

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Death of composer

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 May 1986 · page 24

Harold Arlen, a man who created some of the world’s most durable and loved songs, has died in New York, aged 81. The popular…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 4 June 1986 · page 13

On Friday, May 16, MURRAY NORRIS died of cancer in Brisbane. He was a man who stood for and…

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Meir Zorea, head of probe into death of bus hijackers: ‘Lies seriously harm our security’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 June 1986 · page 11

Jerusalem Post Staff The head of the original investigation into the deaths of the terrorists who hijacked bus no. 300 asserted…

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